Figure

Museum number:
5-15564
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4588
Object count:
1
Description:
Sculpture, wood. Two seated male human figures, one supporting other on his head. Lower figure squatting, holding base of upper carving. Figure seated on chair, holding staff in right hand, and beard in left. Elaborate headdress. Encrusted patina. Bottom figure mounted on square, black steel base. Height (overall) 32/2 cm, Width 6.4 cm. From Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule. Possible tourist reproduction.
Donor:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
Irwin Hersey
Collection date:
1983
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 5-15564, described as Sculpture, wood. Two seated male human figures, one supporting other on his head. Lower figure squatting, holding base of upper carving. Figure seated on chair, holding staff in right hand, and beard in left. Elaborate headdress. Encrusted patina. Bottom figure mounted on square, black steel base. Height (overall) 32/2 cm, Width 6.4 cm. From Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule. Possible tourist reproduction.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-15564, described as Sculpture, wood. Two seated male human figures, one supporting other on his head. Lower figure squatting, holding base of upper carving. Figure seated on chair, holding staff in right hand, and beard in left. Elaborate headdress. Encrusted patina. Bottom figure mounted on square, black steel base. Height (overall) 32/2 cm, Width 6.4 cm. From Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule. Possible tourist reproduction.

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