Figure

Museum number:
5-16294
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016294
Alternate number:
B-1226 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ba-Yaka figure, with a hole for medicine. 9“ . Purchased, 1968, $160.Cf. 1197 Purchased via Max Alfert from Maria Wyss of Basel
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo, Ba-Yaka
Culture or time period:
Ba Yaka
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File. Figure is numbered “3” on the photo; PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-5
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969), and S1971-1972 #64: Art Gallery (Mills College) (January 3, 1972–February 22, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-16294, described as Ba-Yaka figure, with a hole for medicine. 9“ . Purchased, 1968, $160.Cf. 1197 Purchased via Max Alfert from Maria Wyss of BaselHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-16294, described as Ba-Yaka figure, with a hole for medicine. 9“ . Purchased, 1968, $160.Cf. 1197 Purchased via Max Alfert from Maria Wyss of BaselHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-16294, described as Ba-Yaka figure, with a hole for medicine. 9“ . Purchased, 1968, $160.Cf. 1197 Purchased via Max Alfert from Maria Wyss of Basel

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