Figure

Museum number:
5-16013
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-386 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4685
Description:
Ashanti forest spirit: handcarved, hand carved, square beard, horned, with extended arms attached to wing-like projections which extend to the waist. Looped legs. Hair carved in 2 layers. Carved from a single piece of wood, ribs deliniated. Modernistic style. Bascom paper label on bottom.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ghana
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Mahogany (wood) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 18, 1996
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 25.8 centimeters and height 45.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16013, described as Ashanti forest spirit: handcarved, hand carved, square beard, horned, with extended arms attached to wing-like projections which extend to the waist. Looped legs. Hair carved in 2 layers. Carved from a single piece of wood, ribs deliniated. Modernistic style. Bascom paper label on bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16013, described as Ashanti forest spirit: handcarved, hand carved, square beard, horned, with extended arms attached to wing-like projections which extend to the waist. Looped legs. Hair carved in 2 layers. Carved from a single piece of wood, ribs deliniated. Modernistic style. Bascom paper label on bottom.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16013, described as Ashanti forest spirit: handcarved, hand carved, square beard, horned, with extended arms attached to wing-like projections which extend to the waist. Looped legs. Hair carved in 2 layers. Carved from a single piece of wood, ribs deliniated. Modernistic style. Bascom paper label on bottom.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16013, described as Ashanti forest spirit: handcarved, hand carved, square beard, horned, with extended arms attached to wing-like projections which extend to the waist. Looped legs. Hair carved in 2 layers. Carved from a single piece of wood, ribs deliniated. Modernistic style. Bascom paper label on bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-16013, described as Ashanti forest spirit: handcarved, hand carved, square beard, horned, with extended arms attached to wing-like projections which extend to the waist. Looped legs. Hair carved in 2 layers. Carved from a single piece of wood, ribs deliniated. Modernistic style. Bascom paper label on bottom.

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