Object Number |
29-59-169 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Culture |
Hanha | Ambundu |
Provenience |
Angola |
Section |
African |
Materials |
Wood |
Description |
Round wooden stick surmounted by a human head with elaborately carved close-fitting cap headdress. On the top of the head is seated a child wearing a similar headdress; its legs extend almost to the forehead of the large head; its hands (the arms now partly missing) rest on its legs. |
Length |
76.4 cm |
Credit Line |
Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
Other Number |
Mercer 19627 - Old Museum Number | 77 - Field No SF |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2004. See: p. 25, fig. 19 |
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Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. See: pp. 138-139, fig. 70 |
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Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News." . (21 Nov 1986): 1-15. See: A10 |
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Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News." . (21 Nov 1986): 1-15. See: p. 1 |
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