Figure

Museum number:
9-18168
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4318
Description:
Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.
Donor:
Bill Lowery
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 8, 1988
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Figure, accession number 9-18168, described as Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Figure, accession number 9-18168, described as Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Figure, accession number 9-18168, described as Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Figure, accession number 9-18168, described as Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Figure, accession number 9-18168, described as Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Figure, accession number 9-18168, described as Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Figure, accession number 9-18168, described as Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Figure, accession number 9-18168, described as Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 9-18168, described as Figure with self base; carved, painted wooden seated male figure (on throne?); right arm broken off at shoulder; left side of head cracked; beard and sideburns made of human hair; color: blue, brown, yellow, green; folk image, probably 19th century.

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