Doll

Museum number:
5-16313
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1724 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo doll, male; carved and painted wood; short stumpy arms, prominent navel; hair, shorts, fingers, toes, eyes, and ears highlighted in black, mouth in red. Conservation: Chip in wood on right side of upper leg.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 5.9 centimeters, height 28.3 centimeters, and length 5.3 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom--4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-16313, described as Ibo doll, male; carved and painted wood; short stumpy arms, prominent navel; hair, shorts, fingers, toes, eyes, and ears highlighted in black, mouth in red. Conservation: Chip in wood on right side of upper leg.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-16313, described as Ibo doll, male; carved and painted wood; short stumpy arms, prominent navel; hair, shorts, fingers, toes, eyes, and ears highlighted in black, mouth in red. Conservation: Chip in wood on right side of upper leg.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-16313, described as Ibo doll, male; carved and painted wood; short stumpy arms, prominent navel; hair, shorts, fingers, toes, eyes, and ears highlighted in black, mouth in red. Conservation: Chip in wood on right side of upper leg.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-16313, described as Ibo doll, male; carved and painted wood; short stumpy arms, prominent navel; hair, shorts, fingers, toes, eyes, and ears highlighted in black, mouth in red. Conservation: Chip in wood on right side of upper leg.

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