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Hearst Museum object titled Carved figurrine, accession number 5-14027, described as Figure; carved stone; painted brown; crouching anthropomorphic figure; highly stylized; legs drawn up to meet chin of proportionately large head, thus forming a hollow through center of figure; height 16 cm

1. Carved figurrine

Bookmark Carved figurrine, museum number 5-14027

Museum number:: 5-14027
Culture or time period:: Kissi
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Sierra Leone

Hearst Museum object titled Face figurine, accession number 5-14041, described as Jewelry; pendant; cast bronze; stylized oval human face with 3 projections from each side of jaw, double projection at chin; eyes, eyebrows and 2 diagonal marks on forehead indicated by series of vertically incised lines, suspension ring at top; height 6 cm

2. Face figurine

Bookmark Face figurine, museum number 5-14041

Museum number:: 5-14041
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Ghana

Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 5-14051, described as Wooden female figure.

3. Female figure

Bookmark Female figure, museum number 5-14051

Museum number:: 5-14051
Object class:: Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Western Africa

Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 5-14034, described as Wooden female figure.

4. Female figure

Bookmark Female figure, museum number 5-14034

Museum number:: 5-14034
Object class:: Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Western Africa

Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 5-14058, described as Wooden female figure.

5. Female figure

Bookmark Female figure, museum number 5-14058

Museum number:: 5-14058
Object class:: Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Western Africa

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14048, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female carrying child on back, whose clinging arms and legs extend around front torso of adult female, the latter with facial scarification on right cheek and forehead and crested plaited hairstyle; crack in base extending into left foot and crack in child’s left thigh; height 63 cm

6. Figure

Bookmark Figure, museum number 5-14048

Museum number:: 5-14048
Object class:: Plaited weaving
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14054, described as figure; brown-stained wood; man riding horse on oval base, w/ feet in stirrups, hands holding reins, wearing short-sleeved shirt and boots; H. 41 cm.

7. Figure

Bookmark Figure, museum number 5-14054

Museum number:: 5-14054
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 41 centimeters
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14059, described as figure; blackened wood; standing male on round base, knees bent, arms bent up at waist level, hands grasp end of long incised beard, w/ crested, cap-like head ornament; H. 45.5 cm.

8. Figure

Bookmark Figure, museum number 5-14059

Museum number:: 5-14059
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 45.5 centimeters
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14057, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing anthropomorphic male on partially broken base; short legs; long, distended torso with prominent navel and genitals and bearing incised animal and geometric figures on front; dotted pattern on back and upper arms which curve up and join beneath chin; head frontally elongated; large rectangular ears; cracks on left front torso; both sides of head; height 55 cm

9. Figure

Bookmark Figure, museum number 5-14057

Museum number:: 5-14057
Culture or time period:: Baga
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14055, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female having oblong head with 2 rows linear scarification and pendulous pointed object on forehead; long neck; hands on hips; on long cylindrical base; base cracked right side; height 91.5 cm

10. Figure

Bookmark Figure, museum number 5-14055

Museum number:: 5-14055
Culture or time period:: Senufo
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire

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