Plaque

Museum number:
5-17074
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
L-1, #28 (previous number (collector's original number)) and PD-28 (attributed PAHMA number)
Accession number:
Acc.4776
Description:
Carved, oval, wooden plaque, decorated with a man carrying a basket on his head and a farming tool over one shoulder and standing between two barren trees. The plaque is bordered with plain carved bands on either side of a decorative band containing scallops in opposing rows. The background of the plaque is stippled.
Donor:
Penelope Delevoryas
Collection place:
Bitam, Woleu-Ntem province, Gabon
Collector:
Penelope Delevoryas
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
July 20, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 29.3 centimeters, height 46.3 centimeters, and thickness 2.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 5-17074, described as Carved, oval, wooden plaque, decorated with a man carrying a basket on his head and a farming tool over one shoulder and standing between two barren trees. The plaque is bordered with plain carved bands on either side of a decorative band containing scallops in opposing rows. The background of the plaque is stippled.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 5-17074, described as Carved, oval, wooden plaque, decorated with a man carrying a basket on his head and a farming tool over one shoulder and standing between two barren trees. The plaque is bordered with plain carved bands on either side of a decorative band containing scallops in opposing rows. The background of the plaque is stippled.

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