Figure

Museum number:
5-3271
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden figure. Male with elaborate headdress and proturding umbilicum. H = 22.25”.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Senufo Tribe
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 12:6Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-2-4
Loans:
S1964-1965 #20: California Alumni Association (October 14, 1964–October 23, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-3271, described as Carved wooden figure. Male with elaborate headdress and proturding umbilicum. H = 22.25”.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-3271, described as Carved wooden figure. Male with elaborate headdress and proturding umbilicum. H = 22.25”.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-3271, described as Carved wooden figure. Male with elaborate headdress and proturding umbilicum. H = 22.25”.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-3271, described as Carved wooden figure. Male with elaborate headdress and proturding umbilicum. H = 22.25”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3271, described as Carved wooden figure. Male with elaborate headdress and proturding umbilicum. H = 22.25”.

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