Figurine
- Museum number:
- 5-16258
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016258
- Alternate number:
- B-537 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- brass Antelope figurine. reclining antelope with head faced forward
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa, Ivory Coast, Mossi
- Culture or time period:
- Mossi
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Brass (alloy)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Context of use:
- decorative
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- height 11 centimeters, width 5.5 centimeters, and length 18 centimeters
- Images:
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