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Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-16431, described as carved wood; handle features a carved head and neck, plus comb base; 7 tines Purchased from Gallery Nimba, Seattle, Washington
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-16279, described as Baule female figure, carved wood; nude with scarification on face and belly; hand rest on belly, hair carved with great detail.
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-16031, described as Painted plaster cast figure
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-16278, described as Baule figure, dressed in blue jacket, striped tie, yellow pants and with face scarification. Conservation: Drying crack on left side of head and base, insect damage on base and right back of arm and head.
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 Figurine, accession number 5-13477, described as Figurine of standing female; black-painted carved wood; red- painted loincloth; arms on abdomen; wood base damages in front.
Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16371, described as Nigerian-Baule gold weight; cast brass chicken with 6 baby chick beneath her wings.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16242, described as Goli or Guli mask; carved and painted black, white, pink. wood, 2 large horns curve upward toward each other; beak like mouth with teeth and prominent triangles. stylized eyes that are carved on each side of nose ridge which bridges over the center of the mask. nose and beak are decorated with alternate black and natural wood stripes. Conservation: Termite eaten, tip of one horn broken and repaired.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16204, described as Baule Kple-kple (disobedient child) mask. carved, painted wood. face is round and flat with square mouth and bulging eyes surrounded by reversed, incised teardrop, painted white. antelope horn headdress with white tips and incised design at base. dark brown surface. remnants of red paint around eyes and tongue. Conservation: Hole in proper right eye, old crack through face, insect damage on back top.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16203, described as Baule mask called Dje, representing African buffalo or bush cow. carved horns with toothed design. carved eyes (reddish and tan), long snout with nostrils. stylized teeth each side of snout. opening end of snout with surrounding teeth. holes in neck to hold raffia ruff (missing). black point. Bascom card description, "Baule mask called Dje. representing African buffalo or “ bush Cow”. Himelheber said. (Collected Dakar 1962 25.56) Unused - Value per Ralph Altmen # 750. Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts 1967 # 64.

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