Doll

Museum number:
5-16310
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1719 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo doll, female; carved and painted; European features and hair style; decorated with black, red, yellow, and magenta paint or ink; jaw, fingers, toes, feet, and hands highlighted in black; decorative bands of yellow and red dots and black bands at neck, toes, hips and knees. Conservation: Toes of left foor broken.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Ink, Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters, diameter 6.1 centimeters, and height 31.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom--4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-16310, described as Ibo doll, female; carved and painted; European features and hair style; decorated with black, red, yellow, and magenta paint or ink; jaw, fingers, toes, feet, and hands highlighted in black; decorative bands of yellow and red dots and black bands at neck, toes, hips and knees. Conservation: Toes of left foor broken.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-16310, described as Ibo doll, female; carved and painted; European features and hair style; decorated with black, red, yellow, and magenta paint or ink; jaw, fingers, toes, feet, and hands highlighted in black; decorative bands of yellow and red dots and black bands at neck, toes, hips and knees. Conservation: Toes of left foor broken.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-16310, described as Ibo doll, female; carved and painted; European features and hair style; decorated with black, red, yellow, and magenta paint or ink; jaw, fingers, toes, feet, and hands highlighted in black; decorative bands of yellow and red dots and black bands at neck, toes, hips and knees. Conservation: Toes of left foor broken.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-16310, described as Ibo doll, female; carved and painted; European features and hair style; decorated with black, red, yellow, and magenta paint or ink; jaw, fingers, toes, feet, and hands highlighted in black; decorative bands of yellow and red dots and black bands at neck, toes, hips and knees. Conservation: Toes of left foor broken.

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