Male figurine

Museum number:
5-2195
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-296 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Wooden male figurine with G-string and movable arms. Brown wood; g-string of leather.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Collected at Accra market
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944-1945
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Men (male humans)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 22 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-6. Collected at Accra. Exhibited at Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin 1956.
Loans:
S1981-1982 #62: Kaiser (April 30, 1982–July 12, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Male figurine, accession number 5-2195, described as Wooden male figurine with G-string and movable arms. Brown wood; g-string of leather.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Male figurine, accession number 5-2195, described as Wooden male figurine with G-string and movable arms. Brown wood; g-string of leather.

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