Figure

Museum number:
5-15634
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015634
Accession number:
Acc.4612
Description:
Effigy figure, wood, handcarved. Knotted twine covering from ankles to top of head. Multi-colored glass bead three-strand necklace. Rectangular metal mask covered with red cloth, outlined by strips of white paper. Stump arms. Height circa 43.0 cm, Width 8.5 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe/Luena?
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Shaba Province; near Dilolo Gare; Chokwe/Luena?
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15634, described as Effigy figure, wood, handcarved. Knotted twine covering from ankles to top of head. Multi-colored glass bead three-strand necklace. Rectangular metal mask covered with red cloth, outlined by strips of white paper. Stump arms. Height circa 43.0 cm, Width 8.5 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe/Luena?
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15634, described as Effigy figure, wood, handcarved. Knotted twine covering from ankles to top of head. Multi-colored glass bead three-strand necklace. Rectangular metal mask covered with red cloth, outlined by strips of white paper. Stump arms. Height circa 43.0 cm, Width 8.5 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe/Luena?

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