Figure

Museum number:
5-7682
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007682
Alternate number:
B-1091 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2460
Description:
Figure; wood; female, standing, with hands on stomach; elaborate incised hair-do; hatch markings on face, neck and back; white filled eyes; protruding navel; Heavy general wear, split down back. Evaluation: $ 700.00
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Baule (Murdock 32:20)
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (carved)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 31 centimeters
Comment:
See acc. env. and catalogue card for additional info. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-30-3. Exhibited: College of San Mateo, 1967; Contra Costa College, 1968.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), S1983-1984 #43: Sonoma State University (February 28, 1984–April 24, 1984), and S1984-1985 #23: Sonoma State University (November 28, 1984–April 22, 1985)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-7682, described as Figure; wood; female, standing, with hands on stomach; elaborate incised hair-do; hatch markings on face, neck and back; white filled eyes; protruding navel; Heavy general wear, split down back. Evaluation: $ 700.00Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-7682, described as Figure; wood; female, standing, with hands on stomach; elaborate incised hair-do; hatch markings on face, neck and back; white filled eyes; protruding navel; Heavy general wear, split down back. Evaluation: $ 700.00Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-7682, described as Figure; wood; female, standing, with hands on stomach; elaborate incised hair-do; hatch markings on face, neck and back; white filled eyes; protruding navel; Heavy general wear, split down back. Evaluation: $ 700.00Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-7682, described as Figure; wood; female, standing, with hands on stomach; elaborate incised hair-do; hatch markings on face, neck and back; white filled eyes; protruding navel; Heavy general wear, split down back. Evaluation: $ 700.00
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-7682, described as Figure; wood; female, standing, with hands on stomach; elaborate incised hair-do; hatch markings on face, neck and back; white filled eyes; protruding navel; Heavy general wear, split down back. Evaluation: $ 700.00

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