Collection place: The Americas / Collector: Captain Henning / Donor: Benjamin Bristol - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-6636, described as Human head and torso (no arms), face schematically indicated, tongue protruding. Dark-stained carved wood. Carved, only the face is explicitly carved; mouth turned up. Part of shaman's paraphernalia. Presumed to be representation of the personae of the dead. (fide Lydia Black, June 1978). With burial.

Hearst Museum object titled Human mummy, accession number 12-657(0), described as Mummy, female, tattoo on chin is indication of rank. Pierced rim and lobe of ear indicate past puberty. Red ochre on face and in hair. No evidence of viscera replaced with grass or spagnum moss. No associated wrappings.

Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-7518, described as Made of twined grass. Rectangular, small weave, 3 rows of double parallel lines of red grasses extend length of mat. On one short end of rectangle in center is attached a piece of commercial cloth with buttonhole. Cloth has pattern of parallel lines of red and blue on white ground.

Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-7517, described as Made of twined grass.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy, accession number 12-657, described as Mummy, female, tattoo on chin is indication of rank. Pierced rim and lobe of ear indicate past puberty. Red ochre on face and in hair. No evidence of viscera replaced with grass or spagnum moss. No associated wrappings.