Head

Museum number:
5-14069
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014069
Alternate number:
B-493 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3589
Description:
Benin ebony head of king (Lagos, 1944) small.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Bini; collected at Lagos
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Ebony (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 8, 1980
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: Handbook of West African Art, 1953, plate 22B/W photos (3) stored with Bascom Card Index file.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Head, accession number 5-14069, described as Benin ebony head of king (Lagos, 1944) small.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Head, accession number 5-14069, described as Benin ebony head of king (Lagos, 1944) small.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Head, accession number 5-14069, described as Benin ebony head of king (Lagos, 1944) small.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Head, accession number 5-14069, described as Benin ebony head of king (Lagos, 1944) small.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head, accession number 5-14069, described as Benin ebony head of king (Lagos, 1944) small.

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