Figure

Museum number:
5-3458
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003458
Alternate number:
B-502 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
Carved, wooden female figure. Black; incised lines around stomach & navel; beaded belt around waist.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
Sierra Leone; Freetown; Mende
Culture or time period:
Mende
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944-1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 43 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-17-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3458, described as Carved, wooden female figure. Black; incised lines around stomach & navel; beaded belt around waist.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3458, described as Carved, wooden female figure. Black; incised lines around stomach & navel; beaded belt around waist.

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