Figure & base

Museum number:
5-16284a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516284a@2cb
Alternate number:
5-16284 and B-1179 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
female figure (a), carved wood, protruding mouth, jaw and belly; short legs, round base (b). Purchased from Lemaire of Amsterdam Conservation: Insect damage to base; left arm of figure missing, from shoulder to waist.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo, Ba- Songye
Culture or time period:
Ba Songye
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
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
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 4 centimeters and height 18 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure & base, accession number 5-16284a,b, described as female figure (a), carved wood, protruding mouth, jaw and belly; short legs, round base (b). Purchased from Lemaire of Amsterdam Conservation: Insect damage to base; left arm of figure missing, from shoulder to waist.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure & base, accession number 5-16284a,b, described as female figure (a), carved wood, protruding mouth, jaw and belly; short legs, round base (b). Purchased from Lemaire of Amsterdam Conservation: Insect damage to base; left arm of figure missing, from shoulder to waist.

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