Figurine

Museum number:
5-4050
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004050
Alternate number:
B-991 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1950
Description:
Standing, female figurine, with arms at sides. Hard red wood. 53.0 cm high.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti, tribe unspecified; Collected in Ghana
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-25-9
Loans:
S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown) and S1976-1977 #57: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Francine Marshall (March 8, 1977–March 9, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 5-4050, described as Standing, female figurine, with arms at sides. Hard red wood. 53.0 cm high.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 5-4050, described as Standing, female figurine, with arms at sides. Hard red wood. 53.0 cm high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-4050, described as Standing, female figurine, with arms at sides. Hard red wood. 53.0 cm high.

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