Figure

Museum number:
5-11696
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-541 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Description:
Elephant, carved ebony, incised design bordering ears, top of head and belly, ivory eyes.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Ebony (wood) and Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 9 centimeters, width 6 centimeters, and height 11 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-6. Exhibited: Oakland Public Museum 1965.
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-11696, described as Elephant, carved ebony, incised design bordering ears, top of head and belly, ivory eyes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 5-11696, described as Elephant, carved ebony, incised design bordering ears, top of head and belly, ivory eyes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-11696, described as Elephant, carved ebony, incised design bordering ears, top of head and belly, ivory eyes.

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