Statuette

Museum number:
5-5344
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Female statuette with glass bead necklace and cowrie sheel circlet around buttocks. H = 21.0 cm
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Ivory Coast- Upper Volta; Senufo
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Statuettes (free-standing sculpture)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Original # on object is “17” Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 12:6; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-2-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Statuette, accession number 5-5344, described as Female statuette with glass bead necklace and cowrie sheel circlet around buttocks. H = 21.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statuette, accession number 5-5344, described as Female statuette with glass bead necklace and cowrie sheel circlet around buttocks. H = 21.0 cm

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