Figure

Museum number:
5-4886
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-336 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2063 and Acc.2103
Description:
Carved wooden figurine of Ashanti "fairy” (mmotia) or tiny people of forest. Nude male; feet turned backward.
Donor:
Berta Bascom, South African Museum, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Kumasi, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana (Gold Coast); Kumasi; Ashanti (Murdock 32:18)
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 28 centimeters
Comment:
Pencil notation on Bascom Index card is only partially readable: “ Check K_t_ _______”; PAHMA Storage Loc: V -28-7. Exhibited Oakland Public Museum, 1965; right foot and arm broken off; see Rattray, religion and Art in Ashanti, pp. 25-6
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-4886, described as Carved wooden figurine of Ashanti "fairy” (mmotia) or tiny people of forest. Nude male; feet turned backward.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-4886, described as Carved wooden figurine of Ashanti "fairy” (mmotia) or tiny people of forest. Nude male; feet turned backward.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-4886, described as Carved wooden figurine of Ashanti "fairy” (mmotia) or tiny people of forest. Nude male; feet turned backward.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-4886, described as Carved wooden figurine of Ashanti "fairy” (mmotia) or tiny people of forest. Nude male; feet turned backward.

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