Female figurine

Museum number:
11-42723
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110042723
Alternate number:
51 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Easter Island (Chile), Polynesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Easter Island
Culture or time period:
Rapa Nui
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Materials:
Obsidian, Shell (animal material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 51.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1980-1981 #79: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Jerome Feldman (June 25, 1981–August 5, 1981) and S1983-1984 #53a: University of Southern California (May 18, 1984–December 3, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 11 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 12 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 13 of 13 titled Female figurine, accession number 11-42723, described as Female, figure, wood, hands and arms carved in relief; inset shell and obsidian eyes; vertical splits in front torso and head; obsidian from right eye missing. 51.5 cm.

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