Bust

Museum number:
5-3447
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003447
Alternate number:
B-310 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
Carved mahogany bust; female?; unpainted.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Kumasi, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ghana, Kumasai, Ashanti; Collected at Kumasai
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-3. Exhibited: Berkeley Recreation Department 1963.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #73: Berkeley Recretion Department/Mary Berry (June 11, 1963–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bust, accession number 5-3447, described as Carved mahogany bust; female?; unpainted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bust, accession number 5-3447, described as Carved mahogany bust; female?; unpainted.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bust, accession number 5-3447, described as Carved mahogany bust; female?; unpainted.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust, accession number 5-3447, described as Carved mahogany bust; female?; unpainted.

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