Figurine

Museum number:
5-5295
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Wooden female figurine with ababy carved on b ack. Blue glass (?) beads around ankles, arms and neck of mother and neck of baby. H = 92.0cm
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali; Bambara
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Original # on object is “9”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 11:1; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 118c
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 5-5295, described as Wooden female figurine with ababy carved on b ack. Blue glass (?) beads around ankles, arms and neck of mother and neck of baby. H = 92.0cmHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 5-5295, described as Wooden female figurine with ababy carved on b ack. Blue glass (?) beads around ankles, arms and neck of mother and neck of baby. H = 92.0cmHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 5-5295, described as Wooden female figurine with ababy carved on b ack. Blue glass (?) beads around ankles, arms and neck of mother and neck of baby. H = 92.0cmHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 5-5295, described as Wooden female figurine with ababy carved on b ack. Blue glass (?) beads around ankles, arms and neck of mother and neck of baby. H = 92.0cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-5295, described as Wooden female figurine with ababy carved on b ack. Blue glass (?) beads around ankles, arms and neck of mother and neck of baby. H = 92.0cm

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