Figures

Museum number:
9-5596a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21095596a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.374 and Acc.755
Description:
Amber figure group; 3 figures of men in full relief, central one holding a staff; back view; one man with horse and monkey above in tree; teak stand; Baltic amber carved in China (fide Prof. George Poinar, UCB Entomology, March 1980)
Donor:
Hugh M. Cochran and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Amber (fossil resin)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1909 and 1940
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1980-1981 #21: Lawrence Hall of Science (October 8, 1980–April 27, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figures, accession number 9-5596a,b, described as Amber figure group; 3 figures of men in full relief, central one holding a staff; back view; one man with horse and monkey above in tree; teak stand; Baltic amber carved in China (fide Prof. George Poinar, UCB Entomology, March 1980)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figures, accession number 9-5596a,b, described as Amber figure group; 3 figures of men in full relief, central one holding a staff; back view; one man with horse and monkey above in tree; teak stand; Baltic amber carved in China (fide Prof. George Poinar, UCB Entomology, March 1980)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figures, accession number 9-5596a,b, described as Amber figure group; 3 figures of men in full relief, central one holding a staff; back view; one man with horse and monkey above in tree; teak stand; Baltic amber carved in China (fide Prof. George Poinar, UCB Entomology, March 1980)

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