Ashanti Fertility figure; carved, painted wood, cylindrical body on base. large disk shaped head with small features; cross naval; hair style indicated on back of head. Conservation: Left breast broken off, tip of right breast broken off.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Fertility figure.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 10.7 centimeters and height 31.5 centimeters