Figure

Museum number:
5-15566
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015566
Accession number:
Acc.4588
Description:
Neckrest, wood. "Supported by male and female Janus heads." Round Base. Height 11.5 cm, Width 10.9 cm. From Africa, Zaire, Hemba. Possible tourist reproduction.
Donor:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Zaire; Hemba
Culture or time period:
Hemba
Collector:
Irwin Hersey
Collection date:
1983
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15566, described as Neckrest, wood. "Supported by male and female Janus heads." Round Base. Height 11.5 cm, Width 10.9 cm. From Africa, Zaire, Hemba. Possible tourist reproduction.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15566, described as Neckrest, wood. "Supported by male and female Janus heads." Round Base. Height 11.5 cm, Width 10.9 cm. From Africa, Zaire, Hemba. Possible tourist reproduction.

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