Figure

Museum number:
5-14059
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014059
Alternate number:
77 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
figure; blackened wood; standing male on round base, knees bent, arms bent up at waist level, hands grasp end of long incised beard, w/ crested, cap-like head ornament; H. 45.5 cm.
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; possibly Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 45.5 centimeters
Comment:
(Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14059, described as figure; blackened wood; standing male on round base, knees bent, arms bent up at waist level, hands grasp end of long incised beard, w/ crested, cap-like head ornament; H. 45.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14059, described as figure; blackened wood; standing male on round base, knees bent, arms bent up at waist level, hands grasp end of long incised beard, w/ crested, cap-like head ornament; H. 45.5 cm.

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