Gold-Washed Fish Pendant
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 CONSIDERED THIS PIECE TO BE 20TH-CENTURY. JH PURCHASED FROM PRIMUS AND STUART GALLERIES IN LOS ANGELES ON 12/16/61. WAS EXHIBITED IN "THE ANIMAL IN ART," NOV. 17, 1977 - JAN. 15, 1978. ABSTRACT FISH IS HOLLOW. FISH IS CURVED FOR MOUTH TO TOUCH ONE TIP OF SPLIT TAIL. HAS RAISED ROUND EYE. SURFACE HAS WRAPPED LINES TO GIVE A RAISED TEXTURE, PUNCTUATED W/ SMOOTH CIRCULAR AND SEMI-CIRCULAR DEPRESSIONS. HAS 2 FLAT FINS AND CENTER OF TOP EDGE HAS 2 LOOPS SIDE BY SIDE. CONDITION: PART OF GOLD WASH IS GONE. ONE LOOP IS SPLIT. SMALL PUNCTURES IN THE DEPRESSIONS. ACCORDING TO IVAN KARP, FORMER CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THIS PIECE WAS GOLD-WASHED & NOT ACTUALLY MADE OF GOLD. DR MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, CONCURRED WITH THIS COMMENT.
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, 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: E428200-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 10.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1.5 cm