Object name: Figure / Collection place: Democratic Republic of the Congo - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14087, described as Figure; standing female charm figure with bent knees, arms on abdomen; tacks on nose, cheeks, forehead; many empty perforations on body; beard-like projection from chin; remnant of red material in navel; self base (cracked). Height 58 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-1706, described as Carved wooden figurine, with rag skirt. Height 32.35 cm. See notes 5-1701

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15633, described as Figurine, wood, handcarved. Standing figure with flat head with stylized facial features and scarifications. Small breast, everted navel. Incised pyrographic belt and other designs on head and body. Earth-pink coloration. Height 70.2 cm, Diameter 12.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Luena.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15658, described as Carving, half-figure, wood, handcarved; woman (?) with pointed chin and funnel-shaped hole in top of head (twig inserted laterally across opening); hands resting on stomach; leather skirt over woven fiber undergarment; oiled surface; on square pedestal. Per inventory 6/13/12, figure noted as tacky from the glazing.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-2207, described as Black figure of drummer; inflexed position on a pedestal. Per inventory 6/13/12, found with a bag of unnumbered fragments.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15632, described as Figurine, wood, handcarved. Representation of standing woman, with hands at sides. Abstract square-jawed head with incised hair. Knees slightly bent. Mounted on hemispherical pedestal. Length 21.5 cm, Width 4.2 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-11706, described as Lwena figure. Purchased, 1967, #1203. $10 + $0.50 tax. (See Martin, 1971)

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-1712, described as Carved wooden head-fetish. Face light brownish [red], dark brown features. Height 29.2 cm.