Bird figurine

Museum number:
5-10122
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010122
Accession number:
Acc.2644
Description:
Bird figurine, carved cattle horn, incised markings; base broken off.
Donor:
Estate of Hortense Powdermaker
Collection place:
Zimbabwe
Verbatim coll. place:
Rhodesia
Collector:
Hortense Powdermaker
Materials:
Horn (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
June 1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bird figurine, accession number 5-10122, described as Bird figurine, carved cattle horn, incised markings; base broken off.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird figurine, accession number 5-10122, described as Bird figurine, carved cattle horn, incised markings; base broken off.

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