Figure

Museum number:
5-14087
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014087
Accession number:
Acc.3595
Description:
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.
Donor:
Mrs. Stanley Zuckerman and Stanley Zuckerman
Collection place:
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa); Songye
Culture or time period:
Ba Songye
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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