Brass Bird Figurine
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. JH PURCHASED AT D'ARCY GALLERIES OF NEW YORK IN 5/16/59. WAS EXHIBITED IN "THE ANIMAL IN ART, " NOV 17, 1977 TO JAN. 15, 1978. SEE MARGARET WEBSTER PLASS, AFRICAN MINIATURES GOLD WEIGHTS OF THE ASHANTI, NEW YORK, PRAEGER, 1967. BRASS BIRD IS ADHERED TO RECTANGULAR WOODEN BASE. STYLIZED BIRD HAS A FLAT HEAD W/ LONG, CURVED BEAK, A NOTCHED CREST, RAISED ROUND EYES, CURVED NECK, OVOID BODY, FLAT TRIANGULAR TAIL, AND HAS CYLINDRICAL SUPPORT INSTEAD OF LEGS. STANDS ON 4-STEP BASE. NECK & BODY DECORATED W/ VERTICAL GROOVES AND ONE THAT BISECTS THE BODY LENGTHWISE. BIRD'S RIGHT, BELOW THE NECK, IS A RAISED KNOB. BASE LABELED W/ "FS66.8" AND "66.5039."
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: Baule (Baoulé) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428218-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.1 cm
label: Height - W/base
content: 6.5 cm