Umbrella

Museum number:
5-11689b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-329 A-C (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Object count:
1
Description:
figurine, standing female w/ umbrella and spare umbrella; (a) figurine of standing female w/ downswept horn-like hairstyle; yellow w/ black geom. designs on chest and arms; arms are articulated; feet, rt. hand damaged; h. 59.5 cm; (b) umbrella, brown-st. wood, old termite damage; held in left hand which is pierced to receive it; 1. 18.2 cm.; (c) umbrella (spare), unptd. carved wood, 1. 19.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria, Ibibio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Umbrellas
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b— height 18.2 centimeters, c— height 19.5 centimeters, and a— height 59.5 centimeters
Comment:
Spare umbrella located in 1987 and catalogued as (c).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Umbrella, accession number 5-11689b, described as figurine, standing female w/ umbrella and spare umbrella; (a) figurine of standing female w/ downswept horn-like hairstyle; yellow w/ black geom. designs on chest and arms; arms are articulated; feet, rt. hand damaged; h. 59.5 cm; (b) umbrella, brown-st. wood, old termite damage; held in left hand which is pierced to receive it; 1. 18.2 cm.; (c) umbrella (spare), unptd. carved wood, 1. 19.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Umbrella, accession number 5-11689b, described as figurine, standing female w/ umbrella and spare umbrella; (a) figurine of standing female w/ downswept horn-like hairstyle; yellow w/ black geom. designs on chest and arms; arms are articulated; feet, rt. hand damaged; h. 59.5 cm; (b) umbrella, brown-st. wood, old termite damage; held in left hand which is pierced to receive it; 1. 18.2 cm.; (c) umbrella (spare), unptd. carved wood, 1. 19.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Umbrella, accession number 5-11689b, described as figurine, standing female w/ umbrella and spare umbrella; (a) figurine of standing female w/ downswept horn-like hairstyle; yellow w/ black geom. designs on chest and arms; arms are articulated; feet, rt. hand damaged; h. 59.5 cm; (b) umbrella, brown-st. wood, old termite damage; held in left hand which is pierced to receive it; 1. 18.2 cm.; (c) umbrella (spare), unptd. carved wood, 1. 19.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Umbrella, accession number 5-11689b, described as figurine, standing female w/ umbrella and spare umbrella; (a) figurine of standing female w/ downswept horn-like hairstyle; yellow w/ black geom. designs on chest and arms; arms are articulated; feet, rt. hand damaged; h. 59.5 cm; (b) umbrella, brown-st. wood, old termite damage; held in left hand which is pierced to receive it; 1. 18.2 cm.; (c) umbrella (spare), unptd. carved wood, 1. 19.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Umbrella, accession number 5-11689b, described as figurine, standing female w/ umbrella and spare umbrella; (a) figurine of standing female w/ downswept horn-like hairstyle; yellow w/ black geom. designs on chest and arms; arms are articulated; feet, rt. hand damaged; h. 59.5 cm; (b) umbrella, brown-st. wood, old termite damage; held in left hand which is pierced to receive it; 1. 18.2 cm.; (c) umbrella (spare), unptd. carved wood, 1. 19.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Umbrella, accession number 5-11689b, described as figurine, standing female w/ umbrella and spare umbrella; (a) figurine of standing female w/ downswept horn-like hairstyle; yellow w/ black geom. designs on chest and arms; arms are articulated; feet, rt. hand damaged; h. 59.5 cm; (b) umbrella, brown-st. wood, old termite damage; held in left hand which is pierced to receive it; 1. 18.2 cm.; (c) umbrella (spare), unptd. carved wood, 1. 19.5 cm.

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