Head

Museum number:
5-16259
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-544
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Head, carved steatite; stylized hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, eyebrows; red pigment on eyebrowns; back of head is flat.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Cameroon; Yaunde
Culture or time period:
Yaunde
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
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 7.3 centimeters, length 6.5 centimeters, and height 10.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969) and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Head, accession number 5-16259, described as Head, carved steatite; stylized hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, eyebrows; red pigment on eyebrowns; back of head is flat.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Head, accession number 5-16259, described as Head, carved steatite; stylized hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, eyebrows; red pigment on eyebrowns; back of head is flat.

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