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Florida, from "Master Prints Volume II"; Elliott Erwitt

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Title: Florida, from "Master Prints Volume II"
Artist: Elliott Erwitt
Artist Life Dates: Born 1928
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1968; printed 1985
Accession Number: 1987/1.253.5
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:19
Secondary Keywords: animals; descriptors; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; the natural world

Funerary Shrine Cloth; Okun Akan Abuje of Ikot Obong, Annang-Ibibio Peoples, Nigeria

Title: Funerary Shrine Cloth
Artist: Okun Akan Abuje of Ikot Obong, Annang-Ibibio Peoples, Nigeria
Physical Description: Square applique cloth with two narrative registers separated by two rows of squares, each bisected with solid and factory printed/plaid cloth; top and bottom border in similar checked motif. Red, black and white predominate. Top narrative panel has a stylized leopard and six human figures in festive dress, playing musical instruments. Lower panel shows 4 figures in festive dress, and an ox feeding from a bucket. All images and figures in applique.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1960
Accession Number: 1987/1.251
Medium and Support: cotton applique and patchwork
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:17
Secondary Keywords: art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; descriptors; needleworking; needleworking and needleworking techniques; object genres; object genres by material; people and culture; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; textile processes and techniques; textile working processes and techniques

Rock Creek, Dusk; Bruce Barnbaum

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Title: Rock Creek, Dusk
Artist: Bruce Barnbaum
Artist Life Dates: Born 1943
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1978
Accession Number: 1987/1.235
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:13
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; geography; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; the natural world

Untitled (Two Nudes on Rock); Rutger ten Broken

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Title: Untitled (Two Nudes on Rock)
Artist: Rutger ten Broken
Artist Life Dates: born 1944
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 2nd half of 20th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.232
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:13
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; people and occupations

Stone Barn, Wooden Gate and Fields, Yorkshire Dales; Ronald Wohlauer

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Title: Stone Barn, Wooden Gate and Fields, Yorkshire Dales
Artist: Ronald Wohlauer
Artist Life Dates: Born 1947
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1976
Accession Number: 1987/1.230
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:12
Secondary Keywords: architecture; descriptors; geography; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; rock; rock by form

Water Baskets-Wishham, from "The North American Indian, 1907-1930"; Edward Sheriff Curtis

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Title: Water Baskets-Wishham, from "The North American Indian, 1907-1930"
Artist: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Artist Life Dates: 1868 - 1954
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1909
Accession Number: 1987/1.206
Medium and Support: photogravure on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:07
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; figures; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; native american; objects; people and occupations; the natural world; waterscapes

At the Spring-Wishham, from "The North American Indian, 1907-1930"; Edward Sheriff Curtis

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Title: At the Spring-Wishham, from "The North American Indian, 1907-1930"
Artist: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Artist Life Dates: 1868 - 1954
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1909
Accession Number: 1987/1.203
Medium and Support: photogravure on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:06
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; native american; people and occupations

Nez Perce Sweat-Lodge, from "The North American Indian, 1907-1930"; Edward Sheriff Curtis

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Title: Nez Perce Sweat-Lodge, from "The North American Indian, 1907-1930"
Artist: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Artist Life Dates: 1868 - 1954
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1910
Accession Number: 1987/1.205
Medium and Support: photogravure on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:06
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; geography; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; tents

The Rock Slide-Wishham, from "The North American Indian, 1907-1930"; Edward Sheriff Curtis

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Title: The Rock Slide-Wishham, from "The North American Indian, 1907-1930"
Artist: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Artist Life Dates: 1868 - 1954
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1909
Accession Number: 1987/1.199
Medium and Support: photoengraving on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:05
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; figures; geography; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; people and occupations; religion; religions; the natural world

Summer Landscape (one of a set of four hanging scrolls); Kuncan (K'un-ts'an); Attributed to

Title: Summer Landscape (one of a set of four hanging scrolls)
Artist: Kuncan (K'un-ts'an)
Artist Life Dates: (1612 - 1673)
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1661
Accession Number: 1987/1.196.3
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:04
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; figures; genres; geography; houses; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; people and occupations; plants; the natural world

Day of All Dead (Día de todos muertos), from "Manuel Alvarez Bravo"; Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Title: Day of All Dead (Día de todos muertos), from "Manuel Alvarez Bravo"
Artist: Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Artist Life Dates: 1902-2002
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1933; printed circa 1981
Accession Number: 1987/1.174.8
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:49
Secondary Keywords: animal material; animal material by form or function; child; descriptors; materials; materials by origin; modern and contemporary art; people and occupations; skeleton and skeleton components; skeleton components

Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley, California, from the "Museum Set Edition"; Ansel Adams

Title: Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley, California, from the "Museum Set Edition"
Artist: Ansel Adams
Artist Life Dates: 1902-1984
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1938; printed 1980
Accession Number: 1987/1.171
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:45
Secondary Keywords: americas; architecture; atmospheric effects; descriptors; geography; inorganic material; locality; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; north & central america; plants; seasons; the natural world; united states; valleys

Fame and Erato, Muse of Love Poetry; Sebastiano Conca

Title: Fame and Erato, Muse of Love Poetry
Artist: Sebastiano Conca
Physical Description: Two women accompanied by a pair of putti appear seated in the foreground of this painting. On the left sits a winged woman crowned with a laurel wreath and wearing a long white robe and a vivid ocher-colored mantle. She leans on a globe while cradling a large book in her right arm to which she points with her left hand. In her right hand she holds a compass. A putto peeks from beneath her mantle, and a viol is visible beneath the globe. The other woman sits on a cloud. She wears a golden crown and a richly colored blue mantle. She grasps a lyre with her left hand and leans toward the woman seated next to her, gesturing in the direction of the book with her right hand. A second putto stands near her left shoulder holding a gold circlet in his left hand. The background is filled with glimpses of neoclassical architecture, including fluted columns and a facade with a row of Ionic columns supporting an entablature.
Artist Life Dates: 1680 - 1764
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1725
Accession Number: 1987/1.159
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:43
Secondary Keywords: artistic concepts; artistic devices; associated concepts; chordophones; concepts in the arts; descriptors; design elements; drafting, drawing and writing equipment; drafting, drawing and writing equipment by specific type; equipment; equipment by process; figure- and animal-derived motifs; image-making equipment; information artifacts; information artifacts by physical form; information forms; motifs; objects we use; paintings; paintings by material or technique; people and culture; sound devices; sound devices by acoustical characteristics; symbolism; tools and equipment; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Janus Bird (Oiseau Janus); Max Ernst

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Title: Janus Bird (Oiseau Janus)
Artist: Max Ernst
Physical Description: Standing bronze figure with recto/verso. The silhouette of the body is rectangular in shape. The heads on both side are simply rendered with rounded eyes and a pursed -lip mouth on one, a button nose on the other; bodies are supported by short legs; sides loosely suggest representations of male and female anatomy with side-by-side scallop shells suggesting a breasted chest on one side, an upward facing frog/toad in the phallus area on the reverse side.
Artist Life Dates: 1891-1976
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1973
Accession Number: 1987/1.160
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:43
Secondary Keywords: amphibians; animals; animals and creatures; combination inorganic/organic animal material; combination inorganic/organic material; copper alloy; copper and copper alloy; descriptors; european; european styles and periods; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; metal; metal and metal products; metal by composition or origin; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; movement; nonferrous metal; objects we use; people and culture; reptiles; reptiles and amphibians; shell and shell material; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

Picture of the Cinnabar Peak; Sun Yi (Sun I)

Title: Picture of the Cinnabar Peak
Artist: Sun Yi (Sun I)
Physical Description: This is a delicate landscape. There are mountain crags, dispersed trees and bushes, and some houses/huts depicted. There is calligraphy on the upper right hand corner with one red seal, and towards the upper left corner with a red seal. There is also another red seal on the lower left hand corner. The colors are muted and are barely discernable from one another. There is a central jutting rock in the center of the painting that takes up a lot of horizontal space, and encourages the eye to travel upwards.
Artist Life Dates: active mid-17th century
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1657
Accession Number: 1987/1.155
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:42
Secondary Keywords: upward; architecture; buildings and the land; descriptors; genres; geography; houses; inorganic material; landforms; landforms and landform components; landforms by shape or position; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by composition; natural landscapes; objects we use; paintings; paintings by form; plants; scroll paintings; settlements and landscapes; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Textile Fragment; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title: Textile Fragment
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1920
Accession Number: 1986/2.94
Medium and Support: Raffia and velour
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:39
Secondary Keywords: components; components and systems; components by specific context; coverings and hangings components; descriptors; furnishings components; object genres; object genres by form; object genres by material; quilt components

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

Title: Skirt
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/2.95
Medium and Support: raffia, beads, cowrie shells and fiber
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:39
Secondary Keywords: aegean; aegean periods; costume by form; descriptors; early western world; greek; mediterranean; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual and tactile

Monkeys by a Waterfall (pair with 1986/2.61.2); Mori Sosen

Title: Monkeys by a Waterfall (pair with 1986/2.61.2)
Artist: Mori Sosen
Physical Description: Two monkeys are seen at the base of a waterfall. They are painted in soft shades of gray and sit among plants. The monkey on the right fidgits with its hands, while the other looks over its shoulder at the waterfall.
Artist Life Dates: (Nagasaki or Nishinomiya, 1747 - 1821)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1807-1821
Accession Number: 1986/2.61.1
Medium and Support: Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:32
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; buildings and the land; coating (material); coating by form; components of bodies of water; descriptors; landscapes (environments); mammals; materials; materials by function; natural landscapes; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components

Food Paddle; African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa

Title: Food Paddle
Artist: African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1986
Accession Number: 1986/2.6
Medium and Support: wood
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:31
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; equipment; equipment by general type; materials; materials by origin; objects we use; people and culture; plant material; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; tools; tools and equipment; wood and wood products

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu) seated on a lion; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu) seated on a lion
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 18th century?
Object Creation Date: 18th century (?)
Accession Number: 1986/2.49
Medium and Support: ema, ink and color on wood panel
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:29
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; buddhist doctrinal concepts; descriptors; design elements; doctrinal concepts; edged weapons; mammals; motifs; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; weapons; weapons and ammunition

Mask and costume (bwoom); Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title: Mask and costume (bwoom)
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Physical Description: A full-body costume and mask depicting a human figure.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1960
Accession Number: 1986/2.5A
Medium and Support: bark cloth, woven raffia, wood, copper, glass beads, kola nuts, kola, animal ski
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:29
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; central and equatorial african styles; central democratic republic of congo styles; costume by function; costumes; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; western democratic republic of congo styles

Portrait of Stow Wegenroth Drawing on a Lithographic Stone; Keith Williams

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Title: Portrait of Stow Wegenroth Drawing on a Lithographic Stone
Artist: Keith Williams
Artist Life Dates: 1906-1951
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1939
Accession Number: 1986/2.15
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:23
Secondary Keywords: animals; birds; descriptors; figures; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people and occupations; rock; rock by form; the natural world; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Bracelet with rope and button decorations; African, Ivory Coast?

Title: Bracelet with rope and button decorations
Artist: African, Ivory Coast?
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1925
Accession Number: 1986/2.146
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:22
Secondary Keywords: copper alloy; copper and copper alloy; cord (fiber product); costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; fiber and fiber products; fiber products; inorganic material; jewelry; jewelry by location; jewelry worn on arms and hands; materials; materials by composition; materials by form; materials by physical form; metal; metal and metal products; metal by composition or origin; nonferrous metal; objects; objects of adornment; objects we use

Standing Hornbill; Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo

Title: Standing Hornbill
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Bobo
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/2.145
Medium and Support: brass
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:22
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; animals; animals and creatures; descriptors; manding; metalwork; object genres; object genres by material; people and culture; physical activities; physical activities by general context; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; voltaic styles; west african styles; western sudanese styles

Nut ring; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Title: Nut ring
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Century: Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900
Accession Number: 1986/2.147
Medium and Support: cast bronze, lost wax method
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:22
Secondary Keywords: african; copper alloy; copper and copper alloy; descriptors; fruit; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; materials by origin; metal; metal and metal products; metal by composition or origin; nonferrous metal; people and culture; plant material; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Loom Heddle Pulley; Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana

Title: Loom Heddle Pulley
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/2.126
Medium and Support: carved wood
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:20
Secondary Keywords: biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; materials; materials by origin; objects we use; plant material; the human body; upper body; wood and wood products

Male Ibeji Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Title: Male Ibeji Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1925-1940
Accession Number: 1986/2.125
Medium and Support: wood, glass beads, brass and blue pigment
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:20
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; beads and sets of beads; beadwork; descriptors; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; physical activities; physical activities by general context; southern nigerian styles; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by subject type; west african styles

Loom Heddle Pulley; African, Nigeria, Ibo

Title: Loom Heddle Pulley
Artist: African, Nigeria, Ibo
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/2.127
Medium and Support: carved wood, twine and metal
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:20
Secondary Keywords: biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; the human body; upper body

Male Ibeji Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Title: Male Ibeji Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1925-1940
Accession Number: 1986/2.124
Medium and Support: carved wood, glass beads, and blue pigment
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:19
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; beads and sets of beads; beadwork; descriptors; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; physical activities; physical activities by general context; southern nigerian styles; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by subject type; west african styles

Female Ibeji Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Title: Female Ibeji Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1925-1940
Accession Number: 1986/2.123
Medium and Support: carved wood, blue coral and Venetian beads
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:19
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; beads and sets of beads; beadwork; descriptors; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; physical activities; physical activities by general context; southern nigerian styles; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by subject type; west african styles

Male Ibeji Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Title: Male Ibeji Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1925-1940
Accession Number: 1986/2.122
Medium and Support: carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:19
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; beads and sets of beads; beadwork; descriptors; figures; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; physical activities; physical activities by general context; southern nigerian styles; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by subject type; west african styles

Lamp Stand in the shape of a teapot with floral designs; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Lamp Stand in the shape of a teapot with floral designs
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1986/2.103
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:15
Secondary Keywords: candleholders; candles and candleholders; descriptors; furnishings; furnishings by form or function; lighting devices; lighting devices by form; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; pottery (object genre); stoneware

Design Cloth; Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Title: Design Cloth
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description: Square panel of raffia, cut-pile cloth; top is even, plush surface; intersecting linear pattern creates geometic diamond motifs in contrasting dark and light browns. Back is woven raffia cloth.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1970
Accession Number: 1986/2.105
Medium and Support: raffia, cloth, dye
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:15
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; design elements; fiber; fiber and fiber products; materials; materials by form; materials by physical form; motifs; object genres; object genres by material; people and culture; social science concepts; social status; sociological concepts

Water Buffalo and Herd Boy under Willow Tree; Rong Jin

Title: Water Buffalo and Herd Boy under Willow Tree
Artist: Rong Jin
Artist Life Dates: 1885-1928
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1885-1928
Accession Number: 1986/2.100
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:15
Secondary Keywords: animals; descriptors; genres; grasses; inorganic material; mammals; materials; materials by composition; people and occupations; plants; the natural world; waterscapes

Belt Ornament in the Form of a Ram's Head; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title: Belt Ornament in the Form of a Ram's Head
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/1.212
Medium and Support: glass beads, shells and leather
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:14
Secondary Keywords: animals; beads and sets of beads; beadwork; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; design elements; figure- and animal-derived motifs; mammals; motifs; object genres; object genres by form; objects; objects we use; ornamental; sheep; the human body; the natural world; upper body

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:14
Secondary Keywords: ceremonies; costume; costume by form; cultural ceremonies; descriptors; design elements; events; main garments; motifs; needleworking; needleworking and needleworking techniques; objects we use; people and culture; plant-derived motifs; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by material; processes and techniques by specific type; rites of passage; textile processes and techniques; textile working processes and techniques

"Snow": calligraphy scroll; Muan Xingtao (aka (J. Ôbaku Mokuan))

Title: "Snow": calligraphy scroll
Artist: Muan Xingtao (aka (J. Ôbaku Mokuan))
Physical Description: The large character for snow in block script is juxtaposed with lines of smaller characters in running script. The large character is drawn with unhurried, thick, even strokes in dense, unbroken black ink with blunt contours, while the smaller characters are brushed rapidly, with strokes of varying thickness, a pronounced diagonal tilt, and sharp edges.
Artist Life Dates: 1611-1684
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1655-1675
Accession Number: 1986/1.205
Medium and Support: ink on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:13
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; chinese buddhism; descriptors; earth sciences concepts; image-making processes and techniques; japanese buddhism; objects we use; paintings; paintings by form; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; precipitation; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religions; religions and religious concepts; scientific concepts; scroll paintings; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; weather and related phenomena; weather-related phenomena; writing (processes)

Blue and white porcelain bowl with medallion designs; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Blue and white porcelain bowl with medallion designs
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century?
Object Creation Date: late 19th century - early 20th century
Accession Number: 1986/1.206
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:13
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; vessels

Mud cloth; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Mud cloth
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1960
Accession Number: 1986/1.198
Medium and Support: woven cotton
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:12
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; fiber and fiber products; fiber products; materials; materials by form; materials by physical form; objects we use; textile materials; textile materials by composition or origin; visual works; visual works by subject type

Sandwich and Soda, from "Ten Works + Ten Painters"; Roy Lichtenstein

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Title: Sandwich and Soda, from "Ten Works + Ten Painters"
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein
Physical Description: This work shows a plate on which is placed a sandwich, a glass and drinking straws. These items are shown as white forms against a band of red in the upper area and a band of blue in the lower portion of the work that serve as a background. The image looks like a comic book page with the items created in outline form against contrasting colors.
Artist Life Dates: 10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1964
Accession Number: 1986/1.194.7
Medium and Support: screenprint on mylar
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:11
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; culinary equipment; culinary equipment by function; culinary equipment for serving and consuming food; descriptors; dishes; drinking vessels; equipment; equipment by context; furnishings; furnishings by form or function; furniture; furniture by form or function; international post-1945 styles and movements; materials; materials by function; objects we use; people and culture; post-1945 fine arts styles and movements; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; support furniture; tools and equipment; utensils for consuming food; vessels for serving and consuming food

Bracelet; Artist Unknown, African, West Africa

Title: Bracelet
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, West Africa
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/1.174
Medium and Support: brass
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:06
Secondary Keywords: costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; jewelry; jewelry by location; jewelry worn on arms and hands; metalwork; object genres; object genres by material; objects of adornment; objects we use

Magpies and Hibiscus; Yamamoto Baiitsu

Title: Magpies and Hibiscus
Artist: Yamamoto Baiitsu
Physical Description: Two magpies rest among hibiscus flowers. “Boneless” washes for the hibiscus flowers are contrasted with ink outlines of bamboo.
Artist Life Dates: 1783-1856
Century: early to mid-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1831
Accession Number: 1986/1.165
Medium and Support: Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:05
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; buildings and the land; descriptors; grass (plant material); herbaceous plants; inorganic material; landscapes (environments); materials; materials by composition; materials by origin; natural landscapes; objects we use; paintings; paintings by form; plant material; plants; scroll paintings; settlements and landscapes; vegetation and vegetation components; vegetation components; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; woody plants

Divination figure; Artist Unknown, African, Sierra Leone, Pa Santigie Kahn, Temene

Title: Divination figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Sierra Leone, Pa Santigie Kahn, Temene
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1910
Accession Number: 1986/1.159
Medium and Support: wood and glass beads
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:04
Secondary Keywords: beads and sets of beads; beadwork; descriptors; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; physical activities; physical activities by general context; visual works; visual works by subject type

Ceramic pot with chameleons and lizards; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon

Title: Ceramic pot with chameleons and lizards
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1986/1.156
Medium and Support: Pottery
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:04
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; the natural world

Homage (Hulkinung), pl. 6 from 'A Glove' (Ein Handschuh), Opus VI; Max Klinger

Title: Homage (Hulkinung), pl. 6 from 'A Glove' (Ein Handschuh), Opus VI
Artist: Max Klinger
Artist Life Dates: 1857-1920
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1878-1881
Accession Number: 1986/1.155.6
Medium and Support: etching on off-white wove paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:03
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; geography; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; objects; the natural world; tools; waterscapes

St. Croce and the Statue of Dante in Florence (St. Croce e Statua di Dante, Fire); Sommer, Giorgio and Behles, Edmund

Title: St. Croce and the Statue of Dante in Florence (St. Croce e Statua di Dante, Fire)
Artist: Sommer, Giorgio and Behles, Edmund
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1914-1934
Accession Number: 1986/1.151
Medium and Support: albumen print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:01
Secondary Keywords: architecture; buildings; churches; descriptors; europe; inorganic material; italy; locality; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; objects; objects we use; places of worship; rock; rock by form; statues; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Siamese Twins, Garden of the Gods; William E. Hook

Title: Siamese Twins, Garden of the Gods
Artist: William E. Hook
Artist Life Dates: active 1880-1890s
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1880-1890
Accession Number: 1986/1.147
Medium and Support: hand-colored albumen print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:24:00
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; gardens; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition

Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite Valley, California, from "Museum Set Edition"; Ansel Adams

Title: Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite Valley, California, from "Museum Set Edition"
Artist: Ansel Adams
Artist Life Dates: 1902-1984
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1948
Accession Number: 1985/2.96
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:23:57
Secondary Keywords: americas; descriptors; geography; inorganic material; locality; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; north & central america; plants; the natural world; united states; valleys

Waiter, Isle of Capr, from "Artifacts"; Ralph Gibson

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Title: Waiter, Isle of Capr, from "Artifacts"
Artist: Ralph Gibson
Artist Life Dates: born 1939
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1983
Accession Number: 1985/2.95.7
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:23:56
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; modern and contemporary art; object genres; object genres by material; people and occupations; portfolios

Quadruped; African, Tanzania, Karagwe

Title: Quadruped
Artist: African, Tanzania, Karagwe
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1850
Accession Number: 1985/2.91
Medium and Support: iron
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:23:54
Secondary Keywords: animal material; animals and creatures; descriptors; inorganic material; iron and iron alloy; keratinous material; materials; materials by composition; materials by origin; metal; metal and metal products; metal by composition or origin; quadrupeds; the natural world

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