Busts

Museum number:

5-10177a,b

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Alternate number:

B-1706a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.2819

Description:

Pair, ebony heads/busts, medium. Benin style; Lagos carver, 1000, 1942. #6. Height (each): 18.0 cm.

Donor:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Lagos, Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

Nigeria; Lagos

Collector:

William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

1942

Materials:

Ebony (wood)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Busts (sculpture)

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

1971

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Loans:

S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)

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