Figure fragment

Museum number:
5-14118
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014118
Alternate number:
B-1367 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3681
Description:
Torso, wood, pregnant woman; prominent tubular breasts, prominent "belly button" within circle divided into alternating white and brown triangles; 4 purple arrows extend from circle; perforations at sides and top; old insect damage; crack at base; height: 45 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of Benin
Verbatim coll. place:
Dahomey, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Pigment and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Human figures (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Context of use:
Used in initiations.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 45 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure fragment, accession number 5-14118, described as Torso, wood, pregnant woman; prominent tubular breasts, prominent "belly button" within circle divided into alternating white and brown triangles; 4 purple arrows extend from circle; perforations at sides and top; old insect damage; crack at base; height: 45 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure fragment, accession number 5-14118, described as Torso, wood, pregnant woman; prominent tubular breasts, prominent "belly button" within circle divided into alternating white and brown triangles; 4 purple arrows extend from circle; perforations at sides and top; old insect damage; crack at base; height: 45 cm.

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