Carved Stone Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jun 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1960's-1970's
name: label: Collector
content: Miss Janet Stone
label: Donor Name
content: Miss Janet Stone
notes: label: Notes
content: ELONGATED OVAL STONE MODIFIED BY CARVING INTO A HUMAN FIGURE. SHARPLY DELINEATED ARMS AND LEGS ALONG WITH FACIAL FEATURES. NO LARGE CHIPS OR SCUFFS. COVERED BY DARK DEPOSIT OF DIRT OR OTHER SUBSTANCE. PROBABLY CARVED WITH METAL TOOLS; PROBABLY ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ALTHOUGH ETHNOGRAPHIC RE-USE IS POSSIBLE. DATING IS DIFFICULT BUT SARAH BRETT-SMITH SUGGESTS TELLEM-DOGON TRANSITIONAL PHASE.-15-17TH CENTURY A.D. REF. - BRETT-SMITH, SARAH, "REPORT ON DOGON STONE FIGURE - J.S. 35", MS IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 May 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Dogon
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361235
label: USNM Number
content: E423742-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 27 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm