Carving

Museum number:
5-15529
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015529
Accession number:
Acc.4527
Description:
Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Grey paint on face and head, incised tattoo marks on face. Height 25 centimeters, length 28.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Southeast Tanzania or Northern Mozambique
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; E. Tanzania and Mozambique; Makonde
Culture or time period:
Makonde
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960/1961
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 5-15529, described as Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Grey paint on face and head, incised tattoo marks on face. Height 25 centimeters, length 28.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 5-15529, described as Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Grey paint on face and head, incised tattoo marks on face. Height 25 centimeters, length 28.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 5-15529, described as Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Grey paint on face and head, incised tattoo marks on face. Height 25 centimeters, length 28.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 5-15529, described as Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Grey paint on face and head, incised tattoo marks on face. Height 25 centimeters, length 28.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.

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