Figure

Museum number:
5-15633
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4612
Description:
Figurine, wood, handcarved. Standing figure with flat head with stylized facial features and scarifications. Small breast, everted navel. Incised pyrographic belt and other designs on head and body. Earth-pink coloration. Height 70.2 cm, Diameter 12.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Luena.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Shaba Province; near Dilolo Gare; Luena
Culture or time period:
Luena
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15633, described as Figurine, wood, handcarved. Standing figure with flat head with stylized facial features and scarifications. Small breast, everted navel. Incised pyrographic belt and other designs on head and body. Earth-pink coloration. Height 70.2 cm, Diameter 12.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Luena.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15633, described as Figurine, wood, handcarved. Standing figure with flat head with stylized facial features and scarifications. Small breast, everted navel. Incised pyrographic belt and other designs on head and body. Earth-pink coloration. Height 70.2 cm, Diameter 12.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Luena.

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