331 (original number) and B-331 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Black wooden head. Incised design on forehead and cheeks.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Congo; tribe unknown
Collector:
Berta Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 22.86 centimeters
Comment:
B/W photo stored with Bascom Index card file. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-18-4. Collected at Leopoldville, 1943-44. Exhibited at Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin 1949 & 1956, R. H. Lowie Museum 1960.