Figure

Museum number:
5-3353
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-173 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden figure. Seated female with hands around navel; string of white beads with brass pendant around neck; trimmed in red and green.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, east Ivory Coast; Akon Tribes, Anyi
Culture or time period:
Anyi
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
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)
Dimensions:
length 34.35 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:17Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraisers number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-2
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3353, described as Carved wooden figure. Seated female with hands around navel; string of white beads with brass pendant around neck; trimmed in red and green.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3353, described as Carved wooden figure. Seated female with hands around navel; string of white beads with brass pendant around neck; trimmed in red and green.

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