Wooden figurine

Museum number:
5-14421
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014421
Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Doll, male, Ashanti fertility doll. Carved wooden boy with moon-shaped fae, with features carved on lower half. Ringed neck, trunk resembles a cross with short arms which stick straight out. Height 29.3 cm.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana; Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden figurine, accession number 5-14421, described as Doll, male, Ashanti fertility doll. Carved wooden boy with moon-shaped fae, with features carved on lower half. Ringed neck, trunk resembles a cross with short arms which stick straight out. Height 29.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden figurine, accession number 5-14421, described as Doll, male, Ashanti fertility doll. Carved wooden boy with moon-shaped fae, with features carved on lower half. Ringed neck, trunk resembles a cross with short arms which stick straight out. Height 29.3 cm.

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