ID: 700008492 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008492	Record Type: Movable Work

Nokia cell phone coffin (coffin; Samuel Narh Nartey (Ghanaian sculptor, contemporary); 2007; National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United State...; 2009-3-1)

Titles:

Nokia cell phone coffin (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

coffin [300197585] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, ceremonial containers, funerary containers)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 2007

Creator Display:

Samuel Narh Nartey (Ghanaian sculptor, contemporary) [preferred,VP]

artist Nartey, Samuel Narh (Ghanaian sculptor, contemporary) [500356934]

Locations:

Creation: Teshie Nungua Estates [7668939] (Geographic)

Current: National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2009-3-1

Credit Line: Anonymous donor

Display Materials: Wood, paint, cloth

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	paint (coating) [300015029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	cloth [300162391]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by form>)

Dimensions: 180.3 x 58.4 x 36.8cm (71 x 23 x 14 1/2in.)

Cultures:

Ghanaian (preferred)

General Subject:

funerary (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	coffin [300197585]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, ceremonial containers, funerary containers) (AAT)

	cellphone [300265393]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, system components, telecommunication systems components, telephones) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Nokia cell phone coffin	........ [VP]
	........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 11 May 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 11 May 2015