Elephant and palm tree; carved wood; (a) elephant with one tusk missing (b) tree trunk (c) palm tree crown (d) base
Donor:
Berta Bascom, South African Museum, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana (Gold Coast); Accra
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
(a)— 16.25 centimeters and (a)— width 15 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited Oakland Public Museum, 1965; originally coat of arms of state of Akwapim, and later adopted as insignia of entire Gold Coast before it became Ghana.
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)