Bust

Museum number:
5-5831
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2199
Description:
Ceramic bust of old man; black surface, red paste, hollow; modelled negroid features; cord-like headdress from base of skull to forehead; deep incisions under eyes and on forehead; hair on sides and base of skull only; H. 18.6 cm.
Donor:
Robert P. Armstrong
Collection place:
Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa; Uganda; Iteso
Culture or time period:
Iteso
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Function:
4.0 Use not specified (Structures and Furnishings)
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bust, accession number 5-5831, described as Ceramic bust of old man; black surface, red paste, hollow; modelled negroid features; cord-like headdress from base of skull to forehead; deep incisions under eyes and on forehead; hair on sides and base of skull only; H. 18.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bust, accession number 5-5831, described as Ceramic bust of old man; black surface, red paste, hollow; modelled negroid features; cord-like headdress from base of skull to forehead; deep incisions under eyes and on forehead; hair on sides and base of skull only; H. 18.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bust, accession number 5-5831, described as Ceramic bust of old man; black surface, red paste, hollow; modelled negroid features; cord-like headdress from base of skull to forehead; deep incisions under eyes and on forehead; hair on sides and base of skull only; H. 18.6 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bust, accession number 5-5831, described as Ceramic bust of old man; black surface, red paste, hollow; modelled negroid features; cord-like headdress from base of skull to forehead; deep incisions under eyes and on forehead; hair on sides and base of skull only; H. 18.6 cm.

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