Figure

Museum number:
5-16308
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1358 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Goemai female figure. nude, carved wood; dark casting that appears to be mixed with dung. Purchased in Paris Conservation: Crack in center of chest.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1976
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 11 centimeters, length 8 centimeters, and height 39 centimeters
Comment:
Cf. Sieber #29. PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16308, described as Goemai female figure. nude, carved wood; dark casting that appears to be mixed with dung. Purchased in Paris Conservation: Crack in center of chest.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16308, described as Goemai female figure. nude, carved wood; dark casting that appears to be mixed with dung. Purchased in Paris Conservation: Crack in center of chest.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16308, described as Goemai female figure. nude, carved wood; dark casting that appears to be mixed with dung. Purchased in Paris Conservation: Crack in center of chest.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16308, described as Goemai female figure. nude, carved wood; dark casting that appears to be mixed with dung. Purchased in Paris Conservation: Crack in center of chest.

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