Metal Figurine Of Bird On Top Turtle
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. CAST BRASS FIGURINEIS AFFIXED TO A RECTANGULAR LUCITE BASE. DEPICTS A TURTLE ON FOUR FEET W/ A BIRD ON ITS SHELL PECKING TURTLE'S HEAD. TURTLE'S SHELL IS CONCAVE, SURFACE DECORATED W/ RAISED SPIRAL SEMI-CIRCLES AND CIRCLES. HEAD POINTS UP W/ ROUND EYES AND OPEN MOUTH. BIRD'S FEET ARE TOGETHER, HAS SPIRAL SEMI-CIRCULAR WINGS, ROUND EYES, AND LONG BEAK. LABEL "S205.77."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: E428213-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 6.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.2 cm
label: Height - W/base
content: 7.4 cm