Elephant figurine

Museum number:
5-3448
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003448
Alternate number:
B-315
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
Carved Mahogany elephant
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Kumasi, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana; Kumasi; Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 20 centimeters and length 26 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: Deering Library, Northwestern University 1954; Berkeley Recreation Department, 1963.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #73: Berkeley Recretion Department/Mary Berry (June 11, 1963–unknown) and S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Elephant figurine, accession number 5-3448, described as Carved Mahogany elephantHearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Elephant figurine, accession number 5-3448, described as Carved Mahogany elephantHearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Elephant figurine, accession number 5-3448, described as Carved Mahogany elephantHearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Elephant figurine, accession number 5-3448, described as Carved Mahogany elephantHearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Elephant figurine, accession number 5-3448, described as Carved Mahogany elephantHearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Elephant figurine, accession number 5-3448, described as Carved Mahogany elephant
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Elephant figurine, accession number 5-3448, described as Carved Mahogany elephant

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