Figure

Museum number:
5-3231
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003231
Alternate number:
B-100 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Brass figure. Kneeling female using bowl to dip objects out of a larger bowl.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 10.12 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-5
Loans:
S1963-1964 #97: Heard Museum (June 30, 1964–October 5, 1964), S1964-1965 #20: California Alumni Association (October 14, 1964–October 23, 1964), S1965-1966 #86a: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (May 19, 1966–September 6, 1966), S1968-1969 #76: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (February 14, 1969–May 23, 1969), and S1969-1970 #97: KQED Television (March 23, 1970–March 25, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-3231, described as Brass figure. Kneeling female using bowl to dip objects out of a larger bowl.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-3231, described as Brass figure. Kneeling female using bowl to dip objects out of a larger bowl.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-3231, described as Brass figure. Kneeling female using bowl to dip objects out of a larger bowl.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3231, described as Brass figure. Kneeling female using bowl to dip objects out of a larger bowl.

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