Statue

Museum number:
5-1839
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001839
Alternate number:
E 15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1383
Description:
wooden male statue (eyime, mwan bian) ; 26" h; (66.04 cm) gift from M. Thomas Thion ancestor statue, carved in district of bitum, collected by M. Thomas Thion in late 1940's.
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon, Fang
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Statues
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Statue, accession number 5-1839, described as wooden male statue (eyime, mwan bian) ; 26" h; (66.04 cm) gift from M. Thomas Thion ancestor statue, carved in district of bitum, collected by M. Thomas Thion in late 1940's.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Statue, accession number 5-1839, described as wooden male statue (eyime, mwan bian) ; 26" h; (66.04 cm) gift from M. Thomas Thion ancestor statue, carved in district of bitum, collected by M. Thomas Thion in late 1940's.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue, accession number 5-1839, described as wooden male statue (eyime, mwan bian) ; 26" h; (66.04 cm) gift from M. Thomas Thion ancestor statue, carved in district of bitum, collected by M. Thomas Thion in late 1940's.

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