Statue

Museum number:
5-1846
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001846
Alternate number:
E 22 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1383
Description:
wooden female statue with medicine cavity(eyime); 19"h (48.26cm) ancestor statue used particularly as puppet. district of Oyem, clan Bukwé, village Assok Ngoum. Prewar statue. Obtained from grave.
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon, Fang
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Statues
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
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 4 titled Statue, accession number 5-1846, described as wooden female statue with medicine cavity(eyime); 19"h (48.26cm) ancestor statue used particularly as puppet. district of Oyem, clan Bukwé, village Assok Ngoum. Prewar statue. Obtained from grave.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Statue, accession number 5-1846, described as wooden female statue with medicine cavity(eyime); 19"h (48.26cm) ancestor statue used particularly as puppet. district of Oyem, clan Bukwé, village Assok Ngoum. Prewar statue. Obtained from grave.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Statue, accession number 5-1846, described as wooden female statue with medicine cavity(eyime); 19"h (48.26cm) ancestor statue used particularly as puppet. district of Oyem, clan Bukwé, village Assok Ngoum. Prewar statue. Obtained from grave.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Statue, accession number 5-1846, described as wooden female statue with medicine cavity(eyime); 19"h (48.26cm) ancestor statue used particularly as puppet. district of Oyem, clan Bukwé, village Assok Ngoum. Prewar statue. Obtained from grave.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue, accession number 5-1846, described as wooden female statue with medicine cavity(eyime); 19"h (48.26cm) ancestor statue used particularly as puppet. district of Oyem, clan Bukwé, village Assok Ngoum. Prewar statue. Obtained from grave.

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