Human figurine

Museum number:
5-14035
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Figure; brown-stained wood; standing male on rectangular base with hands clapped on abdomen; knees bent; crested hairstyle of 2 rows diagonal incisions meeting at center of head; shallow crack along front and back of groin area; height 33.5 cm
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Sierra Leone; Mende
Culture or time period:
Mende
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Human figurine, accession number 5-14035, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing male on rectangular base with hands clapped on abdomen; knees bent; crested hairstyle of 2 rows diagonal incisions meeting at center of head; shallow crack along front and back of groin area; height 33.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human figurine, accession number 5-14035, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing male on rectangular base with hands clapped on abdomen; knees bent; crested hairstyle of 2 rows diagonal incisions meeting at center of head; shallow crack along front and back of groin area; height 33.5 cm

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