Standing Figure Of A Male Hunter
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 LEON SIROTO. SIROTO CONSIDERED THIS TO BE AN "UNUSUAL YORUBA" PIECE. JHPURCHASED FROM J.J. KLEJMAN GALLERY OF NEW YORK IN 6/13/55. CARVED WOODEN FIGURE FEATURES MALE HUNTER WEARING A CONICAL HAT W/ A FLAT TOP & 2 TASSELS HANGING DOWN IN THE BACK. HAS ALMOND-SHAPED BULGING EYES, SHORT NOSE, BULGING LIPS, SCULPTED EARS, AND JUTTING CHIN. SCARIFICATION GROOVES ON CHEEKS & CHIN (?) ABSTRACT BODY IS CONICAL, ARMS PLACED TOGETHER IN FRONT HOLDING STAFF (OR GUN ?) HAS GENITALS. PARTED LEGS ARE BENT AT THE KNEES, FEET PLANTED ON FLAT BASE. CONDITION: 2 LONG CRACKS RUNNING DOWN FACE. OTHER CRACKS RUNNING DOWN BODY. BASE HAS WEDGE-SHAPED LOSS. BOTTOM OF BASE BADLY DAMAGED BY INSECTS.
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, Nigeria (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428181-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 59 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 12.6 cm