Figurine

Museum number:
5-13057
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013057
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3211
Description:
Figurine; standing European male on base; carved and darkened wood; body hunched over, arms at sides.
Donor:
Howard A. Bern
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Congo, Leopoldville (?), Bakongo (Kongo) ?
Culture or time period:
Ba Kongo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
before 1975
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 22.2 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-16-8
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 5-13057, described as Figurine; standing European male on base; carved and darkened wood; body hunched over, arms at sides.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 5-13057, described as Figurine; standing European male on base; carved and darkened wood; body hunched over, arms at sides.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-13057, described as Figurine; standing European male on base; carved and darkened wood; body hunched over, arms at sides.

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