Figure
- Museum number:
- 5-10247
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050010247
- Alternate number:
- B-2279 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.2819
- Description:
- Figure representing Mosi musician playing drum; cast iron; painted plaster? filling and decoration representing clothing.
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Burkina Faso
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa, Upper Volta, Mossi (Murdock 12:27)
- Culture or time period:
- Mossi
- Collection date:
- 1955
- Materials:
- Iron (metal), Paint (coating), and Plaster
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Drums (membranophones)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Accession date:
- 1971
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Comment:
- cf. 2278,2277-2291; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-18-5. Collected by Peter Hammond
- Loans:
- S1968-1969 #141: Dominican College of San Rafael (June 10, 1969–July 22, 1969)
- Legacy documentation:
-