Figure

Museum number:
5-16301
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016301
Alternate number:
B-1311 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Fon Legba (counterpart of Yoruba Eshu) figure. Purchased, 1971, $35. 16.5” Purchased from Baba Kaba
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of Benin
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Dahomeny, Fon
Culture or time period:
Fon
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Cf. Herskovits, Dahomey, Vol.II, pl. 76.Illustrated, Bascom 1973; 46; PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-6
Loans:
S1976-1977 #57: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Francine Marshall (March 8, 1977–March 9, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-16301, described as Fon Legba (counterpart of Yoruba Eshu) figure. Purchased, 1971, $35. 16.5” Purchased from Baba Kaba

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