Figure

Museum number:
5-16290
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Alternate number:
B-1201 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
“Cameroun” figure; carved wood with female genitalia; both arms rest on belly. carved decoration, some painted highlights in red. Purchased at auction of estate of John T. Coulthard.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Probably N.W. Congo
Culture or time period:
Ngombe
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 11.8 centimeters, height 39.5 centimeters, and length 9 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: “Civilization and Style”, Vol 10:5/6, 1952, p. 11. Ex-collection Argonaut Book Shop.B/W photos (2) stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File (one xerox duplication of photo). PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-16290, described as “Cameroun” figure; carved wood with female genitalia; both arms rest on belly. carved decoration, some painted highlights in red. Purchased at auction of estate of John T. Coulthard.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-16290, described as “Cameroun” figure; carved wood with female genitalia; both arms rest on belly. carved decoration, some painted highlights in red. Purchased at auction of estate of John T. Coulthard.

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