Carved figurrine

Museum number:
5-14027
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Figure; carved stone; painted brown; crouching anthropomorphic figure; highly stylized; legs drawn up to meet chin of proportionately large head, thus forming a hollow through center of figure; height 16 cm
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Sierra Leone/ Guinea; Kisi
Culture or time period:
Kissi
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
Materials:
Stone (worked rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carved figurrine, accession number 5-14027, described as Figure; carved stone; painted brown; crouching anthropomorphic figure; highly stylized; legs drawn up to meet chin of proportionately large head, thus forming a hollow through center of figure; height 16 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carved figurrine, accession number 5-14027, described as Figure; carved stone; painted brown; crouching anthropomorphic figure; highly stylized; legs drawn up to meet chin of proportionately large head, thus forming a hollow through center of figure; height 16 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carved figurrine, accession number 5-14027, described as Figure; carved stone; painted brown; crouching anthropomorphic figure; highly stylized; legs drawn up to meet chin of proportionately large head, thus forming a hollow through center of figure; height 16 cm

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