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)— 4.3 centimeters, (a)— 4 centimeters, and (a)— 3.6 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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