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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-15576, described as Amulet, brass. In ring form kneeling man with hands on knees. Stylized facial features. Suspension ring on back. Height 6.0 cm, Width 1.9 cm. From Africa, Mali, Dogon (?). Possible tourist reproduction.
Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-15573, described as Amulet, brass. Attenuated form of man with bent knees and ankles bound together. Suspension ring at back. Height 5.8 cm, Width 0.8 cm. From Africa, Mali, Dogon. Possible tourist reproduction.
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle stopper, accession number 18-1621a,b, described as Bottle stopper, wood, one piece; figure of man astride goat; child seated on man’s head; mounted on square lack steel base; a) snake stretching from goat’s tail to top of small head; a) above is fake, a copy of b) which is authentic. “...a typical example of how the faker always has to go the original one better, vide the unnecessary snake in this particular instance”
Hearst Museum object titled Coconut opener, accession number 18-1618, described as Coconut opener, wood; figure of squatting man atop of pointed wedge; arms and hands folded across lower chest; mounted on square black steel base; a fake. “As you can see, time has turned what was once a very fine approximation of a true Batak patina into something which isn’t very good anymore.”
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-15793, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-15795, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-15792, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-15794, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15563, described as Sculpture, wood. Standing female maternity figure wearing loin cloth and neck ornament, infant helf in both arms. Accentuated calves on both legs. Mounted on rectangular wood base. Encrusted patina. Height (overall) 26.7 cm, Width 6.6 cm. From Africa, Zaire, Bena Lulua. Possible tourist reporduction.
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15562, described as Sculpture, maternity figure. Wood. Seated cross-legged woman nursing infant held in left hand, square wood base, encrusted patina. Height 20.9 cm, Width 7.9 cm. From Africa, Ziare, Kongo. Possible tourist reproduction.

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