Ashanti female fertility doll, carved, painted; large disk head with small features, T-shaped arms + body; body pedestal type with breasts, navel, neck rings. back of head incised with stylized hair design. 3 holes in edge of disk and one in each arm. Conservation: Paint rubbed away on back of base; holes at top of head broken through, abraison at left front of head.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Ghana; Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1946
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 16.1 centimeters, length 5.2 centimeters, and height 32.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-7
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)