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Museum number:
5-13462b
Permalink:
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Description:
squatting anthropomorphic figure of wood painted blue, black and red which fits into hollow at top of antelope head; height 28 cm
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali; Guinea; Senegal; Bambara
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-13462b, described as squatting anthropomorphic figure of wood painted blue, black and red which fits into hollow at top of antelope head; height 28 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-13462b, described as squatting anthropomorphic figure of wood painted blue, black and red which fits into hollow at top of antelope head; height 28 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-13462b, described as squatting anthropomorphic figure of wood painted blue, black and red which fits into hollow at top of antelope head; height 28 cm

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