Doll

Museum number:
5-11699
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-992 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Description:
doll; carved wood, dark brown in color; flat figure consisting of head, neck and rectangular body; parallel lines on head and body; 22.5 cm long, 6.5 cm wide.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Context of use:
according to Berta Bascom this genre of doll would be carried on Yoruba child's back in imitation of the way mothers carry babies.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 6.5 centimeters and length 22.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-14-1
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-11699, described as doll; carved wood, dark brown in color; flat figure consisting of head, neck and rectangular body; parallel lines on head and body; 22.5 cm long, 6.5 cm wide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-11699, described as doll; carved wood, dark brown in color; flat figure consisting of head, neck and rectangular body; parallel lines on head and body; 22.5 cm long, 6.5 cm wide.

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