Donor Name:

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden  Search this

Length - Object:

7.2 cm

Width - Object:

4.4 cm

Height - Object:

4.7 cm

Culture:

Ashanti (Asante) (?)  Search this

Object Type:

Weight

Place:

Not Given, Ghana (not certain), Africa (not certain)

Accession Date:

28 Aug 1992

Collection Date:

1966

Notes:

PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. VETTED BY WILLIAM FAGG AND PHILIP DARK FOR HMSG. BOTH AGREED THAT THIS PIECE WAS "NO GOOD. MADE FOR EXPORT." JH PURCHASED FROM GALERIE KAMER IN NEW YORK IN 7/16/63. METAL FIGURINE DEPICTS SEATED MAN ON AN ARMLESS CHAIR W/ STRAIGHT BACK. MAN WEARS SMOOTH, ROUND CAP W/ A CHIN STRAP. HAS BULGING SLITS FOR EYES, STRAIGHT NOSE, AND HINT OF A MOUTH. TORSO HAS 2 RAISED KNOBS (BREASTS ?) AND PROTRUDING NAVEL. WEARS BRAIDED LOINCLOTH. BOTH ARMS STRETCHED OUT W/ RIGH HAND HOLDING SPEAR POINTING UP. LEFT HAND RESTS ON KNEE. CONDITION: RESIDUE OF LABEL (?) AT BOTTOM OF CHAIR SEAT.

SI ARCHIVES ACC. 86-136, BOX 1

Record Last Modified:

10 May 2024

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

370312

USNM Number:

E428189-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f50e3466-e1db-42cc-b399-ce97657199c7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8502530