Figurine

Museum number:
5-16260
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016260
Alternate number:
B-997 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Fertility figure, Ashanti. carved wood, flat, disk shaped head with small features, stylized hair carved on back. holed for earrings at sides by head and hole for stringing at top. T-shaped arms and body, redestal bosy with breasts, navel and neck ring. holes drilled horizontally through.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 30 centimeters and width 14.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-3
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 5-16260, described as Fertility figure, Ashanti. carved wood, flat, disk shaped head with small features, stylized hair carved on back. holed for earrings at sides by head and hole for stringing at top. T-shaped arms and body, redestal bosy with breasts, navel and neck ring. holes drilled horizontally through.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 5-16260, described as Fertility figure, Ashanti. carved wood, flat, disk shaped head with small features, stylized hair carved on back. holed for earrings at sides by head and hole for stringing at top. T-shaped arms and body, redestal bosy with breasts, navel and neck ring. holes drilled horizontally through.

Tools