Figurine

Museum number:
5-14021
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014021
Alternate number:
B-5
Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Figures, group of 7; cast brass; seated central female, surrounded by 5 smaller standing males, the forward-most of wt/ holds an infant and is standing between legs of female, all on flat rectangular base.
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Mali/ Ivory Coast; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 10.5 centimeters and width 6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 5-14021, described as Figures, group of 7; cast brass; seated central female, surrounded by 5 smaller standing males, the forward-most of wt/ holds an infant and is standing between legs of female, all on flat rectangular base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 5-14021, described as Figures, group of 7; cast brass; seated central female, surrounded by 5 smaller standing males, the forward-most of wt/ holds an infant and is standing between legs of female, all on flat rectangular base.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 5-14021, described as Figures, group of 7; cast brass; seated central female, surrounded by 5 smaller standing males, the forward-most of wt/ holds an infant and is standing between legs of female, all on flat rectangular base.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 5-14021, described as Figures, group of 7; cast brass; seated central female, surrounded by 5 smaller standing males, the forward-most of wt/ holds an infant and is standing between legs of female, all on flat rectangular base.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Figurine, accession number 5-14021, described as Figures, group of 7; cast brass; seated central female, surrounded by 5 smaller standing males, the forward-most of wt/ holds an infant and is standing between legs of female, all on flat rectangular base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-14021, described as Figures, group of 7; cast brass; seated central female, surrounded by 5 smaller standing males, the forward-most of wt/ holds an infant and is standing between legs of female, all on flat rectangular base.

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