Dog figurine

Museum number:
5-861
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.988
Description:
Termite mud dogs; okambua konata-puppy from mud; made by girls or women.
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Namibia
Verbatim coll. place:
Kuanyama Ambo
Culture or time period:
Kuanyama Ambo
Collector:
Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
Spring 1948
Materials:
Mud
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1949
Context of use:
Made by girls or women.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dog figurine, accession number 5-861, described as Termite mud dogs; okambua konata-puppy from mud; made by girls or women.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dog figurine, accession number 5-861, described as Termite mud dogs; okambua konata-puppy from mud; made by girls or women.

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