Doll

Museum number:
5-3434
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1708 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
carved wooden doll; stylized; incised horizontal parallel lines on body; unpainted; 7" x 2 1/2".
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Badagry, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Bdagary; Yoruba; Procured at Badagry market in 1942.
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 17.78 centimeters and width 6.35 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-14-1
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-3434, described as carved wooden doll; stylized; incised horizontal parallel lines on body; unpainted; 7" x 2 1/2".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-3434, described as carved wooden doll; stylized; incised horizontal parallel lines on body; unpainted; 7" x 2 1/2".

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