Standing Nude Female Reliquary Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. CARVED, BLACK STANDING FEMALE FIGURE HAS TAIL-LIKE APPENDAGE (OR SUPPORT ?) INSERTED INTO BRACKETS & SQUARE BASE. HAS ROUND HEAD, THICK NECK, ELONGATED TORSO, SHORT ARMS & THICK LEGS. SHORT, BLUNT HAIRSTYLE W/ RAISED CREST, COVERED W/ INCISED HAIR PATTERN. HIGH FOREHEAD, NO BROWS, CLOSED EYES (? NO INCISED PUPILS), SMALL NOSE, RAISED MOUTH (NO LIPS). LIGHTLY ROUNDED BREASTS, NO HANDS, GENITAL DETAILS, CURVY HIPS, & WIDE FEET W/ TOE DETAILS. LABLES ON BASE: "PD" "64" "A" "S.1995." CONDITION: ROUGH AREAS ON ARMS, BACK. TAIL-LIKE APPENDAGE WAS BROKEN ONCE & REPAIRED. LONG CRACK RUNNING DOWN CENTER OF FACE & THINNER CRACK DOWN TO MID-TORSO. SMALL HOLES IN MIDDLE OF BELLY. STICK, CLEAR RESIDUES ON ARMS, LOINS, & RIGHT LEG. TRACES OF SAME RESIDUE IN CREVICES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fang (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428136-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13.5 cm
label: Height - W/ Base
content: 57 cm