Figure Of Woman Carrying Jar On Head And Holding A Child
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 WOODEN BARE-BREASTED FEMALE FIGURE BALANCES A JAR ON HER HEAD CARRYING MALE CHILD IN HER HANDS. JAR BULGES AROUND SHOULDER BEFORE TAPERING TO HOLLOW, EDGED OPENING. JAR BODY DECORATED W/ INCISED DESIGN OF SCALLOPS AND CROSS-HATCHING. ELABORATE HAIRSTYLE DIVIDES INTO RAISED SECTIONS AND ROUND KNOT IN BACK, COVERED W/ INCISED PATTERN. OVAL FACE HAS ALMOND-SHAPED EYES, SCULPTED EARS, SHORT NOSE, & FULL, OPEN LIPS. RIDGED NECK, SCULPTED COLLAR BONES, SPINE & SHOULDER BLADES DETAILS. NAKED CHILD HAS INCISED FACIAL FEATURES, ARMS CROSSED IN FRONT, & GENITAL. WOMAN'S HAND HAVE DETAILED FINGERS & NAILS. WEARS LOINCLOTH (?) W/ INCISED CURVILINEAR PATTERN. ROUND LEGS ARE SPREAD APART. ANKLE BANDS DECORATED W/ KNOBS & INCISED OUTLINES. FEET HAVE TOE DETAILS. LABEL "S.2005." CONDITION: LONG SPLIT IN JAR & SOME LOSSES IN THE FRONT. ANOTHER SPLIT ALONG LEFT SIDE OF HEAD. LONG CRACK RUNNING DOWN LEFT SIDE FROM NECK TO KNEE. OTHER CRACKS ALL OVER. HANDS & CHILD COVERED W/ DUST AND WHITE ENCRUSTATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Côte d'Ivoire (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Baule (Baoulé) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428209-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 76 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 16 cm