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MS-115-014: Female Figure with Children

 Item
Collection number: MS-115-014
Female Figure with Children (Front)
Female Figure with Children (Left profile)
Female Figure with Children (Right profile)
Female Figure with Children (Back)
Female Figure with Children (Drawing)

Scope and Contents

Description: Standing female figure with pot with head. Media: Wood, fiber, beads, metal, bone. Size: 33 1/2" x 11" x 11 1/2". Surface: Wear to left earlobe from metal ring, soil buildup throughout, wood flaking around right armpit, green accretion on right side of bowl lid headdress, small hole under right side of corner, surface wear to edge of lid top. Stability: Two-inch loss to front lip of bowl, fiber worn on left side of pot lid, tooth/claw split in half vertically, loss to left rear headdress, new loss of arm on right side of left figure holding bowl, large and likely old loss to buttocks, both arms missing from right figure holding bowl, right arm missing from other two, large structural cracks in base and leg. Infestation: Cobwebs in recesses, cobwebs and debris inside bowl.

Dates

  • Acquired: 2011-08-26

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 34.00 artifact

Language

From the Collection: English

Private Title

ms-115-014

Repository Details

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)