Carved Tusk
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. HOLLOW TUSK IS ELABORATELY COVERED W/ LOW RELIEF IN THE ROUND. AREA FROM POINT TO MIDWAY OF TUSK IS A HEADDRESS, COVERED W/ INCISED CIRCLES AND OVALS. ROUND OVAL FACE HAS LOW RELIEF FEATURES, ELONGATED NECK COVERED W/ RIDGED BANDS, SHOULDERS COVERED W/ COLLAR, BREASTS IN LOW RELIEF, RIGHT ARM PLACED CLOSE TO BODY AT RIGHT ANGLE HOLDING UPRIGHT ARROW. OTHER ARM IS AT SIDE, HOLDING AN UPSIDE-DOWN MALE FIGURE BY HIS FOOT. HE WEARS SHORTS, HOLDING HOLDING ARROW IN ONE HAND. WOMAN WEARS LONG SKIRT W/ RAISED SQUARE PATTERNS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Nigeria (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba, Owo (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428183-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 73.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm