Doll

Museum number:
5-2200
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-228 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Wooden male figurine. Light wood, stands on shallow pedestal.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Togo
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba speaking people of Togo; Attribution by William Fagg
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944-1945
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 15.88 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-17-8
Loans:
S1969-1970 #91: Oakland Technical School/Virginia Romain (February 20, 1970–February 24, 1970)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-2200, described as Wooden male figurine. Light wood, stands on shallow pedestal.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-2200, described as Wooden male figurine. Light wood, stands on shallow pedestal.

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