Female grave marker
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Oct 1921
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Sarita S. Ward
label: Collector
content: Mr. Herbert Ward
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Sarita S. Ward
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CATALOG CARD: "CARVED FROM SOFT, LIGHT WOOD. REPRESENTS WOMAN SEATED CROSS-LEGGED ON SWAURE BASE. SHE IS HOLDING A CHILD ON HER KNEES, WHOM SHE IS NURSING. THE BODY OF THE WOMAN IS PAINTED WHITE, THAT OF THE CHILD, IS RED. THE HAIR IS BLACK. SCARIFICATIONS ARE SHOWN ON THE BREAST. IDENTIFIED AS A FUNERARY FIGURE - ROY SIEBER AND OTHERS, OCT. 12, 1962. CLEANED, SEE RESTORATION RECORD 12-16-64. 11/3/66: LOANED TO CULT. HIST. (MHT) RETURNED 2/13/81. LOANED TO MAA 11/4/81. RETURNED 4/21/82." OBJECT WAS ALSO ON DISPLAY IN OLD EXHIBIT HALL 7, NHB. D. NGUYEN 7-27-98.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "The white clay rubbed on [this figure] symbolizes the power of purity and ancestors."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Dec 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kongo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 067312
label: USNM Number
content: E323272-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 70 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26.5 cm
label: Height - Lying Down
content: 21.5 cm