Wood figurine

Museum number:
5-13869
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3510
Description:
Figure; standing wood figure; dark stained; anthropomorphic; incised features filled with white kaolin; poor condition (projections at sides of face missing, right arm reattached, left foot missing, badly split on back); height 60 cm
Donor:
Mitsuo Inouye and Mrs. Mitsuo Inouye
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
NE Nigeria; Mumuye (live S. of the Benue River)
Culture or time period:
Mumuye tribe
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 3 titled Wood figurine, accession number 5-13869, described as Figure; standing wood figure; dark stained; anthropomorphic; incised features filled with white kaolin; poor condition (projections at sides of face missing, right arm reattached, left foot missing, badly split on back); height 60 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Wood figurine, accession number 5-13869, described as Figure; standing wood figure; dark stained; anthropomorphic; incised features filled with white kaolin; poor condition (projections at sides of face missing, right arm reattached, left foot missing, badly split on back); height 60 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Wood figurine, accession number 5-13869, described as Figure; standing wood figure; dark stained; anthropomorphic; incised features filled with white kaolin; poor condition (projections at sides of face missing, right arm reattached, left foot missing, badly split on back); height 60 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood figurine, accession number 5-13869, described as Figure; standing wood figure; dark stained; anthropomorphic; incised features filled with white kaolin; poor condition (projections at sides of face missing, right arm reattached, left foot missing, badly split on back); height 60 cm

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