Wooden Fertility Figurine (akua mmba), female, old, with beads. Flat, circular head; neck shows flesh rolls; arms short and outstretched; string of beads on neck; pedestal base. (right arm tip broken off)
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:
1943
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 33 centimeters and width 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
(Murdock 32:18)Fertility figure (akau mba); right arm tip broken off; see acc. env. for further info; Exhibit: Oakland Public MuseumCollected: 1943; PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-5. Native name: akua mba Exhibited: Oakland Public Museum
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965), S1968-1969 #58: KQED Television (December 26, 1968–December 30, 1968), S1968-1969 #60: KQED Television (January 9, 1969–January 13, 1969), S1970-1971 #96b: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (March 11, 1971–March 15, 1971), S1971-1972 #74: Diablo Valley College (February 1, 1972–March 3, 1972), S1973-1974 #41: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (November 27, 1973–January 16, 1974), and S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978)