Carving

Museum number:
5-15517
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015517
Accession number:
Acc.4527
Description:
Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic male feature, brown incised tattoo lines, oversize black tooth. Height 24 centimeters, length 23 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 4 titled Carving, accession number 5-15517, described as Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic male feature, brown incised tattoo lines, oversize black tooth. Height 24 centimeters, length 23 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Carving, accession number 5-15517, described as Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic male feature, brown incised tattoo lines, oversize black tooth. Height 24 centimeters, length 23 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Carving, accession number 5-15517, described as Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic male feature, brown incised tattoo lines, oversize black tooth. Height 24 centimeters, length 23 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Carving, accession number 5-15517, described as Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic male feature, brown incised tattoo lines, oversize black tooth. Height 24 centimeters, length 23 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 5-15517, described as Head, carved wooden (Balsa?). Hollow. Realistic male feature, brown incised tattoo lines, oversize black tooth. Height 24 centimeters, length 23 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.

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