Carved Ebony Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Jun 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1950
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Charles D. Hyson
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Charles D. Hyson
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Charles D. Hyson
notes: label: Notes
content: COMMEMORATIVE HEAD SCULPTURE RESTING ON CIRCULAR BASE. SLIGHTLY ELONGATED FACE W/ HIGH FOREHEAD. "CLASSIC MAKONDE" SCARIFICATION MARKS INCISED ON FACE. SCAR DESIGN INCLUDES ARROWHEAD SHAPE LINES ON FOREHEAD, CHEEKS, CHIN, AND TEMPLES. NARROW FLAT NOSE. HAIRSTYLE IS INCISED & IS CUT TO A POINT IN THE BACK. SLANTED HAIRLINE IN THE FRONT. DARK BROWN PATINA. DONOR'S LABEL ON BOTTOM OF BASE: "3." CONDITION: TOP OF COIFFURE HAS BROKEN, WAS REPLACED? NOTE: REMARKS BASED ON APPRAISER'S LIST IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ruvuma River, Mozambique / Tanzania, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Makonde
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390904
label: USNM Number
content: E427883-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 5.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10.7 cm