Figures

Museum number:
5-14024
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Figures, group of 8; cast brass; seated male and female with row of 3 smaller standing male figures to both front and rear of central couple; right rear figure holds sun shade over large male, other small figures hold various objects, group on 4 footed flat rectangular base, left front foot broken off and in accompanying plastic bag (bag of fragments).
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figures, accession number 5-14024, described as Figures, group of 8; cast brass; seated male and female with row of 3 smaller standing male figures to both front and rear of central couple; right rear figure holds sun shade over large male, other small figures hold various objects, group on 4 footed flat rectangular base, left front foot broken off and in accompanying plastic bag (bag of fragments).Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figures, accession number 5-14024, described as Figures, group of 8; cast brass; seated male and female with row of 3 smaller standing male figures to both front and rear of central couple; right rear figure holds sun shade over large male, other small figures hold various objects, group on 4 footed flat rectangular base, left front foot broken off and in accompanying plastic bag (bag of fragments).Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figures, accession number 5-14024, described as Figures, group of 8; cast brass; seated male and female with row of 3 smaller standing male figures to both front and rear of central couple; right rear figure holds sun shade over large male, other small figures hold various objects, group on 4 footed flat rectangular base, left front foot broken off and in accompanying plastic bag (bag of fragments).Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figures, accession number 5-14024, described as Figures, group of 8; cast brass; seated male and female with row of 3 smaller standing male figures to both front and rear of central couple; right rear figure holds sun shade over large male, other small figures hold various objects, group on 4 footed flat rectangular base, left front foot broken off and in accompanying plastic bag (bag of fragments).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figures, accession number 5-14024, described as Figures, group of 8; cast brass; seated male and female with row of 3 smaller standing male figures to both front and rear of central couple; right rear figure holds sun shade over large male, other small figures hold various objects, group on 4 footed flat rectangular base, left front foot broken off and in accompanying plastic bag (bag of fragments).

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