Fertility figurine

Museum number:
5-2193
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002193
Alternate number:
B-31 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Fertility figurine; (Akua nmba); Mahogany, Light wood figure female; green, white, & red bead necklace and girdles.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944-1945
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 21.5 centimeters and length 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-6. Made and collected 1944-45; exhibited at Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin 1956, de Young Museum 1961.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fertility figurine, accession number 5-2193, described as Fertility figurine; (Akua nmba); Mahogany, Light wood figure female; green, white, & red bead necklace and girdles.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fertility figurine, accession number 5-2193, described as Fertility figurine; (Akua nmba); Mahogany, Light wood figure female; green, white, & red bead necklace and girdles.

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