Figure

Museum number:
5-3249
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-176 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Brass face with elaborately braided hair and beard.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 10.43 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-4
Loans:
S1963-1964 #97: Heard Museum (June 30, 1964–October 5, 1964), S1968-1969 #76: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (February 14, 1969–May 23, 1969), and S1969-1970 #103: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (April 2, 1970–July 21, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3249, described as Brass face with elaborately braided hair and beard.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3249, described as Brass face with elaborately braided hair and beard.

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