Bird

Museum number:
5-10262
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010262
Alternate number:
B-1871 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Object count:
1
Description:
bird; beaded; from crown; wood frame covered with cloth to which multi-colored beads are attached; L. 11 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ife; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Tooth (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-6 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bird, accession number 5-10262, described as bird; beaded; from crown; wood frame covered with cloth to which multi-colored beads are attached; L. 11 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird, accession number 5-10262, described as bird; beaded; from crown; wood frame covered with cloth to which multi-colored beads are attached; L. 11 cm.

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