Baule female figure, carved wood; nude with scarification on face and belly; hand rest on belly, hair carved with great detail.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Ivory Coast; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
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:
length 10 centimeters, height 35.3 centimeters, and width 7.3 centimeters
Comment:
Slide; PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-2
Loans:
S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969), S1970-1971 #150: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 23, 1970–May 18, 1971), S1983-1984 #43: Sonoma State University (February 28, 1984–April 24, 1984), and S1984-1985 #23: Sonoma State University (November 28, 1984–April 22, 1985)