Gold Weight Of Seated Chief
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. VETTED BY WILLIAM FAGG AND PHILIP DARK FOR HMSG. BOTH AGREED THAT THIS PIECE WAS "NO GOOD. MADE FOR EXPORT." JH PURCHASED FROM GALERIE KAMER IN NEW YORK IN 7/16/63. METAL FIGURINE DEPICTS SEATED MAN ON AN ARMLESS CHAIR W/ STRAIGHT BACK. MAN WEARS SMOOTH, ROUND CAP W/ A CHIN STRAP. HAS BULGING SLITS FOR EYES, STRAIGHT NOSE, AND HINT OF A MOUTH. TORSO HAS 2 RAISED KNOBS (BREASTS ?) AND PROTRUDING NAVEL. WEARS BRAIDED LOINCLOTH. BOTH ARMS STRETCHED OUT W/ RIGH HAND HOLDING SPEAR POINTING UP. LEFT HAND RESTS ON KNEE. CONDITION: RESIDUE OF LABEL (?) AT BOTTOM OF CHAIR SEAT.
label: Notes
content: SI ARCHIVES ACC. 86-136, BOX 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Ghana (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ashanti (Asante) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428189-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weight
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 7.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4.7 cm