Male grave marker
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Oct 1921
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Sarita S. Ward
label: Collector
content: Mr. Herbert Ward
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Sarita S. Ward
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CATALOG CARD: "CARVED FROM SOFT LIGHT WOOD. REPRESENTS A MAN SEATED CROSS-LEGGED ON A RECTANGULAR BASE. HE IS HOLDING AN OVAL OBJECT IN FRONT OF HIS BODY. HE WEARS AMULETS AND A NECKLACE. HIS BODY IS PAINTED WHITE AND BLACK. THE HEADDRESS IS BLACK. IDENTIFIED AS A FUNERARY FIGURE BY ROY SIEBER AND OTHERS, OCT. 12, 1962. IDENTIFIED AS KONGO BY W(ILLIAM) FAGG 3-5-64. LOANED TO WASHINGTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART 5/1/64. #76,312 - DUE 7/1/64. RETURNED TO USNM: 1 NOVEMBER 1967, THROUGH G. GIBSON. LOANED TO MNH, GROWTH OF AMERICA 6/21/68 (PREINDUSTRIAL CULTURAL HISTORY) RETURNED 2/13/81. LOANED TO MAS 11/4/81. RETURNED 4/21/82." OBJECT WAS ALSO ON DISPLAY IN OLD EXHIBIT HALL 7, NHB. D. NGUYEN 7-27-98.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "The white clay rubbed on [this figure] symbolizes the power of purity and ancestors."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Dec 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kongo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 067312
label: USNM Number
content: E323273-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 73.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Height - Lying Down
content: 29.5 cm