Soapstone Sculpture Of Feline Creature
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 SOAPSTONE SCULPTURE HAS A FLAT BOTTOM. DEPICTS SITTING MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE W/ A FELINE LOOK. HAS ROUND, FLAT HEAD W/ POINTED EARS, INCISED EYES & NOSE (HAS HOLLOWED OUT NOSTRILS), WHISKERS, AND LONG OPEN SLIT FOR MOUTH. ARMS (OR FRONT LEGS) ARE BENT AT JOINTS. LABELS "84" AND "RHODESIA, AFRICAN CONTEMP., S.232.77#3." CONDITION: SCRATCHES ALL OVER.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Zimbabwe (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Shona (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428161-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 11.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.6 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 9.2 cm