Bust

Museum number:
5-3431
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003431
Alternate number:
B-312 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
carved wooden bust; male with elaborate hair-do and necklace; stained wood; 15 1/4" high; carved by Bamgboye.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Iloffa, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ilorin Province; Iloffa; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Maker or artist:
Bamgboye
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 38.735 centimeters
Comment:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ilorin Province, Iloffa, Yoruba; Carved by Bamgboye PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, counter top
Loans:
S1970-1971 #95: City of Oakland (March 5, 1971–March 5, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Bust, accession number 5-3431, described as carved wooden bust; male with elaborate hair-do and necklace; stained wood; 15 1/4" high; carved by Bamgboye.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Bust, accession number 5-3431, described as carved wooden bust; male with elaborate hair-do and necklace; stained wood; 15 1/4" high; carved by Bamgboye.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Bust, accession number 5-3431, described as carved wooden bust; male with elaborate hair-do and necklace; stained wood; 15 1/4" high; carved by Bamgboye.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Bust, accession number 5-3431, described as carved wooden bust; male with elaborate hair-do and necklace; stained wood; 15 1/4" high; carved by Bamgboye.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Bust, accession number 5-3431, described as carved wooden bust; male with elaborate hair-do and necklace; stained wood; 15 1/4" high; carved by Bamgboye.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Bust, accession number 5-3431, described as carved wooden bust; male with elaborate hair-do and necklace; stained wood; 15 1/4" high; carved by Bamgboye.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Bust, accession number 5-3431, described as carved wooden bust; male with elaborate hair-do and necklace; stained wood; 15 1/4" high; carved by Bamgboye.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust, accession number 5-3431, described as carved wooden bust; male with elaborate hair-do and necklace; stained wood; 15 1/4" high; carved by Bamgboye.

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