Hornbill Gold Weight
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. FAGG CONSIDERED THIS PIECE NOT TO BE ASHANTI BUT PROBABLY WAS THE REMAINS OF A BOBO PENDANT. 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. THE HORNBILL'S CURVES REPRESENT THE CURVE OF GROWTH, OF LIFE FORCE. HORNBILLS AND THEIR BODY PARTS ARE OFTEN FOUND AS OFFERING ON WEST AFRICAN SHRINES. (PG. 71, AFRICAN MINIATURES: GOLD WEIGHTS OF THE ASHANTI, BY MARGARET WEBSTER PLASS, NEW YORK, PRAEGER, 1967.) BRASS HORNBILL IS AFFIXED TO WOODEN BASE W/ COPPER WIRE. STANDING STYLIZED HORNBILL HAS RAISED WINGS, CREST, AND EYES DETAILS. BASE BOTTOM LABELED W/ "S.59.94."
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, Ghana (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ashanti (Asante) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428188-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weight
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 3.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Height - W/base
content: 7.3 cm