Untitled vessel / Ray Allen
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.119
- Title
- Untitled vessel
- Artist
- Ray Allen
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- (Dickson, Tennessee, 1930 - 2000, Yuma, Arizona)
- Medium and Support
- mesquite, satin wood, blood wood, rose wood, curly maple, ebony, dyed veneer
- Object Creation Date
- 1995
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Arizona (state)
- Yuma
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Arizona (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Yuma
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
- Dimensions
- 64.77 cm x 73.66 cm x 73.66 cm (25 1/2 in. x 29 in. x 29 in.)
- Century
- late 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Wood and Woodcarving
- Primary Object Type
- vessel
- 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
- Subject Matter
- This vessel was made first by gluing together small pieces of different woods and then turning the entire piece, leaving the pattern created by the pieces of wood in the finished surface. Allen was influenced by the Native American pottery of the Southwest and tried to reproduce its forms and decorative motifs in wood.
- Primary Keywords
- geometric patterns
- native american
- southwestern native american styles
- vessels
- wood (plant material)
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- materials
- materials by origin
- native north american styles
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- wood and wood products
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2403 x 2162
- File Size
- 691 KB
- Record
- 2002/2.119
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.119/2002_2.119.jpg
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"Untitled vessel; Ray Allen." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.119/2002_2.119.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.
