Figurine

Museum number:
5-14040
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Figure; blackened wood; standing female on pointed 4-cornered base with knees bent, white seed beads around waist; elaborate ridged hairstyle surmounted by ringed cylindrical head ornament; originally articulated arms missing; height 41 cm
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Sierra Leone; Mende
Culture or time period:
Mende
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 titled Figurine, accession number 5-14040, described as Figure; blackened wood; standing female on pointed 4-cornered base with knees bent, white seed beads around waist; elaborate ridged hairstyle surmounted by ringed cylindrical head ornament; originally articulated arms missing; height 41 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-14040, described as Figure; blackened wood; standing female on pointed 4-cornered base with knees bent, white seed beads around waist; elaborate ridged hairstyle surmounted by ringed cylindrical head ornament; originally articulated arms missing; height 41 cm

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