Statue
Object Details
- Notes
- MADE FOR TOURIST MARKET, SLIGHTLY FLAT, TALL FIGURE, THIN NECK; VIRTUALLY FEATURELESS HEAD (TWO TINY DRILL HOLES FOR EYES); TINY CUTS AROUND EDGES, APPEARS AS IF "SEWN". APPRAISER'S COMMENTS: "SEATED ABSTRACT FIGURE WITH NEARLY FEATURELESS HEAD, FLARING FROM NARROW NECK. BODY IS IN FOLDED-SEATED ANCESTRAL POSITION. BY CLEMENTI. THIS PIECE HAS ELEGANT FORM." REFERENCES: (SEE ABOVE).
- Record Last Modified
- 18 Nov 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Makonde
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 20 Nov 1990
- Collection Date
- 1959 to 1975
- Accession Number
- 387040
- USNM Number
- E425337-0
- Collector
- Prof David Kadane
- Mrs. David Kadane
- Donor Name
- Prof David Kadane
- Object Type
- Statue
- Length - Object
- 57 cm
- Width - Object
- 14.7 cm
- Place
- Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa
- See more items in
- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8458487
- Usage
- CC0
