Carving

Museum number:
5-8599
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050008599
Accession number:
Acc.3456
Description:
Carving; ivory carving w/humans and human heads in medium relief; base of elephants' tusk; length 30.5 cm.
Donor:
Kurt Mann and Mrs. Kurt Mann
Collection place:
Southeast Tanzania or Northern Mozambique
Verbatim coll. place:
Mozambique; Tanganyika; Makonde?
Culture or time period:
Makonde
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #12: Associated Student Body (UC Berkeley) (September 25, 1979–January 22, 1980) and S1980-1981 #38: University of California, Berkeley (January 13, 1981–March 6, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carving, accession number 5-8599, described as Carving; ivory carving w/humans and human heads in medium relief; base of elephants' tusk; length 30.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carving, accession number 5-8599, described as Carving; ivory carving w/humans and human heads in medium relief; base of elephants' tusk; length 30.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 5-8599, described as Carving; ivory carving w/humans and human heads in medium relief; base of elephants' tusk; length 30.5 cm.

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