FMNH 221400.1

  • 221400: bamboo, wax, wood, cloth
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    Description: bamboo, wax, wood, cloth bicycle pump
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-52 | Provenience: Africa. Western Nigeria. | People or Culture: Yoruba. Ijebu Group. | Object: Bicycle pump. | Material: Bamboo, wood, cloth and wax. | Description: Cylinder of bamboo cut through at note. Handle of bamboo cut through at node. Shaft of wood. Plunger of cloth. Impregnated with wax, Hole perforated through the end of large section of bamboo. | Dimensions: (in cm.) Length; 44.2 cm Diameter; 2.5 cm. | Collection: Purchased from Mr. Dan R. Aronson 15 October 1967. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 221400 | Field No. | Neg. No. 2 | Acc. 2978 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
Catalog Number: 221400.1
Description: plunger for bicycle pump
Materials: bamboo, wax, wood, cloth, rubber
Cultural Attribution: Yoruba. Ijebu
Accession Number: [2978] D. R. Aronson (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1967
Collector/Source: Dan R. Aronson, Dan R. Aronson
EMu IRN: 2777554
GUID: 96e2e613-253b-47fb-b8c6-f8f5e32d7e3f

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