Doll

Museum number:
5-11722
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011722
Alternate number:
B-514 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Description:
Doll; slender stick representing body; clay head, breasts and base; stick body purple in color; base broken and one breast missing.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Guinea
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, West Africa, Guinea, Malinke, Mandingo (Murdock 11:8)
Culture or time period:
Malinke
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-29-13
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-11722, described as Doll; slender stick representing body; clay head, breasts and base; stick body purple in color; base broken and one breast missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-11722, described as Doll; slender stick representing body; clay head, breasts and base; stick body purple in color; base broken and one breast missing.

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