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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3198, described as Carved wooden figure. Standing female ; hands clasped around protruding umbilicum; lines around eyes; worm-eaten.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-11706, described as Lwena figure. Purchased, 1967, #1203. $10 + $0.50 tax. (See Martin, 1971)

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3194, described as Carved wooden figure. Seated male with hand on knee.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3228, described as Carved wooden figure. Standing male with monkey-face and protruding umbilicum. Left hand holding cup under chin. Right hand grasping dagger; cotton loin cloth and head band. Also has protuding umbilicum.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3270, described as Carved wooden figure. Female with bowl on top of head and string of beads in left ear lobe. H = 25.25”.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-4886, described as Carved wooden figurine of Ashanti "fairy” (mmotia) or tiny people of forest. Nude male; feet turned backward.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-13479, described as Fertility doll; round head, outstretched arms; blackened wood (native name: akua-ba)

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-2207, described as Black figure of drummer; inflexed position on a pedestal. Per inventory 6/13/12, found with a bag of unnumbered fragments.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-10237, described as Cameroons cast brass figure of a dancer - collected by Paul Gebauer. H = 5.0 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-6340, described as Figure; wood; male; standing, hand on stomach; hair-do in four sections, finely incised; relief scar pattern on forehead, neck, stomach and back; traces of textile on buttocls and upper legs; navel protudes. (Termite damage on base, backs of legs and lower stomach)

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3198, described as Carved wooden figure. Standing female ; hands clasped around protruding umbilicum; lines around eyes; worm-eaten.

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-11706, described as Lwena figure. Purchased, 1967, #1203. $10 + $0.50 tax. (See Martin, 1971)

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3194, described as Carved wooden figure. Seated male with hand on knee.

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3228, described as Carved wooden figure. Standing male with monkey-face and protruding umbilicum. Left hand holding cup under chin. Right hand grasping dagger; cotton loin cloth and head band. Also has protuding umbilicum.

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3270, described as Carved wooden figure. Female with bowl on top of head and string of beads in left ear lobe. H = 25.25”.

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-4886, described as Carved wooden figurine of Ashanti "fairy” (mmotia) or tiny people of forest. Nude male; feet turned backward.

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-2207, described as Black figure of drummer; inflexed position on a pedestal. Per inventory 6/13/12, found with a bag of unnumbered fragments.

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-10237, described as Cameroons cast brass figure of a dancer - collected by Paul Gebauer. H = 5.0 cm

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-6340, described as Figure; wood; male; standing, hand on stomach; hair-do in four sections, finely incised; relief scar pattern on forehead, neck, stomach and back; traces of textile on buttocls and upper legs; navel protudes. (Termite damage on base, backs of legs and lower stomach)

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Current results range from 1937 to 1971

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William Russell Bascom56 objects
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5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)73 objects
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions52 objects
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies5 objects
1.5 Household2 objects
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama2 objects
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies1 objects

S1964-1965 #20: California Alumni Association (October 14, 1964–October 23, 1964)10 objects
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964)10 objects
S1976-1977 #57: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Francine Marshall (March 8, 1977–March 9, 1977)8 objects
S1968-1969 #141: Dominican College of San Rafael (June 10, 1969–July 22, 1969)7 objects
S1963-1964 #97: Heard Museum (June 30, 1964–October 5, 1964)6 objects
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)6 objects
S1969-1970 #97: KQED Television (March 23, 1970–March 25, 1972)6 objects
S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown)5 objects
S1968-1969 #76: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (February 14, 1969–May 23, 1969)5 objects
S1968-1969 #84: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (February 24, 1969–March 19, 1969)5 objects

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