Carving

Museum number:
5-15515
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015515
Accession number:
Acc.4527
Description:
Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic features, skull shows 2 surgical operations on skull. Unpainted except for eyes and skull patch. Height 20 centimeters, length 22.5 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 5-15515, described as Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic features, skull shows 2 surgical operations on skull. Unpainted except for eyes and skull patch. Height 20 centimeters, length 22.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 5-15515, described as Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic features, skull shows 2 surgical operations on skull. Unpainted except for eyes and skull patch. Height 20 centimeters, length 22.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 5-15515, described as Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic features, skull shows 2 surgical operations on skull. Unpainted except for eyes and skull patch. Height 20 centimeters, length 22.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 5-15515, described as Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic features, skull shows 2 surgical operations on skull. Unpainted except for eyes and skull patch. Height 20 centimeters, length 22.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.

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