Figure

Museum number:
5-16275
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1030 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Doll, carved wood; head, neck, arms, legs, buttocks indicated. Collected from a Hausa trader at Accra Conservation: Damage on one side of head, and part of arms. Crack on backside.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Northern Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; N. Nigeria
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 1.6 centimeters, height 9.7 centimeters, and width 2.1 centimeters
Comment:
Notation on card: “Tiv? Jukun? Afo?”; PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-5
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-16275, described as Doll, carved wood; head, neck, arms, legs, buttocks indicated. Collected from a Hausa trader at Accra Conservation: Damage on one side of head, and part of arms. Crack on backside.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-16275, described as Doll, carved wood; head, neck, arms, legs, buttocks indicated. Collected from a Hausa trader at Accra Conservation: Damage on one side of head, and part of arms. Crack on backside.

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