Figure W/ 2 Heads
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. RECTANGULAR CARVED FIGURE DEPICTS HUMAN W/ 2 HEADS, 1 ABOVE THE OTHER, STRAIGH ARMS RAISED ABOVE TOP HEAD, LONG TORSO, PARTED LEGS, BENT AT THE KNEES, FEET PLANTED ON A THIN, ROUND BASE. BOTH HEADS ARE SIMILAR W/ HIGH BROWS FLOWING SMOOTHLY INTO LONG NOSE, ALMOND-SHAPED RAISED EYES, RAISED, PARTED LIPS, & POINTED CHIN. SMOOTH, FEATURELESS TORSO EXCEPT FOR PROTRUDING NAVEL. BACK IS FLAT W/ EDGES NOTCHED AND SCALLOPED. LABEL "S.158.77." CONDITION: VERY DUSTY, COVERED W/ TINY FIBER BITS. TOP HEAD HAS LONG CRACK RUNNING FROM RIGHT CHEEK TO FOREHEAD AND ENDING AT LEFT JAW.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Mali (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Dogon (?)
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: E428207-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 56 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7.5 cm