Carved Ebony Bust
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Jun 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1953
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Charles D. Hyson
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Charles D. Hyson
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Charles D. Hyson
notes: label: Notes
content: FEMALE BUST W/ BULGING OVAL EYES, ACCENTED EYELIDS, CLOSED MOUTH AND FLAT NOSE. HAS VERY SLENDER NECK, BROAD SHOULDERS, VOLUMINOUS BREASTS. HAS INCISED STYLIZED HIGH COIFFURE. BLACK PATINA. CONDITION: BASE IS SCRATCHED ALL OVER. BACK OF HAIR HAS SCRATCHED-UP AREAS. ROUGHLY CARVED SPOT ON LEFT BREAST DUE TO WOOD CORE EXPOSURE AND APPEARS WHITE. DONOR'S LABEL ON BOTTOM OF BASE: "14." ACCORDING TO APPRAISER, THE STYLE OF THIS PIECE IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE YOMBE, A KONGO SUBGROUP. NOTE: REMARKS BASED ON APPRAISER'S LIST IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cabinda, Angola, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kongo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390904
label: USNM Number
content: E427895-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 10.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 14.5 cm