Man Playing Flute
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNKNOWN. IDENTIFICATION BY ELIZABETH BENSON (1975) AND GORDON ECKHOLM (1976). REMARKS: SEATED FIGURE. CLAY. H. 9 3/4", W. 5 1/4". NAYARIT-TYPE. BRIMMED CAP ENDING IN ANIMAL HEAD AND LEGS AT ONE SIDE (OTHER 2 LEGS AT OTHER SIDE). COLUMBIAN-TYPE NOSE ORNAMENT. CURIOUS EAR ORNAMENTS--VARIATIONS ON THE "DOUBLE LOCK." POSSIBLY DEFORMED MOUTH WITH FLUTE (?) IN IT; 2 SLITS AT EITHER SIDE OF MOUTH. LEGS DRAWN UP; ELBOWS RESTING ON KNEES. WHITE FOREARMS AND KNEES, WHITE BOSSES ON HUMERI; PROMINENT SHOULDER BLADES; GENITALS. A LOT OF BITUMEN IN SOMETHING LIKE ROOT MARKS.
label: Notes
content: SEE SI ARCHIVES
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nayarit, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A552584-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture