Metal Chicken Figurine
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 FOR HMSG. JH PURCHASED FROM D'ARCY GALLERIES OF NEW YORK IN 5/16/59. WAS EXHIBITED IN "THE ANIMAL IN ART," NOV. 17, 1977 - JAN.15, 1978. CAST IN 1 PIECE, BRASS CHICKEN STANDS ON FLAT, RECTANGULAR BASE. STYLIZED CHICKEN'S HEAD HAS OPEN HOLLOW BEAK, LOW-RELIEF ROUND EYES, EARS, AND CREST. BODY HAS LOW-RELIEF WING DETAILS AND DECORATED W/ INCISED GEOMETRIC PATTERN. TAIL CURVES UP AND HAS OPEN-WORK PATTERN. UNDECORATED LEGS ARE SPREAD APART. BOTTOM OF BASE HAS "SF66.12" AND "S.59.98."
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 Of, Nigeria (not certain), 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: E428182-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm