Figure

Museum number:
5-11706
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011706
Alternate number:
B-1206 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Description:
Lwena figure. Purchased, 1967, #1203. $10 + $0.50 tax. (See Martin, 1971)
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo, Lwena; Purchases at auction from the estate of John T. Coulthard
Culture or time period:
Luvale
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-11706, described as Lwena figure. Purchased, 1967, #1203. $10 + $0.50 tax. (See Martin, 1971)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-11706, described as Lwena figure. Purchased, 1967, #1203. $10 + $0.50 tax. (See Martin, 1971)

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