Figure

Museum number:
5-14055
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014055
Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female having oblong head with 2 rows linear scarification and pendulous pointed object on forehead; long neck; hands on hips; on long cylindrical base; base cracked right side; height 91.5 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
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-14055, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female having oblong head with 2 rows linear scarification and pendulous pointed object on forehead; long neck; hands on hips; on long cylindrical base; base cracked right side; height 91.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-14055, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female having oblong head with 2 rows linear scarification and pendulous pointed object on forehead; long neck; hands on hips; on long cylindrical base; base cracked right side; height 91.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figure, accession number 5-14055, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female having oblong head with 2 rows linear scarification and pendulous pointed object on forehead; long neck; hands on hips; on long cylindrical base; base cracked right side; height 91.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-14055, described as Figure; brown-stained wood; standing female having oblong head with 2 rows linear scarification and pendulous pointed object on forehead; long neck; hands on hips; on long cylindrical base; base cracked right side; height 91.5 cm

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