Puppet

Museum number:
5-3342
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden puppet. Carved arms and head. Stained black. Wearing yellow and blue batik robe. L ca. 35.0”
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Nuclear Mande; Bambara
Culture or time period:
Nuclear Mande
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 11:1Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 118C
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 5-3342, described as Carved wooden puppet. Carved arms and head. Stained black. Wearing yellow and blue batik robe. L ca. 35.0”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 5-3342, described as Carved wooden puppet. Carved arms and head. Stained black. Wearing yellow and blue batik robe. L ca. 35.0”

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