Figure

Museum number:
5-4888
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004888
Alternate number:
B-539 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2063 and Acc.2103
Description:
Pottery statuette of an Ashanti chief, seated on a throne. Painted post firing black, blue, red, gold, yellow and white.
Donor:
Berta Bascom, South African Museum, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana (Gold Coast); Accra; Ashanti (Murdock 32.18)
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pottery
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 23 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:18; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-28-8. Exhibited Oakland Public Museum, 1965; broken and repaired
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-4888, described as Pottery statuette of an Ashanti chief, seated on a throne. Painted post firing black, blue, red, gold, yellow and white.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-4888, described as Pottery statuette of an Ashanti chief, seated on a throne. Painted post firing black, blue, red, gold, yellow and white.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-4888, described as Pottery statuette of an Ashanti chief, seated on a throne. Painted post firing black, blue, red, gold, yellow and white.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-4888, described as Pottery statuette of an Ashanti chief, seated on a throne. Painted post firing black, blue, red, gold, yellow and white.

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