Figurines

Museum number:
5-15288a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210515288a@2dc
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4443
Description:
Figurines, carved ivory or bone; (a) goat, left horn damaged; engraved ridges overall; (b) water buffalo; (c) antelope.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Zaire, formely Congo Republic (Leopoldville)
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
ca. 1953
Materials:
Bone (material) and Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Tourist items
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
(a)— 4 centimeters, (a)— 3.6 centimeters, and (a)— 4.3 centimeters
Comment:
Tourist items; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-18-8
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 5-15288a-c, described as Figurines, carved ivory or bone; (a) goat, left horn damaged; engraved ridges overall; (b) water buffalo; (c) antelope.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 5-15288a-c, described as Figurines, carved ivory or bone; (a) goat, left horn damaged; engraved ridges overall; (b) water buffalo; (c) antelope.

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