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Man in Business Suit; Earnest Patton

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
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rank 0.07554

Clyster; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

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

Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamum?

Title
Mask
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamum?
Century
early 20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
1999/2.11
Medium and Support
carved wood
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rank 0.07554

Untitled vessel; Ray Allen

Title
Untitled vessel
Artist
Ray Allen
Physical Description
A bulbous vessel with a narrow base and wide mouth that is flanged. The vessel is made up of small, glued pieces of wood that are then turned, creating an intricate pattern in the wood's fine, finished surface. The predominate decorations are bands of diamonds and triangles that run around the widest point of the vessel and beneath the flanged mouth.
Large wood vessel with rings of Native American-inspired design patterns
Artist Life Dates
(Dickson, Tennessee, 1930 - 2000, Yuma, Arizona)
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1995
Accession Number
2002/2.119
Medium and Support
mesquite, satin wood, blood wood, rose wood, curly maple, ebony, dyed veneer
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rank 0.07554

Kimono Fragment, with Stenciled Design of Chrysanthemums, Hemp-leaf Flowers, and Snowflakes; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Kimono Fragment, with Stenciled Design of Chrysanthemums, Hemp-leaf Flowers, and Snowflakes
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1860-1912
Accession Number
1930.39
Medium and Support
silk crepe (chirimen) with paste-resist designs
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rank 0.07554

Landscape with Flock of Sheep; Artist Unknown

Title
Landscape with Flock of Sheep
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
1954/1.205
Medium and Support
watercolor
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rank 0.07554

Phulkari Shawl with Large Diamond Patterns; India, Eastern Punjab

Title
Phulkari Shawl with Large Diamond Patterns
Artist
India, Eastern Punjab
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
late 19th century - mid 20th century
Accession Number
2005/2.4
Medium and Support
homespun cotton cloth with silk embroidery
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rank 0.07554

What the Navy is Doing - Bombs for the Boches; Artist Unknown

Title
What the Navy is Doing - Bombs for the Boches
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
Text: WHAT THE NAVY IS DOING - BOMBS FOR THE BOCHES - Here you see the Hun and how he is "strafed". Here you see the lead of depth bombs and what happens when they explode. Our Navy is on the job and Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly [British Royal Navy], under whose command a number of our destroyers operate, said: "I want to express my deep gratitude to the U.S. Officers and ratings for the skill, energy and unfailing good nature which they have constantly shown qualities that have materially assisted the war by enabling the ships of the Allied Powers to cross the ocean in comparative freedom." - THE NAVY PROMOTES MEN OF ABILITY. A CHANCE FOR YOU.
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1917-1919
Accession Number
1954/2.35.130
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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rank 0.07554

Mirror; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Mirror
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
17th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1644-1912
Accession Number
1974/1.224
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 0.07554

Wear Your Fourth Liberty Loan Honor Button - 4th Liberty Loan Bonds; Artist Unknown; The Commercial Prtg. & Litho. Co., Akron (printer)

Title
Wear Your Fourth Liberty Loan Honor Button - 4th Liberty Loan Bonds
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1918
Accession Number
1954/2.35.151
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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rank 0.07554

Kimono; Artist Unknown, Japan

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

A Path through Autumn Woods; John Joseph Enneking

Title
A Path through Autumn Woods
Artist
John Joseph Enneking
Artist Life Dates
1841-1916
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1841-1916
Accession Number
1983/2.232
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
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rank 0.07554

Kponiugo Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Kponiugo Mask
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Century
19th or 20th century
Object Creation Date
1800-1971
Accession Number
1971/2.38
Medium and Support
wood, brass tacks and kaolin
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rank 0.07554

Salt Bag; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title
Salt Bag
Artist
Artist Unknown, Iran
Century
early 20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
2003/1.363
Medium and Support
wool, flatweave
relevance
rank 0.07554

Le Coup et le Comptoir; Pierre Bonnard

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

#7930; Philip Moulthrop

Title
#7930
Artist
Philip Moulthrop
Physical Description
highly polished round wood vessel
Artist Life Dates
(active Atlanta, Georgia, 1947 - )
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2002/2.171
Medium and Support
ash leaf maple
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rank 0.07554

Standing Buddha, in double abhaya mudrâ; Artist Unknown, Thailand

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
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rank 0.07554

Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire: One of Six Designs for André Rouveyer's "Apollinaire" (weak impression not cut for the book); Guillaume Appolonaire

Title
Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire: One of Six Designs for André Rouveyer's "Apollinaire" (weak impression not cut for the book)
Artist
Guillaume Appolonaire
Physical Description
A line drawing of a man looking to the left. His lips are pursed, wearing a collared shirt.
Artist Life Dates
1880-1918
Century
Mid-20th century
Accession Number
2013/2.570
Medium and Support
lithograph on cream colored wove paper
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rank 0.07554

Flywhisk; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Flywhisk
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
1984/2.26
Medium and Support
carved wood, copper, fiber and animal hair
relevance
rank 0.07554

The Poultry Man; George Overbury Hart

Title
The Poultry Man
Artist
George Overbury Hart
Artist Life Dates
1868 - 1933
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1868-1933
Accession Number
1983/1.361
Medium and Support
color monotype on paper
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rank 0.07554

Oba’s Beaded Crown (adénlá); Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Title
Oba’s Beaded Crown (adénlá)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
Physical Description
Beaded, veil fringed, canonical crown; seven long beaded tassles dangle from the bottom rim of the crown; entire surface area is embroidered with multi-colored seed beads; three tiers of colorful faces surround the perimeter; a series of three dimensional birds perch on top of the crown; the largest bird sits on tip and is removable.
Century
Mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1925-1975
Accession Number
1997/1.306
Medium and Support
glass beads, cotton fabric, raffia palm
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rank 0.07554

El Sufragio de la Vida, from "Detroit Focus 2000"; Jose Antonio Gomez

Title
El Sufragio de la Vida, from "Detroit Focus 2000"
Artist
Jose Antonio Gomez
Artist Life Dates
born 1967
Century
20th-21st century
Object Creation Date
circa 2000
Accession Number
2003/2.69.16
Medium and Support
black and white photograph on paper
relevance
rank 0.07554

Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope, tied together in the middle.
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1986/2.133
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.07554

Reclining Stag; Edward Kemeys

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
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rank 0.07554

Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Black silk damask with interwoven paulownia pattern; plum blossoms embroidered in solver, gold, and gunmetal gray metallic threads, and persimmon, brown, and black silk threads.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1930s-1950s
Accession Number
2005/1.331
Medium and Support
silk damask with woven pattern and metallic thread embroidery
relevance
rank 0.07554

Do You Just Stuff Food; "Prophet" William J. Blackmon

Title
Do You Just Stuff Food
Artist
"Prophet" William J. Blackmon
Artist Life Dates
(active 1921 - 2010)
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1984-1996
Accession Number
2002/1.207
Medium and Support
latex and enamel paints on board mounted on frame
relevance
rank 0.07554

Farmers! Housewives! Children! - The President of the United States Appeals to You Personally - United States Department of Agriculture; Artist Unknown

Title
Farmers! Housewives! Children! - The President of the United States Appeals to You Personally - United States Department of Agriculture
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
Text Excerpt: Farmers! Housewives! Children! - The President of the United States Appeals to You Personally - These extracts from the address of President Wilson should be read carefully by every one who produces or can produce food and by all who consume food: - MY FELLOW COUTRYMEN: The entrance of our own beloved country into the grim and terrible war for democracy and human rights which has shaken the world creates so many problems of natural life and action which call for immediate consideration and settlement that I hope you will permit me to address to you a few words of earnest counsel and appeal with regard to them. … (headers) Abundant Food Supplies Essential … Make Sure of Large Harvests … To Young Men and Boys … To the Farmers of the South … The Government to Cooperate … To the Middlemen .. To Every Household - The supreme test of the nation has come. We must all speak, act, and serve together! - Woodrow Wilson (signed) [Text Excerpted from the "Message to the American People" on April 15, 1917]
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1917-1919
Accession Number
1954/2.35.123
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 0.07554

Quilt in the Ocean Waves pattern; Anonymous Amish, Holmes County, Ohio

Title
Quilt in the Ocean Waves pattern
Artist
Anonymous Amish, Holmes County, Ohio
Century
early 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900-1925
Accession Number
2000/2.325
Medium and Support
cotton and wool
relevance
rank 0.07554

Spirit Dancer; Mark Bressler

Title
Spirit Dancer
Artist
Mark Bressler
Physical Description
hollowed burl with natural bark edges
Artist Life Dates
born 1951
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
2001
Accession Number
2003/2.79
Medium and Support
madrone burl
relevance
rank 0.07554

Durga Copper Plate; Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh

Title
Durga Copper Plate
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
Physical Description
An eight armed goddess sits astride a tiger with uplifted tail. She carries a noose, punch dagger, shankha, and trident in her right hands and a bow, ring-like discus, arrow and shield in her left arms. She wears a long garland of either large rudraksa or heads around her heck along with other necklaces and pendants. She sits with legs pendant wearing a long skirt. Behind the figure a Om symbol with the end of the letter twirled around it twice and the word Shri written in Devanagari script. Below the figure a grid of letters forms a sacred diagram. The lines forming the grid all end in trident forms. Each square of the grid houses a different letter in nagari.
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
1975/2.146
Medium and Support
copper
relevance
rank 0.07554

Goldweight with geometric pattern with spiral center; Artist Unknown, African

Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern with spiral center
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
1986/2.141
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 0.07554

Rocky Coast; Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

Title
Rocky Coast
Artist
Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
Artist Life Dates
1887-1953
Century
early 20th century
Object Creation Date
1887-1931
Accession Number
1931.6
Medium and Support
etching on paper
relevance
rank 0.07554

Mr. Spots; Sarah Rakes

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

Kneeling Monk Devotee (one of a pair); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title
Kneeling Monk Devotee (one of a pair)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
Kneeling statue of Buddhist monk devotee Mogallana or Shariputra on a pedestal with round face, hair in tight curls, elongated ears, and hands placed together in mediatation. The pedestal is decorated with lotus petals, and the devotee wears an intricate, close-fitting robe.
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1800-1932
Accession Number
2005/1.455.1
Medium and Support
lacquered and gilded copper alloy
relevance
rank 0.07554

Breton Women Going to the Pardon of Plougastel; Charles Cottet

Title
Breton Women Going to the Pardon of Plougastel
Artist
Charles Cottet
Physical Description
This painting, done in thick brushstrokes, shows a group of women gathered on the grass in a wooded area. There are six figures, four seated and two standing, and they fill the foreground of the composition. They are grouped in a semi-circle, however, there is no communication or eye contact between the figures. The women are wearing traditional Breton costumes with brightly colored aprons, caps and sashes. They have bright white collars and caps with purple, burgundy and green ribbons.
Artist Life Dates
1863-1925
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1885-1913
Accession Number
1984/2.49
Medium and Support
oil on paper mounted on canvas
relevance
rank 0.07554

Architectural Element - Post; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Architectural Element - Post
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
1985/1.169
Medium and Support
carved wood
relevance
rank 0.07554

Coin; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Coin
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
17th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1644-1912
Accession Number
1982/1.239
Medium and Support
silver
relevance
rank 0.07554

Teapot-Form Vessel; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon

Title
Teapot-Form Vessel
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
Century
early 20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
2000/2.112
Medium and Support
terracotta
relevance
rank 0.07554

Uchikake (Wedding Cloak); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Uchikake (Wedding Cloak)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
The apple-green fabric is pure silk brocade, woven in an overall pattern of maple leaves scattered on a flowing stream—an allusion to a famous classical poem. Lying on top of the brocade is a thick layer of embroidery, with plum blossoms in red silk, and pine branches and doves in dazzling metallic threads of gold, silver, and copper.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1920-1980
Accession Number
1986/1.215
Medium and Support
silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran), embroidery and couched metallic threads
relevance
rank 0.07554

Is There A Red Cross Service Flag in Your Home? A Heart and a Dollar Are All You Need - Join the Red Cross; Artist Unknown; Seiter & Kappes Litho. Co, NY (printer)

Title
Is There A Red Cross Service Flag in Your Home? A Heart and a Dollar Are All You Need - Join the Red Cross
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
1917
Accession Number
1954/2.35.111
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 0.07554

Roses and Flowers in a Glass; Henri Fantin-Latour

Title
Roses and Flowers in a Glass
Artist
Henri Fantin-Latour
Physical Description
This painting depicts a glass vase with roses, phlox, and other flowers standing on a table. One pink rose lies next to the vase on the table; the background is an undifferentiated background of brown/tan.
Artist Life Dates
1836-1904
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1870-1890
Accession Number
1955/1.76
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 0.07554

Egg-shaped vessel; Alby Hall

Title
Egg-shaped vessel
Artist
Alby Hall
Physical Description
egg-shaped wood vessel on legs, with petal-shaped opening on top
Artist Life Dates
born 1948
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1992
Accession Number
2002/2.142
Medium and Support
ancient kauri wood, inlay
relevance
rank 0.07554

Binary Teapot; Hugh McKay

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

Don't Stop Saving Food - United States Food Administration; Artist Unknown; M.B. Brown Printing (printer)

Title
Don't Stop Saving Food - United States Food Administration
Artist
Artist Unknown
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1917-1919
Accession Number
1954/2.35.133
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 0.07554

Untitled; Sam Mackey

Title
Untitled
Artist
Sam Mackey
Artist Life Dates
(1897 - 1992)
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1987-1992
Accession Number
2002/1.204
Medium and Support
orange, purple, and green crayon, ink and graphite on cream wove paper
relevance
rank 0.07554

Vishnu, seated (worn from centuries of handling); Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India

Title
Vishnu, seated (worn from centuries of handling)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
1975/2.131
Medium and Support
copper
relevance
rank 0.07554

Calligraphy (couplet); Zhu Zumou (Chu Tsu-mou)

Title
Calligraphy (couplet)
Artist
Zhu Zumou (Chu Tsu-mou)
Artist Life Dates
1857-1931
Century
19th-20th century
Object Creation Date
1857-1931
Accession Number
1980/2.197
Medium and Support
ink on paper, hanging scroll
relevance
rank 0.07554

Blue kimono with geometric design; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Blue kimono with geometric design
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Female dark blue kimono with woven ikat design in tan collar. Lining is red and yellow.
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
early 20th century
Accession Number
2009/2.5
Medium and Support
silk
relevance
rank 0.07554

Knife (of set of knife and scabbard); Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)

Title
Knife (of set of knife and scabbard)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
1984/2.54A
Medium and Support
Iron, copper, leather, string, wood and brass tacks
relevance
rank 0.07554

Door Panel, Secret Society Shrine; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Door Panel, Secret Society Shrine
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Century
19th or 20th century
Object Creation Date
1800-1971
Accession Number
1975/1.68
Medium and Support
carved wood and metal
relevance
rank 0.07554
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