Statue

Museum number:
5-4425
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004425
Accession number:
Acc.1375
Description:
SInging drummer; male; carved wood; black with natural. Height 43 cm. Field note: Forehead tattoo is copy of Ruanda tattoo he saw in E’ville, but same is on “linya pwa” “Chokwe cross.”
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Dilolo Gare, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Congo; Katanga Prov.; Dilolo Gare; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Statues
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Statue, accession number 5-4425, described as SInging drummer; male; carved wood; black with natural. Height 43 cm. Field note: Forehead tattoo is copy of Ruanda tattoo he saw in E’ville, but same is on “linya pwa” “Chokwe cross.”Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Statue, accession number 5-4425, described as SInging drummer; male; carved wood; black with natural. Height 43 cm. Field note: Forehead tattoo is copy of Ruanda tattoo he saw in E’ville, but same is on “linya pwa” “Chokwe cross.”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue, accession number 5-4425, described as SInging drummer; male; carved wood; black with natural. Height 43 cm. Field note: Forehead tattoo is copy of Ruanda tattoo he saw in E’ville, but same is on “linya pwa” “Chokwe cross.”Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue, accession number 5-4425, described as SInging drummer; male; carved wood; black with natural. Height 43 cm. Field note: Forehead tattoo is copy of Ruanda tattoo he saw in E’ville, but same is on “linya pwa” “Chokwe cross.”

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