Figure

Museum number:
5-16235a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516235a@2cb
Alternate number:
B-19 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ona's caricature; king's counselor (or messenger); Thomas Ona, carver. dressed in a white shirt with spotted wrap-cloak and cross hatched drape over one shoulder. red and white slouch hat; carrying bag over left shoulder, staff in right hand; a) figure, b) pipe
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Lagos, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters, width 7.9 centimeters, and height 23.2 centimeters
Comment:
Note: notation on card states that the pipe was missing as of 1989
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 5-16235a,b, described as Ona's caricature; king's counselor (or messenger); Thomas Ona, carver. dressed in a white shirt with spotted wrap-cloak and cross hatched drape over one shoulder. red and white slouch hat; carrying bag over left shoulder, staff in right hand; a) figure, b) pipeHearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 5-16235a,b, described as Ona's caricature; king's counselor (or messenger); Thomas Ona, carver. dressed in a white shirt with spotted wrap-cloak and cross hatched drape over one shoulder. red and white slouch hat; carrying bag over left shoulder, staff in right hand; a) figure, b) pipeHearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 5-16235a,b, described as Ona's caricature; king's counselor (or messenger); Thomas Ona, carver. dressed in a white shirt with spotted wrap-cloak and cross hatched drape over one shoulder. red and white slouch hat; carrying bag over left shoulder, staff in right hand; a) figure, b) pipeHearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 5-16235a,b, described as Ona's caricature; king's counselor (or messenger); Thomas Ona, carver. dressed in a white shirt with spotted wrap-cloak and cross hatched drape over one shoulder. red and white slouch hat; carrying bag over left shoulder, staff in right hand; a) figure, b) pipeHearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 5-16235a,b, described as Ona's caricature; king's counselor (or messenger); Thomas Ona, carver. dressed in a white shirt with spotted wrap-cloak and cross hatched drape over one shoulder. red and white slouch hat; carrying bag over left shoulder, staff in right hand; a) figure, b) pipeHearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 5-16235a,b, described as Ona's caricature; king's counselor (or messenger); Thomas Ona, carver. dressed in a white shirt with spotted wrap-cloak and cross hatched drape over one shoulder. red and white slouch hat; carrying bag over left shoulder, staff in right hand; a) figure, b) pipe

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