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- Title
- Obidome (obi brooch) in shape of dancing lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Metal lion with flowing mane and tail. Gold inlaid spits decorate his body and color his eyes. The lion's head is thrown impossibly backwards, allowing a view of the head as if from above. The golden eyes look upwards.
- Century
- Second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950-1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.368
- Medium and Support
- metal with gold inlay
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Panel with Geometric Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.74
- Medium and Support
- raffia
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Square Rouge Box with Lid, One of a Pair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.368A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Vessel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.110
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Silk underkimono with bokashi dye in large squares of aqua and white
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe damask with alternating weaves in checkerboard design
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.394
- Medium and Support
- Silk crepe with twill geometric design
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a Queen's Fan
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a fan: a small, thin handle attached to a flat, spherical form, with a spiraling motif coming out of the center; the attachment of the handle to the circular shape is by way of a semi-circle, decorated with a spiraling motif flowing in the opposite direction.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.129
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Soneto Burlesco. A Licito... from the "Góngora: vight poëmes" by Luis de Góngora y Argote
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Physical Description
- Text of poem on left and two portraits of men on either side of text.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881-1973
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.574
- Medium and Support
- aquatint on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Majolica Platter
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.40
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with tin glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Hamsa (Goose)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.460
- Medium and Support
- gilt and painted metal
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Vase with Landscape Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.108
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Spring Warms River Nu
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Two men rafting in the waves of River Nu.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- last quarter of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.144
- Medium and Support
- horizontal hanging scroll, ink on rice paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Kimono
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk dyed with a black background and festive drum and flower designs in the bottom portion. Three family crests below shoulders and back collor.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.3
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Le Coup et le Comptoir
- Artist
- Pierre Bonnard
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867-1947
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1867-1947
- Accession Number
- 1992/2.6
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Binary Teapot
- Artist
- Hugh McKay
- Physical Description
- two hollow spheres with caps joined at center, with a hollow "spout" and "handle" joined by an overarching piece of wood with bark
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Long Beach, California, 1951 - )
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.162
- Medium and Support
- maple
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Baby
- Artist
- Jimmy Lee Sudduth
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Fayette, Alabama, 1910 - 2007)
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.191
- Medium and Support
- pigmented sweet mud on plywood
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- New Consecration is the Duty of the Living (photo)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Text: New Consecration is the Duty of the Living so that Our Dead Shall Not Have Died in Vain - (center) "To such a task (Victory over German Autocracy and all it represents) we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to shed her blood and her treasure for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other." - Woodrow Wilson - (left panel heading) Al Soldier's Farewell - Written on the Even of his Departure … - (right panel heading) A Mother's Comfort - Words of Plato Console Now Whose Son Fell in Battle … - (bottom) "You ask me when peace will come. We went into this war for a great and worthy object. Peace will come when that object has been attained. Before God I hope it may not come until that time." - Abraham Lincoln In Darkest Days of Civil War - Issued by Connecticut State Council of Defense
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.125
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Bizen ware water jar with lid (mizusashi)
- Artist
- Kaneshige Tôyô
- Physical Description
- This is an unglazed stoneware bizen jar fired in a wood-burning kiln.
- It has a hard, smooth surface with decorative incisions near the top of the jar. The lower portion has effect of color gradation of reds and browns. The lid seems to dip into the jar, and has a know handle. The entire piece is not perfectly formed, but has an organic aesthetic.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1896-1967
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950-1963
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.72
- Medium and Support
- stoneware, unglazed
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Seat 4
- Artist
- Maki Haku
- Artist Life Dates
- (Ibaraki Prefecture, 1924 - 2000)
- Century
- 20th-21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960-2000
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.320
- Medium and Support
- woodblock and cement block print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- A Proclamation by the President to the People (text only)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.143
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Clyster
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.27
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Mr. Spots
- Artist
- Sarah Rakes
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Clarksville, Georgia, 1955 - )
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1996
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.209
- Medium and Support
- pastel on paper, in painted frame
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Sande (also known as Bundu) Society Helmet Mask (Sowo)
- Artist
- African, Sierra Leone, Mende
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.300
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Formal gray kimono with gilt, embroidered and appliquéd saga brocade cloud designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Gray silk damask with surihaku (gilt), embroidered and appliquéd brocade designs, bordered in couched gold-wrapped threads. Lining is plain weave silk, white above and gray below. Has double oak-leaf (kashiwa) crest embroidered in gold thread.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.378
- Medium and Support
- gray twill silk with brocade and embroidery designs
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Reclining Stag
- Artist
- Edward Kemeys
- Artist Life Dates
- 1843-1907
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1863-1907
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.139
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Moire silk michiyuki coat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This michiyuki features a cloud design with a shimmering effect created by the layering of silk material. Blue, green, and turquoise clouds are painted in an alternating pattern without touching one another, and appear to shimmer from behind a transparent blue painted silk overlay.
- Century
- second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970s - 1990s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.403
- Medium and Support
- dark burgundy silk with green, blue, and purple dyed clouds
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Child's Shoe (One of a pair)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.33.2
- Medium and Support
- woven straw
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Hagi ware flower vase
- Artist
- Miwa Jusetsu
- Physical Description
- It is a vertically long, rectangular shaped vase. The body is slightly tilted; its four corners are shaved from the top to the bottom. The clay color is orange-yellow; the body is glazed with porous, milky white ash glaze. The bottom edge of the body and the bottom are unglazed. It has no foot.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1910
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.65
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with feldspar and ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a geometric pattern derived of the swastika form.
- Century
- possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.143
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Wormwood Vase
- Artist
- Dale Nish
- Physical Description
- small sandblasted wood vase displaying holes and trails eaten by worms
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Cardston, Alberta, Canada, 1932 - )
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.172
- Medium and Support
- wormy ash
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Shoeshine Boy
- Artist
- J.G. Brown
- Artist Life Dates
- England, 1831-1913
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.350
- Medium and Support
- print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Standing Buddha, in double abhaya mudrâ
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Standing gilt bronze Buddha with glass inlay in royal costume. Stands on a lotus pedestal with both hands raised in abhaya mudra.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.475
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with glass inlay
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Save ... and serve the cause of freedom
- Artist
- Frederick G. Cooper
- Physical Description
- Text: SAVE - 1-wheat, use more corn 2-meat, use more fish & beans 3- fats, use just enough 4-sugar, use syrups - and serve the cause of freedom - U.S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1962
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.145
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Sam Mackey
- Artist Life Dates
- (1897 - 1992)
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1987-1992
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.205
- Medium and Support
- orange, purple, green crayon, graphite black ink on cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Maternity Figure
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.118
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Pons, original lithograph included in the May 1961 edition of "XXe siècle" no.16
- Artist
- César
- Physical Description
- Varying rows of lines in pinks, blues, reds and browns with a white background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1921-1998
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.573
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on heavy woven paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Remember the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun - Y.W.C.A. - War Work Council
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Text: Remember the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun - United War Work Campaign - Nove. 11-18, 1918 $170,500,000 - Y.W.C.A. - War Work Council
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.113
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Quilt in the Sunshine and Shadow pattern
- Artist
- Anonymous Amish
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900-1925
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.323
- Medium and Support
- cotton
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Standing Buddha, in Abhaya Mudrâ
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- Standing gilt bronze Shakyamuni Buddha with glass inlay. One hand is raised in the form of the "fear not" mudra. Stands on a pedestal in ornamented dress and crown.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.450
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with glass inlay
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Stool with Mudfish and Crab Motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.53
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Black Nagoya-style obi with embroidered pine needle designs in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with some interwoved black lacquered threads; pine-needle design embroidery in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.330
- Medium and Support
- black silk damask with mettalic thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Dark indigo Shibori haori with lining depicting children at play
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This haori demponstrates a variety of geometric patterns of repeating white shapes against a dark indigo ground. It also has an inner silk lining.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.348
- Medium and Support
- white silk tie-dyed dark indigo
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Man in Business Suit
- Artist
- Earnest Patton
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1935
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970-1992
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.212
- Medium and Support
- carved and painted wood
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Morse Code (Gattinara, Italy)
- Artist
- Jill Mathis
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of rows of trees next to the side of a road.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1964
- Century
- 20th-21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.172
- Medium and Support
- digital image, chromogenic print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Saga brocade zôri (shoes) woven in sayagata
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Multicolored silk with gold and silver threads, woven in T-paper (sayagata) pattern
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.371A&B
- Medium and Support
- multicolored silk with gold- and silver-coated paper threads, woven in sayagata
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Beige Obi with wax-resist overall patterns of rust stripes, interrupted by wax-resist and embroidered designs of floral scrolls
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- The obi is made of plain silk, on which beige and brown stripes are pattern-dyed. Scrolls of exotic flowers and leaves are hand painted with orange and black color, and embroidered with metallic threads. These plant designs are located on two parts of the obi; when wearing, one will appear in front, and other will appear on the back bow. There is a hand-painted artist’s seal of Chinese character “moon” on one end of the obi.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.325
- Medium and Support
- Plain-weave silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Oka and Walmacho
- Artist
- Victor Higgins
- Physical Description
- In this painting, done in broad brush strokes, the figures of two women fill the composition. One is seated in profile view and the other, standing behind her, gazes out into the distance. The forms of their bodies are set againist a plain white wall creating a strong outline, especially around the area of their hair and faces. There is also a strong color contrast between the dark black shawl worn by the standing woman and light pink shawl of the seated one. There is an amulet made of bone and feathers hanging on the wall in the upper right corner of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884-1949
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1915
- Accession Number
- 1931.13
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Pale aqua silk underkimono with woven designs of fans scattered among waves
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- White neckband of leno weave in a stripe. Silk leno crepe with twill design of fans among waves.
- Century
- second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.396
- Medium and Support
- Silk crepe with twill design of fans among waves
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of an axe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of an axe, with a smooth handle attached to a rounded top with an inserted, triangular blade.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.131
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Beaded Coronet (oríkògbòfó or ojewe)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Round beaded crown with six radiating bands (predominantly green with white, metallic and blue accents) that stem from the central axis upon which the big blue-headed bird sits. Smaller birds perch at the base of the bands. Bottom rim predominantly red with white, metallic and blue accents. Spaces in between vertical bands are filled with yellow feathers or possibly synthetic material.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.345
- Medium and Support
- cloth, glass beads, metallic beads, feathers
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Landscape with Boulders
- Artist
- Samuel Colman
- Artist Life Dates
- 1832 - 1920
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.228
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.07554