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Title
Hyena Puppet Head (Nama, Sogu kun)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Bamana Peoples, Mali
Physical Description
Stylized wood carving of hyena head; two pieces of wood joined to form articulating jaw. edged with prominent teeth. short upright ears, long triangular nose or snout; eyes, teeth, nose and crown of head overlaid with sheet metal. Wood is unpainted.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
1971/2.23
Medium and Support
wood, sheet metal
relevance
rank 6.16142
Primary Keywords
head
hyena
metal
rod puppet
theatre
wood (sculpture by material)
Title
Mouri jang (chest with 3 drawers and central double doors and butterfly brass fittings)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
This is a low pear wood storage chest, with three drawers and two doors. The butterfly and bat brass fittings for the hinges and drawer pulls add 'feminine' touches.
Century
mid-19th century
Object Creation Date
mid 19th century
Accession Number
2004/1.311
Medium and Support
pear wood with brass fittings
relevance
rank 6.16142
Primary Keywords
bats
brasswork
butterfiles
chests with drawers
furniture
wood (plant material)
Title
Mask (Kifwebe)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Luba or Songye Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Wood carved face with geometric, pseudo-human facial features, grooved, bilaterial striations of surface, protruding, square pursed mouth and horizontal slit eyes with protruding eyebrows. Faint traces of white kaolin in grooves; a flat wooden crest extends from the nose along the curve of the forehead, terminating in feathered headdress; thick raffia fiber beard attached around face. mask shows much wear with nicks and scraptes on wood surface; feathered headdress and fiber beard are brittle.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
2005/1.219
Medium and Support
wood, raffia, feathers, kaolin
relevance
rank 6.16142
Primary Keywords
face masks
masquerade
raffiawork
social control
wood (sculpture by material)
Title
Daikoku-ten (God of Good Fortune)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
This woodwork depicts Daikoku, the god of good fortune, who is associated with farmers. Here he is sitting astride two large barrels of rice, while carrying over his shoulder a large sack, brimming with treasure. In his right hand he holds a magic mallet, said to be able to produce anything the heart desires when struck.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1979/2.85
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 6.03562
Primary Keywords
deity
folk art
gods
mythology (literary genre)
wood (sculpture by material)
woodwork
Title
Ebisu (God of Prosperity)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
This woodwork depicts Ebisu, the god of prosperity and especially associated with fishermen. Here he carries a large sea bream or red snapper symbolizing good fortune.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1979/2.86
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 6.03562
Primary Keywords
deity
folk art
gods
mythology (literary genre)
wood (sculpture by material)
woodwork
Title
Architectural ceiling boss with two dragons, probably from the Church of St. Andrews at Cullompton
Artist
Artist Unknown, England
Physical Description
Two rampant dragons with open wings, wide flared tails and red-painted eyes stand facing one another with a large plant form held between them.
Century
15th Century
Object Creation Date
circa 1430
Accession Number
1968/2.46
Medium and Support
wood with red polychrome
relevance
rank 5.97463
Primary Keywords
bosses
carvings
cullompton (inhabited place)
dragons
vaults (structural elements)
wood (sculpture by material)
Title
Architectural ceiling boss with four faces, probably from the Church of St. Andrew at Cullompton
Artist
Artist Unknown, England
Physical Description
This ceiling boss features four faces with traces of paint that are arranged in a radial pattern with the crowns of their heads converging on a single, central point. Two of the faces are female, identifiable by the wimples worn on their heads, while the other two, wearing small pointed caps and sporting beards, are male. The symmetrical regularity of the piece is counterbalanced by subtle asymmetries introduced by differences in detail and the sequence of facial types.
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1430
Accession Number
1968/2.47
Medium and Support
wood with polychrome
relevance
rank 5.97463
Primary Keywords
bosses
carvings
cullompton (inhabited place)
faces
vaults (structural elements)
wood (sculpture by material)
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Title
Akbar's Bounty
Artist
Michael Mode
Physical Description
A wide-mouthed bowl narrows steeply to a small base. A brown and white checker board pattern covers the interior and exterior and scales down as the diameter decreases toward the bottom.
wood bowl with geometric patterning in concentric rings, decreasing in size top to bottom
Artist Life Dates
born 1946
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
2000
Accession Number
2002/2.166
Medium and Support
holly and morado
relevance
rank 5.91486
Primary Keywords
appropriation
bowls (vessels)
checker pattern
geometric abstraction
mughal styles
wood (plant material)
woodworking
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Title
Sandcastle
Artist
Anne Truitt
Physical Description
A long, low rectangular with a painted band of green extends around the rectangle at floor level. The upper half is painted off-white. About three fourths of the length is uniform. The other quarter, at the viewer's right, has several features: two depressed areas, and two raised areas, which are painted in a brighter white.
Artist Life Dates
1921-2004
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1963
Accession Number
1984/2.57
Medium and Support
acrylic on wood
relevance
rank 5.85627
Primary Keywords
abstract
abstraction
acrylic painting (visual work)
childhood
minimal
play (recreation)
sand
wood (sculpture by material)
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Title
Bowl
Artist
Rude Osolnik
Physical Description
oval-shaped wood bowl with dipped lip; wood grain and spalt lines highly visible across surface
Artist Life Dates
(active Dawson, New Mexico, 1915 - 2001, Berea, Kentucky)
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1998
Accession Number
2002/2.173
Medium and Support
spalted maple
relevance
rank 5.72986
Primary Keywords
bowls (vessels)
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
Title
Mask
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lula
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
1985/1.138
Medium and Support
wood, cotton yarns, cowrie shells, paint
relevance
rank 5.72986
Primary Keywords
cowrie shell
masks
masks (costume)
shells
wood (plant material)
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Title
Dragons
Artist
Robert W. Chatelain
Physical Description
wood and purple resin vase with gold leaf
Artist Life Dates
born 1945
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2002/2.126
Medium and Support
black cherry burl, violet pigmented epxoy resin and gold inlay
relevance
rank 5.72986
Primary Keywords
dragons
vessels
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
Title
Netsuke of demon hiding under a straw hat
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2002/2.24
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 5.72986
Primary Keywords
demon
miniature (size attribute)
netsuke
sculpture
wood (sculpture by material)
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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 5.72562
Primary Keywords
teapots
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
#4
Artist
Mark Lindquist
Physical Description
rough-hewn oversized wood bowl in natural state with spalt, marks, holes, etc.
Artist Life Dates
born 1949
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1994
Accession Number
2002/2.155
Medium and Support
oak burl
relevance
rank 5.72562
Primary Keywords
vessels
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Black Palm
Artist
Dewey Garrett
Physical Description
black dyed wood vase with exggerated texture fibers
Artist Life Dates
(active California, 1969 - )
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2002/2.137
Medium and Support
dyed palm wood
relevance
rank 5.72562
Primary Keywords
vessels
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Wormwood Vase
Artist
Dale Nish
Physical Description
small sandblasted wood vase displaying holes and trails eaten by worms
Artist Life Dates
(active Cardston, Alberta, Canada, 1932 - )
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2002/2.172
Medium and Support
wormy ash
relevance
rank 5.72562
Primary Keywords
vessels
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Dance, from Spherical series
Artist
Christian Burchard
Physical Description
wood orb vessel
Artist Life Dates
born Germany, 1955
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1996
Accession Number
2002/2.125
Medium and Support
madrone burl
relevance
rank 5.72562
Primary Keywords
vessels
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Pike Decoy
Artist
Oscar Peterson
Physical Description
Carved wooden decoy of a Pike fish; green along dorsal region with yellow underbelly, spots and flecks of yellow, white, and black.
Artist Life Dates
1887 - 1951
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1928
Accession Number
2002/1.216
Medium and Support
carved and painted wood and painted metal
relevance
rank 5.72083
Primary Keywords
bony fish
decoys
fish
folk art
sculpture
wood (plant material)
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Robert Lobe
Physical Description
Pen drawing on paper printed with a blue rectangle frame; signed on verso.
Artist Life Dates
(1945 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1969
Accession Number
2008/2.244
Medium and Support
ink on paper
relevance
rank 5.72083
Primary Keywords
drawing (image-making)
installations (sculpture)
pens
sketches
wood (sculpture by material)
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Title
Grass-Seated Chair (three of four)
Artist
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Object Creation Date
early 1950
Accession Number
2014/2.98.3
Medium and Support
walnut frame with woven grass seats
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
design (discipline)
furniture by design
modern american styles and periods
wood (plant material)
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Title
Ribbed Birch Plywood, Sumac Plate
Artist
Gianfranco Angelino
Physical Description
layered wood plate with visible supports
Artist Life Dates
(Naples, Italy, 1938 - 2010, Milan, Italy)
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1994
Accession Number
2002/2.120
Medium and Support
birch plywood, sumac branch, ebony pins
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
bowls (vessels)
plates (dishes)
wood (sculpture by material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Frenchman's Cove I Table
Artist
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Object Creation Date
early 1950
Accession Number
2014/2.99A&B
Medium and Support
walnut
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
design (discipline)
furniture by design
modern american styles and periods
wood (plant material)
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Title
Wall Mounted Cabinet
Artist
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Object Creation Date
early 1950
Accession Number
2014/2.101
Medium and Support
walnut and woven pandanus cloth
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
design (discipline)
furniture by design
modern american styles and periods
wood (plant material)
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Title
Grass-Seated Chair (two of four)
Artist
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Object Creation Date
early 1950
Accession Number
2014/2.98.2
Medium and Support
walnut frame with woven grass seats
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
design (discipline)
furniture by design
modern american styles and periods
wood (plant material)
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Title
Grass-Seated Chair (four of four)
Artist
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Object Creation Date
early 1950
Accession Number
2014/2.98.4
Medium and Support
walnut frame with woven grass seats
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
design (discipline)
furniture by design
modern american styles and periods
wood (plant material)
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Title
Single Pedestal Desk
Artist
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Object Creation Date
early 1950
Accession Number
2014/2.100A&B
Medium and Support
figured walnut
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
design (discipline)
furniture by design
modern american styles and periods
wood (plant material)
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Title
Credenza
Artist
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Object Creation Date
early 1950
Accession Number
2014/2.102
Medium and Support
walnut and woven pandanus cloth
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
design (discipline)
furniture by design
modern american styles and periods
wood (plant material)
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Title
Grass-Seated Chair (one of four)
Artist
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Object Creation Date
early 1950
Accession Number
2014/2.98.1
Medium and Support
walnut frame with woven grass seats
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
design (discipline)
furniture by design
modern american styles and periods
wood (plant material)
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Title
Stones from the River, table base
Artist
Dan Kvitka
Physical Description
On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
Artist Life Dates
born 1958
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
2000
Accession Number
2002/2.153A
Medium and Support
Burmese Afzelia burl and Nigerian black ebony on wood table
relevance
rank 5.70260
Primary Keywords
abstract
river beds
spirituality
wood (sculpture by material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Heather's Fragrance
Artist
Alain Mailland
Physical Description
organic form consisting of thin concentric tendrils of wood
Artist Life Dates
born, Ivory Coast, Africa, 1959
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
2001
Accession Number
2002/2.161
Medium and Support
heather root
relevance
rank 5.70160
Primary Keywords
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
Title
Prestige Pipe
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon Grassfields Cameroon
Physical Description
Pipe made in three parts: wood-carved stem, inner metal pipe for drawing smoke, and metal, possibly bronze bowl. Wood-carved, openwork stem is comprised of interlocking lizards; spiral whorls cover the cast metal bowl. bands of cowrie shells encircle the bottom and “neck” of the bowl, while its lip is topped with the classic Grassfields motif of a prestige cap.
Century
Mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1925-1975
Accession Number
1985/1.150
Medium and Support
wood, metal, possibly copper and bronze
relevance
rank 5.70160
Primary Keywords
metal
pipe (smoking equipment)
prestige
smoking
wood
Title
Secret Society Mask
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ivory Coast, Kran
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1984/1.272
Medium and Support
wood, pigment and natural fiber
relevance
rank 5.70160
Primary Keywords
krahn
masks
masks (costume)
wood (sculpture by material)
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Title
Emergence
Artist
Geoffrey Wilkes
Physical Description
egg-shaped wood with natural burl, holes, pockets; polished and smoothed at edges
Artist Life Dates
born 1951
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1998
Accession Number
2002/2.184
Medium and Support
manzanita
relevance
rank 5.70160
Primary Keywords
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Hemlock Canyons
Artist
Mike Irolla
Physical Description
Large, turned wood vessel. Fire has been used to color and texture the surface. Bark has been left on to provide texture. The mouth of the vessel is jagged.
large burnt wood vessel with bark marking the top irregular edge
Artist Life Dates
born 1974
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
2001
Accession Number
2002/2.147
Medium and Support
hemlock
relevance
rank 5.64837
Primary Keywords
bark (components)
canyons
pyrography
texture
vessels
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Bowl with Buttons
Artist
Nikolai Ossipov
Artist Life Dates
(Russia, )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1996
Accession Number
2002/2.174
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 5.64665
Primary Keywords
bowls (vessels)
vessels
wood (plant material)
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Title
Small bowl
Artist
Gene Pozzesi
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1996
Accession Number
2002/2.177
Medium and Support
Narra
relevance
rank 5.64665
Primary Keywords
bowls (vessels)
vessels
wood (plant material)
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Title
Transluscent Norfolk Pine Vessel
Artist
Ron Kent
Artist Life Dates
(active Chicago, Illinois, 1931 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1998
Accession Number
2002/2.151
Medium and Support
norfolk pine
relevance
rank 5.64665
Primary Keywords
bowls (vessels)
vessels
wood (plant material)
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Title
Large bowl
Artist
David Lory
Artist Life Dates
born 1951
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1990
Accession Number
2002/2.157
Medium and Support
curley oak
relevance
rank 5.64665
Primary Keywords
bowls (vessels)
vessels
wood (plant material)
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Title
Bowl
Artist
Hans Weissflog
Artist Life Dates
(active Hoennersum, Germany, 1954 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2002/2.183
Medium and Support
walnut
relevance
rank 5.64665
Primary Keywords
bowls (vessels)
vessels
wood (plant material)
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Title
Low bowl
Artist
Dewey Garrett
Physical Description
wood vessel containing half-circles of wood arranged in central concentric rings
Artist Life Dates
(active California, 1969 - )
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1992
Accession Number
2002/2.139
Medium and Support
maple
relevance
rank 5.64665
Primary Keywords
bowls (vessels)
vessels
wood (plant material)
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Title
Bowl with Salamanders
Artist
Nikolai Ossipov
Artist Life Dates
(Russia, )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1995
Accession Number
2002/2.175
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 5.64665
Primary Keywords
bowls (vessels)
vessels
wood (plant material)
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Title
Scenes from a Play
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
Artist Life Dates
1786-1864
Accession Number
2008/2.424.1
Medium and Support
color woodcut on paper
relevance
rank 5.61545
Primary Keywords
color woodcuts
edo (japanese period)
japan (nation)
japanese
plays (document genre)
ukiyo-e
wood blocks
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Title
D&H Rogue
Artist
Richard Francisco
Physical Description
Ombre orange and black abstract forms painted on paper cut out and attached to wood, laid on top of another larger cutout of pink abstract form with “shadows” from the cutout above it painted in red; the paper collage is centered on a large sheet of white paper. Signed “D[orothy] & H[erb] Rogue” in bottom left corner, “R. J. Francisco ‘82” in bottom right corner.
Artist Life Dates
(1942 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1982
Accession Number
2008/2.229
Medium and Support
watercolor and ink wash on paper and painted wood
relevance
rank 5.61545
Primary Keywords
abstract
abstraction
collage
collages
geometric abstraction
painting techniques by medium
sketches
watercolors
wood (plant material)
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Title
Black Excursion No. 13
Artist
Louise Nevelson
Physical Description
Square, rectangular, and circular pieces of wood and formica are assembled in rectilinear, cabinet-like compartments. The entire object is painted black.
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1988
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1997/1.131
Medium and Support
painted wood and black formica
relevance
rank 5.61545
Primary Keywords
abstract
abstraction
assemblage (sculpture technique)
circles
color-field
geometric abstraction
squares
wood (plant material)
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Title
Three Gold Rings, from Ringed Series
Artist
Todd Hoyer
Physical Description
A bulbous vessel with narrow mouth and base. The wood is burned and cracked and circled by three gold bands, two of which overlap.
burnt wood vessel with gold
Artist Life Dates
b. 1952
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1991
Accession Number
2002/2.145
Medium and Support
eucalyptus, imitation gold leaf
relevance
rank 5.45395
Primary Keywords
burning
deaths
families
memory
mortality
pyrography
vessels
wood (plant material)
woodworking
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Stopped Bar Series, Two Up
Artist
Richard Nonas
Physical Description
“BURRILL” 2x4” wood beam resting on two 2x4” cut into squares and placed at either end of the beam; signed on top “Richard Nonas Jan 1974.”
Artist Life Dates
Born 1936
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1974
Accession Number
2008/2.248
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 5.26325
Primary Keywords
construction equipment
constructions (sculpture)
environments (sculpture)
found object sculpture
installations (sculpture)
minimal
sculpture by form
wood (plant material)
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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
relevance
rank 5.09920
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
native american
southwestern native american styles
vessels
wood (plant material)
woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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Title
Hidden Garden (or Suspended Redwood Flora)
Artist
Ronald F. Fleming
Artist Life Dates
(active Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1994
Accession Number
2002/2.135
Medium and Support
sandblasted walnut
relevance
rank 5.03378
Primary Keywords
leaf (plant material)
vessels
wood (plant material)
Title
Netsuke of mouse and chestnut on leaves
Artist
Ippo
Artist Life Dates
1665-1737
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1997/2.20
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 4.78928
Primary Keywords
leaf (plant material)
mouse
netsuke
nut (plant material)
wood (plant material)
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