Figure - carved wood

Museum number:

5-3347

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21050003347

Alternate number:

[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.1770

Description:

Carved wooden figure. Standing female with hands on knees. Covered with white lime. H = 18.0”

Donor:

University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Mali

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Mali; Hobe Tribes; Dogon

Culture or time period:

Dogon

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Function:

5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)

Accession date:

1963

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Comment:

Murdock 11:1Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-1-11

Loans:

S1964-1965 #20: California Alumni Association (October 14, 1964–October 23, 1964), S1966-1967 #30: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 11, 1966–November 28, 1966), S1967-1968 #82: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (February 8, 1968–April 1, 1968), S1968-1969 #12: California Department of Parks and Recreation (August 2, 1968–September 24, 1968), S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #84: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (February 24, 1969–March 19, 1969), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969), S1976-1977 #46: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (February 15, 1977–February 16, 1977), and S1984-1985 #19: Merritt College (November 7, 1984–April 22, 1985)

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