Figurine

Museum number:
5-10125
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2560 and Acc.2801
Description:
figurine; carved wooden female on square pedestal base; she holds a gourd and staff; pyroengraved linear decoration and body features
Donor:
Mrs. Gardner Dailey and Museum of Angola
Collection place:
Angola
Verbatim coll. place:
Angola; Vavie (Bieno) division of the Ovimbundu
Culture or time period:
Ovambo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969 and 1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-10125, described as figurine; carved wooden female on square pedestal base; she holds a gourd and staff; pyroengraved linear decoration and body features
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-10125, described as figurine; carved wooden female on square pedestal base; she holds a gourd and staff; pyroengraved linear decoration and body features

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