Sculpture

Museum number:
5-15940
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015940
Alternate number:
B-1961 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
sculpture. terra cotta foot with ankle bracelet, about 1 cm wide with round bead at center. big toe and tips of the 2 on the right of the big toe are damaged. hole in the bottom at the heel. 11 cm long x 8.5 cm tall.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Ife
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1961
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sculpture (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
the hold in the bottom may have held it to a base. use is unknown.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 8.5 centimeters and length 11 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-8
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Sculpture, accession number 5-15940, described as sculpture. terra cotta foot with ankle bracelet, about 1 cm wide with round bead at center. big toe and tips of the 2 on the right of the big toe are damaged. hole in the bottom at the heel. 11 cm long x 8.5 cm tall.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Sculpture, accession number 5-15940, described as sculpture. terra cotta foot with ankle bracelet, about 1 cm wide with round bead at center. big toe and tips of the 2 on the right of the big toe are damaged. hole in the bottom at the heel. 11 cm long x 8.5 cm tall.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Sculpture, accession number 5-15940, described as sculpture. terra cotta foot with ankle bracelet, about 1 cm wide with round bead at center. big toe and tips of the 2 on the right of the big toe are damaged. hole in the bottom at the heel. 11 cm long x 8.5 cm tall.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 5-15940, described as sculpture. terra cotta foot with ankle bracelet, about 1 cm wide with round bead at center. big toe and tips of the 2 on the right of the big toe are damaged. hole in the bottom at the heel. 11 cm long x 8.5 cm tall.

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