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- Title
- Post
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Nupe
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.143
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 1.19190
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- benue-congo branch
- descriptors
- niger-congo language groups
- northeastern nigerian styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
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- people and culture
- sculpture
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- styles and periods
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- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- west african styles
- Title
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Artist
- Sally Mann
- Physical Description
- Two people laying in the background with towel hanging in the foreground.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1951
- Object Creation Date
- late 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.185
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver workprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19188
- Secondary Keywords
- cloth
- descriptors
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- materials
- materials by form
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- objects we use
- plant material
- textile materials
- textile materials by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Untitled, #78, from "Infanta Series"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- A side view of a nude woman with her left leg raised. Her body is against a wooden board and she is leaning forward.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 2011
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.368
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19152
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
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- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by form
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- Title
- Untitled, #96, from "Infanta Series"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- A side view of a nude woman with one leg straight and the other bent back. She is leaning forward.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 2007
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.370
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19152
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
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- photography and photographic processes and techniques
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- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
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- Title
- Untitled, #47, from "Infanta Series"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- The rear view of a nude woman, lower back down. Her left leg is lifted and the right is straight. Her body is very overexposed and the background is very dark.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 2009
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.365
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19152
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Untitled, #56, from "Infanta Series"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- Bare leg and foot being outstretched towards the viewer. The background is very dark.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 1991
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.367
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19152
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Untitled, #95, from "Infanta Series"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- A nude woman and an arched column. Her back is arched and she has her right hand on the column leaning into it.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.369
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19152
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Redoubt
- Artist
- Charles Clough
- Physical Description
- High-gloss abstract expressionist painting of a large Africa-shaped form in red against black ground. Clough’s unique way of applying paint to the canvas results in a highly articulated and densely textured surface. “In place of the brush and other typical painter's tools, Clough uses an instrument he calls the ‘Big Finger,’ a large balloon-like contraption that he invented to spread poured house enamel on masonite into broad gestural constellations.” (Max Henry, “charles clough,” http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/reviews/henry/henry2-5-99.asp)
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1951
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1990
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.225
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 1.19152
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Untitled, #55, from "Infanta Series"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- A nude woman from the top of the chest to the knees leaning up against a wooden fence. The rustic fence is held together by tounge and groove joints.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 1994
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.366
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19152
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- "The Sound of Rustling Leaves" (Chinese poem, calligraphy)
- Artist
- Rai San'yô
- Physical Description
- This is a hanging scroll. It is mounted on olive green fabric and includes a poem in Chinese calligraphic text about nature. Has three red seals: two in the lower left side, one in the upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1780-1832
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1811-1832
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.164
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19146
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- philosophical concepts
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- The Laundress
- Artist
- Aristide Maillol
- Physical Description
- This bronze statue depicts a female figure kneeling and bending forward with her arms outstretched. She grasps a long piece of cloth which is stretched on the ground in front of her. She looks directly at the cloth with an intent expression. The woman is wearing a long skirt which covers her legs and feet and swirls around her on the ground. Her blouse has flowing sleeves that end at the elbows, leaving her forearms bare. Her hair is pulled back and gatherred into a knot. The bronze has a dark green patina and the surface of the statue is smooth and polished.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1861 - 1944
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.78
- Medium and Support
- bronze on bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.19137
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- figures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- Title
- Lincoln Center/Dusk, from "City-Scapes Portfolio"
- Artist
- Fran Bull
- Physical Description
- This screenprint depicts two sculptures jutting from a pool in the center right of the composition. The pool takes up the bottom half of the print, and shows the reflections from the top half of the scene. Two trees are at the left with a tall building in the background behind them, and a building with large windows takes up the background in the right two-thirds of the composition.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1938
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1979
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.66.5
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19084
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- inorganic material
- light-related concepts
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- object genres
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Carved Elephant Tusk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Burma
- Century
- 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.459
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 1.19081
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- dentin
- descriptors
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Dakini
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Nepal
- Physical Description
- A small stone sculpture in bas-relief, depicting a tantric goddess. The back of the image is carved in a stylized petal shape, while the figure is crudely carved in relief on the front.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.111
- Medium and Support
- stone
- relevance
- rank 1.19081
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- asian
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) with a willow branch and vase
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.20
- Medium and Support
- Molded terracotta votive plaque
- relevance
- rank 1.19039
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- buildings and the land
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- motifs
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- plants
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Rome - Fountain of Trevi
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian?
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1865
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.161
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19039
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- europe
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by function
- inorganic material
- italy
- locality
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- water distribution structures
- Title
- Courtyard, Bologna
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian?
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1880
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.167
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.19039
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- europe
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by function
- inorganic material
- italy
- locality
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- water distribution structures
- Title
- Illuminated Manuscript
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- One column of text with gold leaf, red and blue lettering. Picture and figures on the right.
- Object Creation Date
- 1462
- Accession Number
- 2015/2.6A&B
- Medium and Support
- ink and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18963
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial objects
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- european
- european styles and periods
- information form components
- information forms
- layout features
- medieval styles and periods
- object genres
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Tanzania, Zigua
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.66
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 1.18938
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- coastal east african styles
- descriptors
- east african
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- Title
- Embroidery fragments (containers and fans)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.40.1
- Medium and Support
- silk thread embroidery on silk
- relevance
- rank 1.18923
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- descriptors
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects
- objects we use
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- the natural world
- Title
- Danseuse sur la Scene Saluant
- Artist
- Edgar Degas
- Physical Description
- Paper size: lh 25 9/10cm & rh 26 1/10cm x tw 20cm & bw 19 3/10cm. Plate size: lh 16 3/5cm & rh 16 1/10cm x tw 11 4/5cm & bw 11 9/10cm. Image size: h 13 1/5cm x w 8cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1917
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.435
- Medium and Support
- softground etching, aquatint and drypoint on ARCHES beige laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18875
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- engraving (printing process)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Title
- The Hero (Der Held)
- Artist
- George Grosz
- Physical Description
- Seated man with disfigured face and amputated lower legs, shabbily dressed, holding a crutch along with a bunch of flowers in his right hand
- Artist Life Dates
- 1893-1959
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1933
- Accession Number
- 1935.20
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18848
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- figures
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- people by state or condition
- planographic printing processes
- plants
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Le Follet
- Artist
- Gabrielle Toudaesq
- Physical Description
- This colored engraving features two women in elaborate dress on a beach with a wavy ocean behind them. The woman on the left wears a blue dress accented with pink and a hat in the same colors. The woman on the right wears a beige dress accented in brown and white and a hat in the same colors decorated with flowers. She also holds a small parasol above her head. The women appear engaged in conversation as they both gesture with their hands. In the distance in the water on the right there are three ships. On the left in the distance a rock formation is depicted.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.203
- Medium and Support
- wood engraving with hand coloring on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18839
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- culture and related concepts
- culture-related concepts
- descriptors
- headgear
- inorganic material
- main garments
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- Title
- Prestige Pipe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon Grassfields Cameroon
- Physical Description
- Pipe made in three parts: wood-carved stem, inner metal pipe for drawing smoke, and metal, possibly bronze bowl. Wood-carved, openwork stem is comprised of interlocking lizards; spiral whorls cover the cast metal bowl. bands of cowrie shells encircle the bottom and “neck” of the bowl, while its lip is topped with the classic Grassfields motif of a prestige cap.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.150
- Medium and Support
- wood, metal, possibly copper and bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.18827
- Secondary Keywords
- smoking and tobacco use
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plant material
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- tools and equipment
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Coconut Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Physical Description
- This cup is fashioned from a coconut shell set in a shallow bowl supported on a long, narrow stem and held in place by three straps and a tall neck band. The shallow domed lid has a plain, overhanging rim and terminates in a finial with a statuette of a nude sea nymph and serpent. The metalwork is densely decorated with various masks, animals, fantastic creatures, and vegetal ornament.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.36
- Medium and Support
- coconut shell with gilded silver
- relevance
- rank 1.18780
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- cups by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- food
- fruit
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- motifs
- mounted cups
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- scrollwork
- standing cups
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Steve Keister
- Physical Description
- Drawing on spiral sketchbook paper in terra cotta and ivory gouache with graphite pencil.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1949 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.236
- Medium and Support
- gouache on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18780
- Secondary Keywords
- american regions
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled, (Roadside Pond, California)
- Artist
- Brett Weston
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of a pond with plant life growing out of it.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911-1993
- Object Creation Date
- 1952
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.156
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18777
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- lacustrine bodies
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- photographs
- photographs by form
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled, (Pond, Boulder & Plants)
- Artist
- Brett Weston
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of two boulders in a pond. Plant life extends out of the water in the bottom of the photo.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911-1993
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.155
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18777
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- lacustrine bodies
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- photographs
- photographs by form
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- "Hôki" (Treasure Tortoise): Seto ware tea caddy, Taikai type, with ivory lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This squat tea caddy has brown and black glaze, two small ornamental handles, and an ivory lid.
- Century
- 17th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.151A&B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with brown and black glaze, ivory lid
- relevance
- rank 1.18725
- Secondary Keywords
- asia
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for storing or transporting food
- culinary containers
- dentin
- descriptors
- locality
- materials
- materials by composition
- medium
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of corn
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.72
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 1.18725
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- dentin
- descriptors
- food
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- Title
- Spiders Don't Work on Weekends 5#
- Artist
- John T. Scott
- Physical Description
- An abstract painting of a brightly colored grid pattern.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1940-2007
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1977
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.186.1
- Medium and Support
- gouache on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18685
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- european
- european styles and periods
- geometric patterns
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Netsuke of dog and temple bell on a mat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.40
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 1.18666
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- bells and sets of bells
- chordophones
- descriptors
- directly struck idiophones
- form attributes
- mammals
- objects we use
- percussion idiophones
- sculpture by function
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Markendeya purana series: Vishnu reclining on a serpent (Anantashayana), with other deities in attendance
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northern Andhra Pradesh
- Physical Description
- The four-armed Vishnu is shown lying on the serpent Ananta (“the endless one”), resting on the surface of the cosmic ocean. As his female consort gently strokes his leg, Vishnu awakens from a long sleep. From his navel sprouts a lotus, bearing the four-headed creator god, Brahma, who will begin a new cycle of the universe.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.305
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
- relevance
- rank 1.18611
- Secondary Keywords
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- Title
- Soviet Soldier Firing Captured German Panzerfaust at Night
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A Soviet soldier fires a German Panzerfaust firearm at night with a companion.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- late 1942; printed 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.69
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18592
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
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- projectile weapons
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- Title
- Bodhisattva Tara (Tibetan, Jetsun Dolma)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A suberply cast hollow bronze figure of Tara, a Buddhist goddess, shown leated in the lalitasana pose ("royal ease," with one knee bent and the other relaxed), her right hand extended to her right knee in vara mudra (the gesture of charity), and her left hand in vitarka mudra (the gesture of teaching, with the thumb and third finger brought together). She wears a dhoti and jewelry, including an elaborate tiara and enormous lotus-petal design ear plugs. Her face has a broad, open forehead, with wide, slightly arching brows; her eyes are downcast with "s"-shaped upper lids; her nose is straight and long, and her mouth, in a curved Cupid's bow shape, is small but full. Her torso leans slightly to her left, which is balanced by the right tilt of her head. She sits on a double lotus dais with beaded upper and lower rims. The image and the base were case in one piece in the lost-wax method. There are traces of red paint for her mouth and blue paint for her hair.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.40
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with inlaid semi-precious stones and traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 1.18581
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
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- Title
- Unidentified Buddhist Goddess with eight arms and three heads, with base
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A miniature figure of a tantric goddess, very finely cast by the cire perdue (lost wax) method. The goddess is shown seated in lalitasana pose ("royal ease," one knee bent and the other relaxes) on a lotus dais, which is separately cast. She has 8 arms which are in variants of vitarka mudra (the gesture of teaching). She has three heads, with the two lateral heads seen here as partial profiles; each wears the five-petal tiara of Tibetan Buddhist ritual. Her skirt is unusual, looking to be made of leaves, instead of the usual dhoti. Her hair is painted blue and her lips red.
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.64A&B
- Medium and Support
- copper? with blue paint for hair and red for lips
- relevance
- rank 1.18581
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
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- south asian
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- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, with left hand in abhaya mudra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Small gilt bronze seated Buddha in style of China’s cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty. It has a full figure, artfully draped robes, and a plump, rounded face with arched eyebrows. Hand is raised in abhaya mudra.
- Century
- 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 700-799
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.91
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.18553
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
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- Title
- Laeliocattleya Jacquinetta, from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'
- Artist
- Ikeda Zuigetsu
- Physical Description
- Single pink, flowering orchid with leaf on solid green background. Ink on paper, print.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.371.16
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18553
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
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- Title
- Netsuke of Sambasô dancer with moveable tongue
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.28
- Medium and Support
- wood, with ivory face and feet
- relevance
- rank 1.18553
- Secondary Keywords
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- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene..
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.18
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 1.18553
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- Title
- Covered box with a knob and alternating panels of vegetal scrolls and lattices
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand, Sawankhalok ware
- Physical Description
- Small-size covered box, the lotus bud handle and surrounding medallion in brown, the body and lid with alternating panels of vegetal scrolls and lattices. Each panel is separated by a raised line. The foot is painted brown. Clear glaze.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th centrury
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.432A&B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with underglaze iron decoration and clear glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.18553
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- ceramics
- containers
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- Title
- After Manet, from May Days Long Forgotten
- Artist
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph in circular format depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1953
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2002
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.3
- Medium and Support
- chromogenic color print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18482
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
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- modern american styles and periods
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- Title
- Bust of George Washington (1732-1799), after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828)
- Artist
- Randolph Rogers
- Physical Description
- This is a white marble sculpture that depicts the upper torso of a man. There is drapery wrapped loosely around his figure. He is shown staring into the viewer's space and his facial expression is calm and reserved. This sculpture is carved in a realistic manner and rests on a columnar pedestal.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1825 - 1892
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1868
- Accession Number
- 1895.12
- Medium and Support
- marble
- relevance
- rank 1.18482
- Secondary Keywords
- administrators
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- wearing blankets
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- Title
- Portait of Ansel Adams, Yosemite
- Artist
- Bill Wright
- Physical Description
- Ansel Adams seated in a chair, graphic curtains behind. His hand is to his head and he is wearing glasses.
- Object Creation Date
- 1981
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.192
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18428
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
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- Title
- Buddha or Maitreya, seated in cross-legged pose, on dias with incised incense burner and figures of two donors
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- Late 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 6th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.75
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.18428
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
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- Title
- Minor White, Arlington, MA
- Artist
- David Vestal
- Physical Description
- A man with white hair and glasses sorting through a pile of papers on a desk.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1924
- Object Creation Date
- April 1970; printed 1998
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.182
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18428
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- descriptors
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- Title
- La Plaine de Harlem (after a painting by Philip Koninck)
- Artist
- Gustave Greux
- Artist Life Dates
- 1838-1919
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1877?
- Accession Number
- 1973/1.766
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18423
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
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- landforms
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- Title
- Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 2)
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.
- Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.104.2
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.18423
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
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- Title
- Boys Head
- Artist
- Isabel Bishop
- Physical Description
- This brown ink sketch is of a boy gazing to his right with his mouth and eyes slightly open. He wears a pointed hat that covers his forehead.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1902-1988
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1934
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.477
- Medium and Support
- ink
- relevance
- rank 1.18379
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
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- Title
- Pieced quilt in variable star pattern with saw-tooth border
- Artist
- Anonymous American
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1840s
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.59
- Medium and Support
- cotton
- relevance
- rank 1.18356
- Secondary Keywords
- bed coverings
- bedcovers
- coverings and hangings
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- coverings and hangings for furniture
- coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur
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