Standing Nude Female Figure Balancing Vase
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. DARK-BROWN, CARVEDFROM 1 PIECE, DARK-BROWN WOODEN FIGURE HAS OVAL BASE SCREWED INTO EXACT RECESS OF RECTANGULAR WOODEN BASE. ELABORATELY CARVED FIGURE HAS ROUND HEAD, LONG TORSO, CURVY LEGS. FACE HAS INCISED BROWS, ALMOND-SHAPED EYES, WIDE NOSE, FULE LIPS, & SCULPTED EARS. WEARS CONICAL HAT W/ FINIAL AT CENTER OF RIM. HAT COVERED W/ INCISED PATTERN. ON PEAK OF HAT IS VASE W/ ROUND BOTTOM, PINCHED NECK, & FLARED MOUTH. DECORATED W/ INCISED BAND AROUND NECK & MID-BODY. HAIRSTYLE NOTICEABLE ONLY IN THE BACK W/ AN OVAL BUN AT THE BASE. HAS POINTED BREASTS, ARMS CLOSE TO SIDES W/ HANDS RESTING ON ROUNDED BELLY, PROTRUDING NAVEL, & GENITAL DETAILS. LEGS ARE SPLAYED W/ TOE DETAILS. HAS ELABORATE SCARIFICATION PATTERN ON TEMPLES & CHEEKS, ALL OVER NECK, BELLY, BACK, & BACK OF LEGS. WEARS SERIES OF ARMBANDS ON BOTH ARMS. BASE HAS LABEL "S.1983" AND "PD." BOTTOM ALSO HAS BURNT-IN CIRCULAR DESIGN (DEALER'S MARK ?)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
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: E428226-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Height - W/base
content: 72 cm