Ashanti female fertility figurine; carved and painted wood. large disc head with small carved features. T-shaped arms+body. pedestal body with breasts, navel, neck rings. incised hair on back of head. holes at sides of head for earings, and one at top for stringing.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 9.5 centimeters, height 28.5 centimeters, and length 4.9 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: The Living Museum, Springfield, Vol 17:10, 1956, pg. 77Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-7