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MS-115-025: Multi-faced Totem

 Item
Collection number: MS-115-025
Multi-faced Totem (A)
Multi-faced Totem (B)
Multi-faced Totem (C)
Multi-faced Totem (D)
Multi-faced Totem (Drawing)

Scope and Contents

Description: Multi-faced totem. Media: Wood, pigment, fur, and leather. Size: 13 3/4" x 5" x 5". Surface: Wear throughout, especially in relief areas; paper taped to base reads: "04-Kimatwe Matwe REGA." Stability: Crack along side of head from neck to crown at four and three quarters inches, crack along lower face across right eye at one and five eighths inches, loss to left brow, bridge of nose, top heads, lower lip, bottom heads, left and right eye areas, lower part of nose, and upper lip. Infestation: Cobwebs, white accretions throughout.

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-115-025

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)