Figure (shrine)

Museum number:
5-16256
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016256
Alternate number:
B-472 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Object count:
1
Description:
Yoruba shrine figure, female, holding spear like staff in each hand; carved wood, painted black. Conservation: Termite damage to right foot and base.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, NIgeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 18 centimeters, length 20 centimeters, and height 37.8 centimeters
Comment:
Slide of details. B/W photos (8) stored with Bascom Collection index card file. Illustrated; The Pittsburg Press, 4-11-1948, Rotogravure Section, pg. 6 Duluth News-Tribune, 3-28-1948, Cosmopolitan Section, pg. 10 Sunday, Standard-Times, Rotogravure section, Pg. 1; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, countertop
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure (shrine), accession number 5-16256, described as Yoruba shrine figure, female, holding spear like staff in each hand; carved wood, painted black. Conservation: Termite damage to right foot and base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure (shrine), accession number 5-16256, described as Yoruba shrine figure, female, holding spear like staff in each hand; carved wood, painted black. Conservation: Termite damage to right foot and base.

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