Object type: ethnography / Materials: Wood (plant material) / Accession number: Acc.2308 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-6343, described as Comb; wood. Hour-glass shaped handle decorated above teeth with raised, incised bands and squares; fire-blackened; cross bands decorated with V-shaped circular and semi-circular incisions; 8 teeth.

Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-6344, described as Comb, wooden; 5 teeth; decorated o both sides with incised band; blackened by fire;

Hearst Museum object titled Dance staff, accession number 5-6352, described as dance staff; Janus headed figure; head cleft in V-shape; hands held at sides of head; on each side of staff below arms openwork section runs down to handle; center section below head decorated front & back w/ guilloche motif in raised relief; l. 56 cm.; w. 13.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Fertility figurine, accession number 5-6334, described as Wooden Fertility Figurine (akua mmba), female, old, with beads. Flat, circular head; neck shows flesh rolls; arms short and outstretched; string of beads on neck; pedestal base. (right arm tip broken off)

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-6340, described as Figure; wood; male; standing, hand on stomach; hair-do in four sections, finely incised; relief scar pattern on forehead, neck, stomach and back; traces of textile on buttocls and upper legs; navel protudes. (Termite damage on base, backs of legs and lower stomach)

Hearst Museum object titled Head, accession number 5-6339, described as Head; wood; long neck as base; protuding head or hair-do decorated with incising; face incised with circular patterns on forehead and linear hatched patterns on nose, cheeks and chin; head slightly bollowed in back.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-6337, described as Wooden Masks (Achi); Tin ears, black, round face. Protruding mouth; mouth & eyes pierced; crescent-shaped tin ears; heavy patina on face; holes around sides with fiber rope attached on right side. L = 27.5 cm, W = 21.0 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-6342, described as Spoon; wood; row of small squares in relief on tip of handle; incised narrow bands at base mid-section and top of handle;