Figure

Museum number:
5-3377
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-139 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden figure. Standing female with arms at side; right arm missing.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Burkina Faso
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Upper Volta; Lobi
Culture or time period:
Lobi
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 60.78 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 12:14. Note: The “Original Number” that appears on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-18-3
Loans:
S1964-1965 #20: California Alumni Association (October 14, 1964–October 23, 1964) and S1969-1970 #103: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (April 2, 1970–July 21, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3377, described as Carved wooden figure. Standing female with arms at side; right arm missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3377, described as Carved wooden figure. Standing female with arms at side; right arm missing.

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