1319 (original number) and B-1319 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
Carving, half-figure, wood, handcarved; woman (?) with pointed chin and funnel-shaped hole in top of head (twig inserted laterally across opening); hands resting on stomach; leather skirt over woven fiber undergarment; oiled surface; on square pedestal. Per inventory 6/13/12, figure noted as tacky from the glazing.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Zaire, Katanga Province, Ba-luba;
Culture or time period:
Ba Luba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Context of use:
Purchased at Sotheby’s auction, 1971 for $539.70 + $79.86 air freight. Note: "Wooden stools and wood or ivory neck rests are supported by human figures, and half figures were carved for magical purposes." Bascom, p. 169-170
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 7.4 centimeters and height 23.3 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Sotheby’s catalogue, auction, 7 December 1971, #192B/W duplicate of a photograph stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File. (poor quality duplicate). PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-19-1