Figure

Museum number:
10-685
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.547
Description:
Wooden statue; carved; light wood rubbed with black substance and sightly polished; human with oversized head; squatting; elbows on knees; head resting on one hand; on short black pedestal; height: 8½ inches.
Donor:
Roy Franklin Barton
Collection place:
Luzon island group, Philippines
Culture or time period:
Ifugao
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1919
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1957-1958 #2: University of California, Riverside (April 2, 1958–November 25, 1958), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1962-1963 #56: Oakland Public Museum (May 17, 1963–February 25, 1964), and S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 10-685, described as Wooden statue; carved; light wood rubbed with black substance and sightly polished; human with oversized head; squatting; elbows on knees; head resting on one hand; on short black pedestal; height: 8½ inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 10-685, described as Wooden statue; carved; light wood rubbed with black substance and sightly polished; human with oversized head; squatting; elbows on knees; head resting on one hand; on short black pedestal; height: 8½ inches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 10-685, described as Wooden statue; carved; light wood rubbed with black substance and sightly polished; human with oversized head; squatting; elbows on knees; head resting on one hand; on short black pedestal; height: 8½ inches.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 10-685, described as Wooden statue; carved; light wood rubbed with black substance and sightly polished; human with oversized head; squatting; elbows on knees; head resting on one hand; on short black pedestal; height: 8½ inches.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 10-685, described as Wooden statue; carved; light wood rubbed with black substance and sightly polished; human with oversized head; squatting; elbows on knees; head resting on one hand; on short black pedestal; height: 8½ inches.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Figure, accession number 10-685, described as Wooden statue; carved; light wood rubbed with black substance and sightly polished; human with oversized head; squatting; elbows on knees; head resting on one hand; on short black pedestal; height: 8½ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 10-685, described as Wooden statue; carved; light wood rubbed with black substance and sightly polished; human with oversized head; squatting; elbows on knees; head resting on one hand; on short black pedestal; height: 8½ inches.

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