Figure

Museum number:
5-13866
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013866
Alternate number:
B-1320 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3515
Description:
Figure; standing female figure with pendulous breasts, triangular lower face with pursed lips; coffeebean eyes; skullcap; arms at sides; heavily encrusted dark brown wood; abraded and damaged breasts and at back of feet.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Lobi; Purchased from Traore
Culture or time period:
Lobi
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1971
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 21, 1979
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 32.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-18-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-13866, described as Figure; standing female figure with pendulous breasts, triangular lower face with pursed lips; coffeebean eyes; skullcap; arms at sides; heavily encrusted dark brown wood; abraded and damaged breasts and at back of feet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-13866, described as Figure; standing female figure with pendulous breasts, triangular lower face with pursed lips; coffeebean eyes; skullcap; arms at sides; heavily encrusted dark brown wood; abraded and damaged breasts and at back of feet.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-13866, described as Figure; standing female figure with pendulous breasts, triangular lower face with pursed lips; coffeebean eyes; skullcap; arms at sides; heavily encrusted dark brown wood; abraded and damaged breasts and at back of feet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-13866, described as Figure; standing female figure with pendulous breasts, triangular lower face with pursed lips; coffeebean eyes; skullcap; arms at sides; heavily encrusted dark brown wood; abraded and damaged breasts and at back of feet.

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