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 OCTAGONAL BASE. "CLASSIC MAKONDE" FEATURES W/ CRESCENT-SHAPED EYELIDS, INCISED GEOMETRIC SCARIFICATION MARKINGS ON FACE, OPEN MOUTH EXPOSING ROW OF TEETH. INCISED HAIRSTYLE IS WAVY AND SCALLOPED. SOME HOLES IN HAIR. DARK BROWN PATINA. DONOR'S LABEL ON BOTTOM OF BASE: "5." NOTE: REMARKS BASED ON APPRAISER'S NOTES 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: E427886-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 20.5 cm