Figurine

Museum number:
5-14384
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Doll; male, figure of a seated man smoking and drinking. Features painted, dark skin, mohair for hair. Dressed in brown tweed trousers and multicolored shirt, smoking a long pipe, and holding a gourd vessel, straw hat, sitting on a stool. Height 15 cm.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Zimbabwe
Verbatim coll. place:
Zimbabwe
Materials:
Mohair
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1990-1991 #20: William Grant Still Arts Center (December 11, 1990–March 11, 1991)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-14384, described as Doll; male, figure of a seated man smoking and drinking. Features painted, dark skin, mohair for hair. Dressed in brown tweed trousers and multicolored shirt, smoking a long pipe, and holding a gourd vessel, straw hat, sitting on a stool. Height 15 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-14384, described as Doll; male, figure of a seated man smoking and drinking. Features painted, dark skin, mohair for hair. Dressed in brown tweed trousers and multicolored shirt, smoking a long pipe, and holding a gourd vessel, straw hat, sitting on a stool. Height 15 cm.

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