Figure

Museum number:
5-14048
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014048
Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female carrying child on back, whose clinging arms and legs extend around front torso of adult female, the latter with facial scarification on right cheek and forehead and crested plaited hairstyle; crack in base extending into left foot and crack in child’s left thigh; height 63 cm
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Ivory Coast
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-14048, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female carrying child on back, whose clinging arms and legs extend around front torso of adult female, the latter with facial scarification on right cheek and forehead and crested plaited hairstyle; crack in base extending into left foot and crack in child’s left thigh; height 63 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-14048, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female carrying child on back, whose clinging arms and legs extend around front torso of adult female, the latter with facial scarification on right cheek and forehead and crested plaited hairstyle; crack in base extending into left foot and crack in child’s left thigh; height 63 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-14048, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female carrying child on back, whose clinging arms and legs extend around front torso of adult female, the latter with facial scarification on right cheek and forehead and crested plaited hairstyle; crack in base extending into left foot and crack in child’s left thigh; height 63 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figure, accession number 5-14048, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female carrying child on back, whose clinging arms and legs extend around front torso of adult female, the latter with facial scarification on right cheek and forehead and crested plaited hairstyle; crack in base extending into left foot and crack in child’s left thigh; height 63 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14048, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female carrying child on back, whose clinging arms and legs extend around front torso of adult female, the latter with facial scarification on right cheek and forehead and crested plaited hairstyle; crack in base extending into left foot and crack in child’s left thigh; height 63 cm

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