carved wooden horse’s head (on a stand). Incised design with fragments of coating material (unidentified); long pointed ears (mule like). hollow neck cord.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Mali/Guinea/Senegal, Bambara
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 13 centimeters, length 34 centimeters, and width 6 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Bascom, 1973:6Slide.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), and S1970-1971 #150: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 23, 1970–May 18, 1971)