Figure
- Museum number:
- 5-16295
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016295
- Alternate number:
- B-1227 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- Ba-Bembe nail figure. 81/2 “. Purchased, 1068, $400. Ba-Bwende Purchased via Max Alfert from Maria Wyss of Basil
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Republic of the Congo
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Central Africa, Congo, Ba-Bembe
- Culture or time period:
- Ba Bembe
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Loans:
- S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968) and S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969)
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