Bust

Museum number:
7-10202
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
TEMP 2017.214 (museum number (recataloged to))
Accession number:
Acc.2863
Description:
Bronze bust of Alexander von Humboldt, cast on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Donor:
Erich F. Sommer and German Consulate in San Francisco
Collection place:
Germany
Culture or time period:
German
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
Conveyed to the Lowie Museum from the German Consulate in San Francisco, together with a color film showing the explorative areas traveled by von Humboldt, which was loaned for showing in the Lowie Museum and then returned to the Consulate
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bust, accession number 7-10202, described as Bronze bust of Alexander von Humboldt, cast on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bust, accession number 7-10202, described as Bronze bust of Alexander von Humboldt, cast on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bust, accession number 7-10202, described as Bronze bust of Alexander von Humboldt, cast on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bust, accession number 7-10202, described as Bronze bust of Alexander von Humboldt, cast on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth.

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