Carving

Museum number:
5-15524
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015524
Accession number:
Acc.4527
Description:
Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Blue wash of paint, hair or yarn inset in skull. Height 26 centimeters, length 23 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Southeast Tanzania, Northern Mozambique [DO NOT USE]
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; E. Tanzania and Mozambique; Makonde
Culture or time period:
Makonde
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960/1961
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carving, accession number 5-15524, described as Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Blue wash of paint, hair or yarn inset in skull. Height 26 centimeters, length 23 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carving, accession number 5-15524, described as Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Blue wash of paint, hair or yarn inset in skull. Height 26 centimeters, length 23 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 5-15524, described as Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Blue wash of paint, hair or yarn inset in skull. Height 26 centimeters, length 23 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.

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