Figure - carved wood

Museum number:
5-15797
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1118 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4661
Description:
Figure, wood, handcarved; human female with everted navel, pointed breasts, and scarification around navel; four-fingered hands at side, knees slightly bent; interlocking (bone?) beads at waist; standing on hemispheric pedestal; dark polished finish.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Burkina Faso
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Upper Volta; Lobi
Culture or time period:
Lobi
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 12, 1994
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 9.3 centimeters and height 38.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figure - carved wood, accession number 5-15797, described as Figure, wood, handcarved; human female with everted navel, pointed breasts, and scarification around navel; four-fingered hands at side, knees slightly bent; interlocking (bone?) beads at waist; standing on hemispheric pedestal; dark polished finish.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figure - carved wood, accession number 5-15797, described as Figure, wood, handcarved; human female with everted navel, pointed breasts, and scarification around navel; four-fingered hands at side, knees slightly bent; interlocking (bone?) beads at waist; standing on hemispheric pedestal; dark polished finish.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figure - carved wood, accession number 5-15797, described as Figure, wood, handcarved; human female with everted navel, pointed breasts, and scarification around navel; four-fingered hands at side, knees slightly bent; interlocking (bone?) beads at waist; standing on hemispheric pedestal; dark polished finish.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figure - carved wood, accession number 5-15797, described as Figure, wood, handcarved; human female with everted navel, pointed breasts, and scarification around navel; four-fingered hands at side, knees slightly bent; interlocking (bone?) beads at waist; standing on hemispheric pedestal; dark polished finish.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure - carved wood, accession number 5-15797, described as Figure, wood, handcarved; human female with everted navel, pointed breasts, and scarification around navel; four-fingered hands at side, knees slightly bent; interlocking (bone?) beads at waist; standing on hemispheric pedestal; dark polished finish.

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