Collection place: Africa / Donor: Irwin Hersey / Culture or time period: Twi peoples - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15564, described as Sculpture, wood. Two seated male human figures, one supporting other on his head. Lower figure squatting, holding base of upper carving. Figure seated on chair, holding staff in right hand, and beard in left. Elaborate headdress. Encrusted patina. Bottom figure mounted on square, black steel base. Height (overall) 32/2 cm, Width 6.4 cm. From Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule. Possible tourist reproduction.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-15572, described as Gold weight, brass. Man on horse, bearing knife in left hand, blunderbuss in left. Slain animal behind man. Height 7.5 cm, Length 6.4 cm. From Africa, Ghana, Ashante. Possible tourist reproduction.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15785, described as Mask, wood, hand carved; man with goatee; eye slits; face painted red; wooden horns on top of head, incision for hair; face outlined in raised dentate pattern; fiber rods attached to back of mask by holed drilled near edge. Length 42.0 cm. Width 16.5 cm. A reproduction.