Sculpture Of Seated Monkey Holding Child
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. CARVED, GREYISH STYLIZED SCULPTURE DEPICTS A SEATED MONKEY ON A ROUND BASE, HOLDING A CHILD ON LAP. FIGURE HAS ROUND HEAD, THICK, SQUARE BODY, AND RESTS ON FOLDED LEGS. HAS BIG, BULGING EYES, WIDE NOSE, SCULPTED EARS AND THINLY INCISED MOUTH. HEAD IS SMOOTH AND HAS A HOLE IN CENTER (FOR INSERTION OF ANOTHER OBJECT?). ARMS AT SIDES, BENT AT ELBOW, HOLDING CHILD ON KNEES. CHILD'S FACIAL FEATURES INDISCTINCT, HANDS PLACED ON ROUNDED BELLY, KNEES RAISED. CONDITION: SOME LOSSES AROUND EDGE OF BASE; LOSS ON TOP OF HEAD, SCRATCHES. VERY HEAVY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kissi (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428193-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 27 cm