Male bust

Museum number:
5-13693b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3446
Description:
Large ebony bust - Benin (Lagos 1944). Male bust, representing partially bald man with finely carved hairstyle; several cracks in torso. Height ca. 34.0 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Lagos; Benin; Bini
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Materials:
Ebony (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Busts (sculpture), Carvings (visual works), and Men (male humans)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 19, 1978
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Male bust, accession number 5-13693b, described as Large ebony bust - Benin (Lagos 1944). Male bust, representing partially bald man with finely carved hairstyle; several cracks in torso. Height ca. 34.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Male bust, accession number 5-13693b, described as Large ebony bust - Benin (Lagos 1944). Male bust, representing partially bald man with finely carved hairstyle; several cracks in torso. Height ca. 34.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Male bust, accession number 5-13693b, described as Large ebony bust - Benin (Lagos 1944). Male bust, representing partially bald man with finely carved hairstyle; several cracks in torso. Height ca. 34.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Male bust, accession number 5-13693b, described as Large ebony bust - Benin (Lagos 1944). Male bust, representing partially bald man with finely carved hairstyle; several cracks in torso. Height ca. 34.0 cm.

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