Figurines

Museum number:
5-14045
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014045
Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Figure; blackened wood; standing female with outstretched arms, flat triangular face, back of head incised, slight facial scarification indicated; 1 string of red, white and blue glass around base; height 29 cm
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Ghana; Ashanti (collected in Sierra Leone)
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 5-14045, described as Figure; blackened wood; standing female with outstretched arms, flat triangular face, back of head incised, slight facial scarification indicated; 1 string of red, white and blue glass around base; height 29 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 5-14045, described as Figure; blackened wood; standing female with outstretched arms, flat triangular face, back of head incised, slight facial scarification indicated; 1 string of red, white and blue glass around base; height 29 cm

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