Figurine sitting on stool

Museum number:
5-14053
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014053
Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Figure; blackened wood; seated female on round 2-legged stool; hands resting on knees with incised body and facial scarification on abdomen, breasts, mouth, cheeks and forehead and elaborate 3-crested hairstyle with cylindrical forehead ornament and long vertical projections below side crest on either side of head; cracks in left stool and thigh, upper back and rear of head; height 51 cm
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Mali/ Ivory Coast/ Upper Volta; Senufo
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figurine sitting on stool, accession number 5-14053, described as Figure; blackened wood; seated female on round 2-legged stool; hands resting on knees with incised body and facial scarification on abdomen, breasts, mouth, cheeks and forehead and elaborate 3-crested hairstyle with cylindrical forehead ornament and long vertical projections below side crest on either side of head; cracks in left stool and thigh, upper back and rear of head; height 51 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figurine sitting on stool, accession number 5-14053, described as Figure; blackened wood; seated female on round 2-legged stool; hands resting on knees with incised body and facial scarification on abdomen, breasts, mouth, cheeks and forehead and elaborate 3-crested hairstyle with cylindrical forehead ornament and long vertical projections below side crest on either side of head; cracks in left stool and thigh, upper back and rear of head; height 51 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figurine sitting on stool, accession number 5-14053, described as Figure; blackened wood; seated female on round 2-legged stool; hands resting on knees with incised body and facial scarification on abdomen, breasts, mouth, cheeks and forehead and elaborate 3-crested hairstyle with cylindrical forehead ornament and long vertical projections below side crest on either side of head; cracks in left stool and thigh, upper back and rear of head; height 51 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figurine sitting on stool, accession number 5-14053, described as Figure; blackened wood; seated female on round 2-legged stool; hands resting on knees with incised body and facial scarification on abdomen, breasts, mouth, cheeks and forehead and elaborate 3-crested hairstyle with cylindrical forehead ornament and long vertical projections below side crest on either side of head; cracks in left stool and thigh, upper back and rear of head; height 51 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine sitting on stool, accession number 5-14053, described as Figure; blackened wood; seated female on round 2-legged stool; hands resting on knees with incised body and facial scarification on abdomen, breasts, mouth, cheeks and forehead and elaborate 3-crested hairstyle with cylindrical forehead ornament and long vertical projections below side crest on either side of head; cracks in left stool and thigh, upper back and rear of head; height 51 cm

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