Standing Nude Female Figure (Rhythm Pounder)
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. VETTING BY WILLIAM FAGG, PHILIP DARK, & LEON SIROTO FOR HMSG. FIGURE WAS MADE FOR EXPORT IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY. JH PURCHASED AT J J KLEJMAN GALLERY, NY IN 6/13/55. THE RHYTHM POUNDER (DEBLE OR KATYELEO) IS USED BY THE LO SOCIETY IN RITES ASSOCIATED W/ AGRICULTURE AND BURIAL CEREMONIES (PG. 54, THE GUSTAVE & FRANYO SCHINDLER COLL. OF AFRICAN SCULPTURE BY JOHN LUNSFORD, DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 1975) CARVED FROM 1 PIECE, WOODEN FIGURE ENDS IN A CYLINDRICAL BASE FROM THE ANKLES DOWN. FIGURE DEPICTS WOMAN W/ A SMOOTH, CRESTED HAIRSTYLE. HAS LARGE HEAD W/ LARGE EARS W/ EARRINGS (?). HAS INCISED CURVED BROWS, ALMOND-SHAPED EYES, SLENDER NOSE, & PARTED MOUTH REVEALING TEETH. SCARIFICATION MARKS AT TEMPLES AND MOUTH CORNERS. ELONGATED TORSO HAS HIGH BREASTS, PROTRUDING NAVEL, AND GENITAL DETAILS. LONG, THIN ARMS ARE AT SIDES W/ HANDS ON THIGHS. HAS SHORT LEGS. WEARS A LOIN CLOTH (?) THAT COVERS THE BACK ONLY. SHOULDERS, BREASTS, STOMACH ARE COVERED W/ INCISED SCARIFICATION MARKS. CONDITION: COVERED W/ TINY INSECT HOLES (ESPECIALLY ON HAIR). SOME LOSSES AT BOTTOM OF BASE.
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: Senufo (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428194-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 302.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 19.5 cm