Figure

Museum number:
5-16299
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1291 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo female figure. Purchased, 1970, $100. Restored; left (?) foot, tip of hair. Purchased from Saja Tunkara
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Doll: cf. Starkweather; 69. Illustrated: Bascom 1973:68; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, counter top No evidence to support that object is Yoruba, 7/26/06.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16299, described as Ibo female figure. Purchased, 1970, $100. Restored; left (?) foot, tip of hair. Purchased from Saja TunkaraHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16299, described as Ibo female figure. Purchased, 1970, $100. Restored; left (?) foot, tip of hair. Purchased from Saja TunkaraHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16299, described as Ibo female figure. Purchased, 1970, $100. Restored; left (?) foot, tip of hair. Purchased from Saja TunkaraHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-16299, described as Ibo female figure. Purchased, 1970, $100. Restored; left (?) foot, tip of hair. Purchased from Saja Tunkara

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