Bust

Museum number:
5-16032
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4627
Description:
carved, wood, bust; male. incised hair, narrow, elongated face. H = 15.5 cm pair with 5-16033.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba (?)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ebony (wood) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
May 1, 1994
Context of use:
probably made for tourist consumption
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 15.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bust, accession number 5-16032, described as carved, wood, bust; male. incised hair, narrow, elongated face. H = 15.5 cm pair with 5-16033.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bust, accession number 5-16032, described as carved, wood, bust; male. incised hair, narrow, elongated face. H = 15.5 cm pair with 5-16033.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bust, accession number 5-16032, described as carved, wood, bust; male. incised hair, narrow, elongated face. H = 15.5 cm pair with 5-16033.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust, accession number 5-16032, described as carved, wood, bust; male. incised hair, narrow, elongated face. H = 15.5 cm pair with 5-16033.

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