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Title
Chiheisen no cho (Butterflies Above the Horizon)
Artist
Nakayama Tadashi
Physical Description
Color print of a girl and two butterflies.
Artist Life Dates
born 1927
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1971
Accession Number
2011/2.19
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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animals and creatures
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.379
Medium and Support
brass
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.392
Medium and Support
brass
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.415
Medium and Support
brass
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Title
Bowl with Stand
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A ceramic rounded bowl with a tall, trapered cylindrical stand with a lip. The top of the bowl tapers inwards, possibly to allow for a lid to fit it. The base is detailed with staggered rectangular cut-outs that run from the lip to where the base meets the bowl.
Object Creation Date
400-599
Accession Number
2009/2.74
Medium and Support
ceramic
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Secondary Keywords
asian
containers
containers by form
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east asian
object genres
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objects we use
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vessels
Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.367
Medium and Support
brass
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.405
Medium and Support
brass
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.426
Medium and Support
brass
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Title
Head
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Accession Number
2003/2.53
Medium and Support
terracotta
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Secondary Keywords
biological components
components
components and systems
components by specific context
objects we use
sculpture
sculpture by material
the human body
upper body
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Covered funerary jar in the shape of a lotus bud, with molded and incised design and dog finial
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
11th - 12th century
Object Creation Date
11th century - 12th century
Accession Number
1987/2.46A
Medium and Support
stoneware with mottled olive green celadon glaze
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Secondary Keywords
closures
components
components and systems
components by specific context
container components
containers
containers by form
covers (closures)
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object genres
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objects we use
vessels
Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.377
Medium and Support
brass
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.374
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.396
Medium and Support
brass
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rank 0.31576
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Title
Cho (Butterflies)
Artist
Nakayama Tadashi
Physical Description
A color print of a young girls facing into the wind. Two buterflies take up the majority of the right side of the painting.
Artist Life Dates
born 1927
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2011/2.14
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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animals and creatures
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Title
Storage jar with blue glaze
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
Stoneware jar with cobalt blue glaze dripping down vessel; foot and bottom ? of jar left unglazed
Century
1st half of 7th century
Object Creation Date
600-649
Accession Number
1962/1.100
Medium and Support
stoneware with light buff body and cobalt blue glaze
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rank 0.31576
Secondary Keywords
asian
containers
containers by form
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east asian
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vessels
Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.407
Medium and Support
brass
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.429
Medium and Support
brass
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rank 0.31576
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goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.376
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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descriptors
goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.387
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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descriptors
goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.398
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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descriptors
goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.419
Medium and Support
brass
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rank 0.31576
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goldweights
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Title
Bowl
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A ceramic, ridged bowl that rests on a thick, round base.
Object Creation Date
400-599
Accession Number
2009/2.78
Medium and Support
ceramic
relevance
rank 0.31576
Secondary Keywords
asian
containers
containers by form
descriptors
east asian
object genres
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objects we use
people and culture
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
vessels
Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.409
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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Title
Bowl with Stand
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A ceramic rounded bowl with a tall, trapered cylindrical stand with a lip. The base is detailed with staggered rectangular cut-outs that run from the lip to where the base meets the bowl.
Object Creation Date
400-599
Accession Number
2009/2.71
Medium and Support
ceramic
relevance
rank 0.31576
Secondary Keywords
asian
containers
containers by form
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east asian
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.439
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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descriptors
goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.370
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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descriptors
goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.389
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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descriptors
goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.421
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
goldweights
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Title
McClellan Street, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Artist
Peter Turnley
Physical Description
A boy and girl seated up against a sided house. She is barefoot.
Object Creation Date
1972; printed 2008
Accession Number
2013/2.183
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 0.31576
Secondary Keywords
image form
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by age group
views
views by vantage point or orientation
visual works
visual works by form
youth
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Title
Seated Woman (Gerda Schilling)
Artist
Ernst Kirchner
Artist Life Dates
1880-1938
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1913
Accession Number
1951/2.44
Medium and Support
graphite on off-white satinized paper
relevance
rank 0.31576
Secondary Keywords
figures
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
modern and contemporary art
movement
objects we use
people and occupations
seating furniture
single seating furniture
women
Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.381
Medium and Support
brass
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.414
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.368
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.391
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.404
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
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descriptors
goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.425
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
goldweights
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Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.378
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
goldweights
measuring devices
measuring devices for forces
metalwork
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Physical Description
Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.375
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.31576
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
goldweights
measuring devices
measuring devices for forces
metalwork
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
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Title
Crystal two-pyramid lid
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
A two-bottle inkwell shaped to look like two square pyramids.
Object Creation Date
1875-1975
Accession Number
2010/1.261
Medium and Support
glass, metal
relevance
rank 0.31534
Secondary Keywords
associated concepts
containers
containers by function or context
containers for writing equipment
descriptors
geometric concepts
geometric figures
glass and glassmaking mixtures
inorganic material
materials
materials by composition
mathematical concepts
objects we use
people and culture
polyhedra
scientific concepts
solids (geometric)
Title
LES HIRONDELLES DE MER - cover sheet and printed musical composition (a poem by Richepin set to music by Dihan) no. X from a portfolio of 14 lithographs.
Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Artist Life Dates
1864-1901
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1895
Accession Number
1972/2.385
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 0.31534
Secondary Keywords
allegory and literature
animals
modern and contemporary art
music
objects we use
sailing vessels
sailing vessels by size
text-based art
the natural world
transportation vehicles
vehicles
vessels
watercraft
watercraft by method of propulsion
watercraft by specific type
waterscapes
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Title
The Curiosity Shop, rue Campagne Premier, Paris
Artist
Samuel Chamberlain
Artist Life Dates
1895-1975
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1925
Accession Number
1977/2.149
Medium and Support
etching on paper
relevance
rank 0.31520
Secondary Keywords
architecture
buildings and the land
clothing
commercial buildings
mercantile buildings
modern and contemporary art
objects
people and occupations
posters
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
tools
Title
Thumb Piano/Plucked Idiophone (Kankobele)
Artist
African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1984
Accession Number
1984/2.50
Medium and Support
wood and metal
relevance
rank 0.31516
Secondary Keywords
struck
chordophones
descriptors
materials
materials by origin
objects we use
plant material
sound devices
sound devices by acoustical characteristics
sound devices by function
wood and wood products
zitherlike chordophones
Title
Mask (idangani)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Mask is made entirely of blackish-brown dyed and molded raffia fiber; face has bulging forehead, deeo set narrow eyes, bulbous nose, and raffia “beard.” Top of head has cone-like crest of small fiber knots.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900-1983
Accession Number
1983/2.184
Medium and Support
dyed fiber, raffia
relevance
rank 0.31516
Secondary Keywords
associated concepts
costume
costume by function
descriptors
events
masks (costume)
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
social science concepts
social status
sociological concepts
Title
Flattened Bottle with Lion-head and Turle Lugs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
Unglazed gray stoneware flattened bottle with two lion-head lugs near teh upper corners, and two turtle shaped lugs on the bottom.
Century
10th-11th century
Object Creation Date
10th century - 11th century
Accession Number
2004/1.210
Medium and Support
unglazed stoneware with appliqued decoration
relevance
rank 0.31516
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
bottles
bottles by form
bottles by function
containers
containers by form
descriptors
mammals
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
pottery (object genre)
reptiles
vessels
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Title
Anton's Letter
Artist
David Grant Hopper
Physical Description
A glass sculpture of a figure. The background is rectangular in shape and there is a man standing in front holding a sign. The pieces of metal are imbedded in the glass and have colors of blues, reds, blacks, purples and pinks.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1946
Object Creation Date
1990
Accession Number
2013/1.293
Medium and Support
hot-sculpted and cased glass, paint, metal
relevance
rank 0.31516
Secondary Keywords
declaratory and advertising artifacts
descriptors
information artifacts
information artifacts by function
information forms
inorganic material
materials
materials by composition
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
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Title
Underwater Swimmer, Eszterom, Hungary
Artist
André Kertész
Physical Description
A strong man with an athletic build swims through the water. His arms stretched out above his head, legs perfectly pivoted behind. He is clothed in a pair of striped swimming shorts.
Artist Life Dates
1894-1985
Object Creation Date
August 31, 1917
Accession Number
2008/1.155
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 0.31514
Secondary Keywords
beachwear
costume
costume by function
descriptors
inorganic material
materials
materials by composition
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by activity
people by gender
physical activities by location
physical activities by specific context
sports clothing
Title
The Garroted Man
Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Physical Description
A man in a white robe is seated with his back against a wooden post. In his hands he holds a crucifix; the scene is illuminated by a large candlestick at the left of the image.
Artist Life Dates
1746-1828
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1778-1780
Accession Number
1963/2.4
Medium and Support
etching on laid paper
relevance
rank 0.31508
Secondary Keywords
candles and candleholders
crosses
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
how we live
lighting devices
lighting devices by form
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by state or condition
rites of passage
Title
Imari Ware Plate
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
Late 17th-Early 18th century
Object Creation Date
late 17th century - early 18th century
Accession Number
1974/2.29
Medium and Support
porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting
relevance
rank 0.31496
Secondary Keywords
containers
containers by function or context
containers for serving and consuming food
culinary containers
dishes
objects we use
vessels for serving and consuming food
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Title
Breakfast
Artist
Wayne Thiebaud
Physical Description
A color print of a table set with breakfast foods. Two sunny side eggs and three strips of bacon are on a plate on the left side of the table while a knife and fork are rolled in a napkin to the right of the plate as well as a small plate with a pastry. Behind the plate starting at the left is a small plate with butter, a plate with toast, a glass of milk, and a cup of coffee.
Artist Life Dates
(active Mesa, California, 11/15/1920 - )
Object Creation Date
1995
Accession Number
2012/1.278
Medium and Support
color dry point print on paper
relevance
rank 0.31496
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
materials
materials by function
objects we use
prints
prints by process or technique
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Plate, with floral motifs
Artist
Anonymous Dutch
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
2nd half of 17th century
Accession Number
1966/2.7
Medium and Support
engraved, repousse silver
relevance
rank 0.31496
Secondary Keywords
containers
containers by function or context
containers for serving and consuming food
culinary containers
dishes
objects we use
vessels for serving and consuming food
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