carved wood, male, flat headpiece, head, neck, arms, legs, penis, buttocks; standing, stylized straight lines on face. Purchased at auction from the estate of John T. Coulthard
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo, Mfinu
Culture or time period:
Mfinu
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 16.5 centimeters, height 4.2 centimeters, and width 4.6 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-5
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)