MS-115-016: Male Figure with Hands Crossed
Scope and Contents
Description: Male figure with hands across chest. Media: Carved wood. Size: 36 3/8" x 10" x 9 3/4". Surface: Pitting and cracking throughout surface, scrape to left cheek, one and five eighths inch abrasion to top of chest, blue accretion from right forearm to left abdomen, white paintlike accretion behind left ear and left buttocks, abrasion to left cheek, abrasion to left upper arm, indentation on inside of right elbow, scrape on right side of stomach. Stability: Loss to left side of hairpiece, likely old, two old holes in left of neck, cracks on face (from nose: five inches, three and three quarters inches, five and a half inches, six inches, two and seven eighths inches, two and seven eighths inches, two and a half inches, four and three eighths inches, six and three eighths inches, three inches, two and five eighths inches), cracks in chest above arms, from right to left and from front (four and an eighth inches, two and three eighth inches, three and three eighth inches, back of left shoulder, two and one half inches, twelve and one eighth inches, chest below arms, from right to left seven and one eighth inches, six and seven eighths inches, seven and five eighths inches, eight and one quarter inches, arms from right to left, two and a half inches, two and three quarters inches, three and one sixteenths inches, four and three sixteenths inches scrapes on feet, penis, and hands, cracks on legs, five and seven eighths inches, right foot, sole to top, throughout left angle, loss inside left thigh down to foot, loss from top of hairpiece, scrape on right ear. Infestation: Cobwebs; seems to have some sort of growth throughout, could be dust.
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-115-016
Repository Details
Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)
archives@valdosta.edu