Iron Figure Of Equestrian
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; BOTH CONSIDERED THE PIECE TO BE "MODERN." JH PURCHASED FROM GALERIE KAMER OF NEW YORK ON 7/16/63. WAS EXHIBITED IN "THE ANIMAL INART," NOV. 17, 1977 - JAN. 15, 1978. ALSO HAS PHOTO IN "ART TO ZOO, "DEC 1977."IRON FIGURE IS OF MALE RIDER SITTING ON SADDLED HORSE. FEET IN STIRRUPS. BOTH ARMS EXTEND FORWARD, BENT AT ELBOWS. LEFT HAND HOLDS THE REINS. RIGHT HAND HOLDS CYLINDRICAL END OF A TOOL (?) W/ FLAT, DIAMOND-SHAPED POINT DOWNWARD. HAS STYLIZED FACIAL FEATURES W/ BIG NOSE, MOUTH, AND EARS. WEARS CONICAL HAT W/ A FINIAL AND BROAD RIM. HORSE HAS SHORT, FLAT TAIL, PERKY EARS, W/ BIT. ATTACHED LABEL "S.63.77." CONDITION: HEAVILY CORRODED W/ SOME GREEN SPOTS, POSSIBLY FROM WAXY DEPOSITS?
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: Not Given, Mali (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bamana (Bambara) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428203-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 22.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 6.5 cm