Figure

Museum number:
5-16374
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1037 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Yoruba thorn carving. walking woman carrying basket on her head and a baby in a sling on her back. she is wearing a one piece sarong-like garnment.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
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 2.5 centimeters, height 6.6 centimeters, and length 2.4 centimeters
Comment:
Notation on card: “Oskadepe”; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, countertop
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-16374, described as Yoruba thorn carving. walking woman carrying basket on her head and a baby in a sling on her back. she is wearing a one piece sarong-like garnment.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-16374, described as Yoruba thorn carving. walking woman carrying basket on her head and a baby in a sling on her back. she is wearing a one piece sarong-like garnment.

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