Object class: Sculpture (visual works) / Collection place: Central Africa / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Beaded figurine, accession number 5-14403, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Carved elephant tusk, accession number 5-13198, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Carved figure, accession number 5-13452, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Carved head, accession number 5-1895b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Carved head, accession number 5-13296, described as Carved head., Zaire, Southern Kasai, Tshikapa district (nr. Portuguese Angola). 5-13296, acc no. 3326. File code: 5.0 Collector: Arthur F. Daily Donor: Arthur F. Daily. Materials, techniques: Carved red-stained wood Context of use: Given by chief of local tribe to mining company (diamond mining) staff member who subsequently gave it to donor. Description: Sculpture; anthropomorphic head atop broad, elongated neck; head has bulging "coffee bean" eyes and two horns which project, in full relief, above the forehead; triangular face; red-stained wood with several bad cracks; h. 49 cm. (top of horns).

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-13459, described as Charm., Zaire, Katanga Province, Hemba (eastern Luba). 1930. 5-13459, acc no. 3355. File code: 5.2 Collector: unknown. Donor: Carl Lindros. Materials, techniques: Carved wood Description: Charm; 2 anthropomorphic abstract figures back to back; base badly damaged; hollowed-out at top; dark brown wood; h. 17 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm figure, accession number 5-14850, described as Charm figure; standing anthropomorphic male figure with bent knees, carved out rectangle in abdomen (empty); bearded; wearing large hat; damaged lower lip, several splits, missing toes. Charm figure with magical substance missing. Therefore figure is considered to be powerless. Height 32.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Crossbow, accession number 5-1850, described as wooden crossbow; carved

Hearst Museum object titled Divining implements, accession number 5-17028a-d, described as 4 carved ivory divining implements, each tapered to a point at one end and rounded or blunt at the other. Each is decorated on one side and undecorated on the other. (A) 8.5cm long x 2.0cm wide, decorated with 3 incised zig-zags from middle toward tapered end, which go from edge to edge. (B) 10.2cm long by 2.2cm wide; decorated with an incised "X and a dot near the tapered end + a single dot 2.5cm from the blunt end. (C) 9.0cm long x 1.9cm wide; decorated with 2 "V"s near the tapered end. (D) 7.7cm long x 1.8cm wide; decorated with 8 single dots and one double dot, randomly placed on the surface, and notches on either side 1.5 cm below the tapered end. Part of the equipment of a man convicted in Southern Province of acting as a witch finder. 1957. Part of outfit: 5-17033 and 5-17034.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14467, described as Textile doll; Bokolanfini (mud) cloth; seven strips of hand-spun cotton yarn; dark brown geometric pattern on off-white ground; length 143.5 cm, width 94.5 cm