Candle

Museum number:
5-16511
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Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Candle, wax encased in metallic coating (silver/black shadows): in the form of a head with tall hair styling.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ghana/Mali/Senegal, Bambara
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Candles
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 36.5 centimeters, width 12 centimeters, and length 11.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Candle, accession number 5-16511, described as Candle, wax encased in metallic coating (silver/black shadows): in the form of a head with tall hair styling.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Candle, accession number 5-16511, described as Candle, wax encased in metallic coating (silver/black shadows): in the form of a head with tall hair styling.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Candle, accession number 5-16511, described as Candle, wax encased in metallic coating (silver/black shadows): in the form of a head with tall hair styling.

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