Doll

Museum number:
5-14426
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014426
Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Doll; female, carved wooden fertility doll. Has rectangular head with features carved on lower half. Headdress carved on top, elaborate carving on back of head, long tubular body. Height 37.6 cm.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana; Fanti
Culture or time period:
Fanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Doll, accession number 5-14426, described as Doll; female, carved wooden fertility doll. Has rectangular head with features carved on lower half. Headdress carved on top, elaborate carving on back of head, long tubular body. Height 37.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Doll, accession number 5-14426, described as Doll; female, carved wooden fertility doll. Has rectangular head with features carved on lower half. Headdress carved on top, elaborate carving on back of head, long tubular body. Height 37.6 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14426, described as Doll; female, carved wooden fertility doll. Has rectangular head with features carved on lower half. Headdress carved on top, elaborate carving on back of head, long tubular body. Height 37.6 cm.

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