Ashanti female fertility figure, black, carved wood, large disk head with small features, T-shaped arms+body. pedestal body with breasts, navel, neck rings. Incised hair on back of head. 2 holes pierced for earings and on top of head. one hole in each arm. Conservation: Paint rubbed away on back of base and ends of arms. Small chips at right edge of head.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Ghana; Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 15.8 centimeters, length 5.7 centimeters, and height 33 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: The Living Museum, Springfield, Vol 17:10, 1956, pg. 77; PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-7