Chicken Sculpture
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1959
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: Provenience undocumented (Benin area, Nigeria; D'arcy Galleries of New York, to May 16, 1959; Joseph Hirshhorn purchase May 16, 1959-May 17, 1966.) Vetted and dated to 1958 by William Fagg. Philip Dark also vetted the object, but was not sure it was from Benin. He ultimately agreed with Fagg's identification. Paula Girshick Ben-Amos, Keeper of African Art at U Penn Museum questioned whether object was from Benin and provided photos of Yoruba sculptures of chickens for comparison. Exhibited in Hirshhorn Museum (HMSG) "The Animals in Art" Nov 17, 1977 - Jan 15, 1978. Description: cast brass stylized chicken is screwed to square wooden base. Has small head with open beak, round big body, & left leg has extension (for screwing to base). Round wings are spread out, triangular tail raised. Wings & underside of body covered with incised cross-hatching.
label: Notes
content: SI Archives acc. 86-136, box 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Edo State / Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Edo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428163-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Height - W/ Base
content: 16.5 cm