Figure

Museum number:
5-15562
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015562
Accession number:
Acc.4588
Object count:
1
Description:
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.
Donor:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Zaire; Kongo
Collector:
Irwin Hersey
Collection date:
1985
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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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