Fetish Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. VETTED BY WILLIAM FAGG FOR HMSG. JH PURCHASED FROM AARON FURMAN GALLERY OF NEW YORK IN 5/2/59. CARVED WOODEN FIGURE HAS KNOB W/ A FLAT TOP AS HAIRSTYLE. LOW-RELIEF FEATURES W/ ALMOND-SHAPED EYES, TRIANGULAR NOSE, FULL LIPS, AND JUTTING CHIN. TEMPLES AND CHEEKS COVERED W/ INCISED VERTICAL LINES. ELONGATED NECK LEADS TO ROUNDED TORSO W/ ARMS AT SIDE. TORSO COVERED W/ CLOTH WRAPPING BENEATH A KNOTTED, OPENWORK COTTON STRING MESH. HAS JUTTING GENITAL. BELOW THAT IS FLAT PART THAT FLARES OUT BEFORE TAPERING TO A POINT. SURMOUNTING FLAT PART IS HOLLOW BOAT-SHAPE (AS BOWL ?) CONDITION: END OF POINT IS CHIPPED. LONG CRACK ALONG NECK. TORSO COVERING HAS DETERIORATED (FROM ORGANIC ENCRUSTATION ?)
label: Notes
content: SI ARCHIVES ACC. 86-136, BOX 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Brazzaville (not certain), Congo, Republic of (not certain), Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bateke / Teke (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428156-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 89.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 8 cm