Head

Museum number:
5-11690
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011690
Alternate number:
B-334 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Description:
Carved wood head of an antelope.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ivory Coast; Purchased at Accra Market from Hausa trader
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 34 centimeters and length 6 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-2. Exhibited: Deering Library, Northwestern University 1948; Art Dept San Francisco State College 1960.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Head, accession number 5-11690, described as Carved wood head of an antelope.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head, accession number 5-11690, described as Carved wood head of an antelope.

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