Fertility figurine

Museum number:
5-16757
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
516756
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ashanti fertility figure (reproduction?); carved and painted wood. cylindrical body with straight conical arms and small breasts, minimal protruding naval with 4 rings around neck. large, flat, disk-like head with small eyes, nose, and mouth. scarification marks on forehead, cheeks, back of head. entire figure painted black. Conservation: Paint worn through to wood in several places. Cracked in base/back. Old chip out of base.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
devotional
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 28 centimeters, height 5.2 centimeters, and width 13.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Fertility figurine, accession number 5-16757, described as Ashanti fertility figure (reproduction?); carved and painted wood. cylindrical body with straight conical arms and small breasts, minimal protruding naval with 4 rings around neck. large, flat, disk-like head with small eyes, nose, and mouth. scarification marks on forehead, cheeks, back of head. entire figure painted black. Conservation: Paint worn through to wood in several places. Cracked in base/back. Old chip out of base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Fertility figurine, accession number 5-16757, described as Ashanti fertility figure (reproduction?); carved and painted wood. cylindrical body with straight conical arms and small breasts, minimal protruding naval with 4 rings around neck. large, flat, disk-like head with small eyes, nose, and mouth. scarification marks on forehead, cheeks, back of head. entire figure painted black. Conservation: Paint worn through to wood in several places. Cracked in base/back. Old chip out of base.

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