Figure Of Nude Male Rider On A Horse
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 FOR HMSG. FAGG DETERMINED IT TO BE "LATE." (?) JH PURCHASED FROM D'ARCY GALLERIES IN NEW YORK IN 5/16/59. CARVED FROM 1 PIECE, DARK-BROWN STYLIZED WOODEN SCULPTURE OF NUDE MALE RIDER ON A HORSE. RIDER HAS ELONGATED FACE W/ ROUND, BULGING EYES, LONG NOSE, SMALL MOUTH, AND POINTED CHIN. SCULPTED EARS ARE PLACED HIGH ABOVE EYES. WEARS SMOOTH, CONICAL CAP W/ ROUND FINIAL. ARMS ARE ON SADDLE, LEFT HAND HOLDING REINS. GENITALS ARE SHOWN. BODY IS CYLINDRICAL, W/ ROUND BUTTOCKS AND SHORT LEGS. HORSE LEGS ARE SPLAYED FLAT, HEAD DOWN W/ EARS BACK. LABEL ON BACK "721 A" AND NUMBERED AT BOTTOM, "S59.90." CONDITION: A BIT DUSTY; HAIRLINE CRACK ALONG HORSE'S RIGHT NECK; TIP OF TAIL IS SPLIT (NATURAL OR LOSS?); TINY HOLES AT HORSE FEET BOTTOM (FOR SECURING TO BASE?). EQUESTRIAN FIGURE IN THE SENUFO REPRESENTS A SPIRIT AIDE (BANDEGUELE) WHICH SERVES AS COUNSEL & MESSENGER FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD TO THE SENUFO DIVINATION SPECIALIST (SANDOGO), PG. 50, THE GUSTAVE & FRANYO SCHINDLER COLLECTION OF AFRICAN SCULPTURE BY JOHN LUNSFORD, DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 1975).
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, Côte d'Ivoire (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Senufo (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428197-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 31.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10.5 cm