Figure

Museum number:
5-5976
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1840 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2205
Description:
Dahomean brass figure and plastic base; woman with child and fan. Height: 6.5 inches.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of Benin
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Dahomey, Fon; Collected in Nigeria
Culture or time period:
Fon
Collection date:
1937-1938
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1976-1977 #57: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Francine Marshall (March 8, 1977–March 9, 1977) and S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-5976, described as Dahomean brass figure and plastic base; woman with child and fan. Height: 6.5 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-5976, described as Dahomean brass figure and plastic base; woman with child and fan. Height: 6.5 inches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-5976, described as Dahomean brass figure and plastic base; woman with child and fan. Height: 6.5 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-5976, described as Dahomean brass figure and plastic base; woman with child and fan. Height: 6.5 inches.

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