Bust

Museum number:
5-4884
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004884
Alternate number:
B-308 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2063 and Acc.2103
Description:
Craved mahogany bust of Ashanti Chief.
Donor:
Berta Bascom, South African Museum, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Achimota, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana (Gold Coast); Achimota; Ashanti (Murdock 32:18)
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 23.5 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: Oakland Public Museum, 1965; other exhibits: DEering Library, Northwestern University 1948, Evanston Art Center 1954 & Ill. State Museum 1955-56/ Exh. Northwestern University 1957.
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bust, accession number 5-4884, described as Craved mahogany bust of Ashanti Chief.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bust, accession number 5-4884, described as Craved mahogany bust of Ashanti Chief.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bust, accession number 5-4884, described as Craved mahogany bust of Ashanti Chief.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bust, accession number 5-4884, described as Craved mahogany bust of Ashanti Chief.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust, accession number 5-4884, described as Craved mahogany bust of Ashanti Chief.

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