Figure

Museum number:
5-3264
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Brass figure. Male in loin cloth with large knife in right hand. H = 4 1/8”.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Senufo Tribe
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 12:6Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-5
Loans:
S1963-1964 #97: Heard Museum (June 30, 1964–October 5, 1964) and S1966-1967 #18: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (October 28, 1966–November 11, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-3264, described as Brass figure. Male in loin cloth with large knife in right hand. H = 4 1/8”.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-3264, described as Brass figure. Male in loin cloth with large knife in right hand. H = 4 1/8”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3264, described as Brass figure. Male in loin cloth with large knife in right hand. H = 4 1/8”.

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