Figure

Museum number:
5-3197
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-62 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden figure. Standing male with beard; hands clasped around protruding umbilicum, wearing loin cloth with beaded belt.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 39.65 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-4
Loans:
S1971-1972 #18: California State University, Sacramento (September 23, 1971–October 28, 1971), S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975), S1983-1984 #43: Sonoma State University (February 28, 1984–April 24, 1984), and S1984-1985 #23: Sonoma State University (November 28, 1984–April 22, 1985)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-3197, described as Carved wooden figure. Standing male with beard; hands clasped around protruding umbilicum, wearing loin cloth with beaded belt.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-3197, described as Carved wooden figure. Standing male with beard; hands clasped around protruding umbilicum, wearing loin cloth with beaded belt.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-3197, described as Carved wooden figure. Standing male with beard; hands clasped around protruding umbilicum, wearing loin cloth with beaded belt.

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