Soapstone Sculpture Of Creature Carrying Another On Its Back
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 SOAPSTONE SCULPTURE DEPICTS MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE ON 4 LEGS ON AN IRREGULARLY-SHAPED BASE. HAS SQUARE HEAD W/ HORNS CURVING FORWARD, INCISED EYES, BIG TRIANGULAR NOSE, & WIDE OPEN MOUTH SHOWING TEETH. HAS STUBBY TAIL. LYING ACROSS ITS BACK IS A SMALLER FOUR-LEGGED CREATURE (HUMAN?) W/ A ROUND HEAD, INCISED EYES, BIG NOSE, AND WIDE OPEN MOUTH SHOWING TEETH. LABELS "84" & "RHODESIA, AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY, S.231-77 #2." CONDITION: FINE SCRATCHES ALL OVER.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Zimbabwe (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Shona (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428160-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 12.5 cm