FMNH 242853.nosub[1]

  • 242853: beads, cotton, leather personal
    Photographer: Diane Alexander White : Field Museum of Natural History
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: beads, cotton, leather personal shrine
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    Scanner: Aidan Hercules : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology | 22-05 | Provenience: Africa, Nigeria S.W. | People or Culture: Yoruba | Object: personal shrine | Material: beads on cotton and leather | Description: Beaded personal shrine "House of the Head" This shrine is a conical shape with a zoomorphic form seated on top. This piece is multi-colored with triangle and wedge shapes. The figure wears a hat with tassels on each side along with a long neck;ace [sic] that wraps around the circumfrence of the shrine. | Dimensions: (in cm.) diameter 8.5 x height 14.5 | Collection: Gift of R. Ziskin and D. Wedner [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 242853 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 3981 [BACK] [ILLUSTRATION]
Catalog Number: 242853.nosub[1]
Description: shrine
Materials: beads, cotton, leather
Cultural Attribution: Yoruba
Accession Number: [3981] Ronald Ziskin (Gift)
Accession Year:
Collector/Source: Ronald Ziskin, Diane Wedner
EMu IRN: 1150473
GUID: 690117f9-26cb-4732-a81d-1dbb269bd11b

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