Face 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. BOTH QUESTIONED THE AGE OF THE PIECE & DIDN'T THINK IT WAS OLD. JH PURCHASED FROM GALERIE KAMER OF NEW YORK ON 12/19/61. PENDANT IS SECURED BY LUCITE MOUNT. DEPICTS A DIAMOND-SHAPED (W/ ROUNDED POINTS) PENDANT W/ A RAISED OVAL FACE IN THE CENTER. BACKGROUND OF PENDANT IS FORMED BY INCISED CONCENTRIC OUTLINES, BORDERS COVERED W/ RAISED DESIGN OF TINY GEOMETRIC SHAPES. FACE HAS RAISED DOTS PATTERN ON FOREHEAD. RAISED DOTS FORM OUTLINES OF EYES. A RAISED NOSE W/ CONCAVE CHEEKS. FACE ALSO MADE FROM RAISED HORIZONTAL LIENS. BACK IS HOLLOW AND SMOOTH. BASE LABEL "S.61.200." CONDITION: TOP POINT OF PENDANT HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF.
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 / Agni (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428201-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 8.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Height - W/o Mount
content: 2 cm