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- Title
- Pot
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.158
- Medium and Support
- Pottery, brass holder, and fiber attachment
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Self-Portrait
- Artist
- Mose Tolliver
- Artist Life Dates
- circa 1920-2006
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.193
- Medium and Support
- house paint on plywood
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Pipe Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.116
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Black kimono with the character kotobuki in several scripts, in deep red
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe dyed black with areas of wax-resist in the shape of kotobuki characters. These characters were brushed with red, which matches the inner red lining of momi plain weave silk above with persimmon silk crepe below.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.390
- Medium and Support
- black silk crepe with red paint
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Ladies Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It is a knife made of silver. The sword blade was made of steel. Floral design was printed on the knob and Deer and bamboo was printed on the cover.
- Century
- 14th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1392-1910
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.48
- Medium and Support
- metal
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Saryk Door Rug
- Artist
- Iran, Turkmenistan
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.37
- Medium and Support
- wool pile on wool warp and wool weft
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- 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 0.07554
- Title
- Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- mid 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.119
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Temple bell with handle of a pair of addorsed lions and a dragon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Burma
- Physical Description
- Bronze temple bell with traces of polychrome, text, and lowermost handle in shape of a pair of addorsed lions. A decorated post threads through the space created by the back-to-back lions, on which an additional handle decorated with addorsed dragons is thread. The open space created between the dragons' connecting tails is where part of a frame would pass through, suspending the bell above the ground. This type of bell does not have a metal clapper, and is rung by striking with a wooden stick.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1907
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.237A-C
- Medium and Support
- bronze with traces of polychrome
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- 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
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- 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 0.07554
- 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 0.07554
- 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
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Paris Square
- Artist
- Maurice Utrillo
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883 - 1955
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1883-1955
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.282
- Medium and Support
- crayon on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Passing of Summer - The Basin of Neptune in the Gardens at Versailles
- Artist
- Lillian Matilde Genth
- Artist Life Dates
- 1876-1953
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1876-1938
- Accession Number
- 1938.20
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- 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
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- 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 0.07554
- Title
- #97-18
- Artist
- Gary Johnson
- Physical Description
- wood vase with geometric patterning that wraps across a top-bottom, left-right diagonal
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Webster City, Iowa, 1936 - )
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1996
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.149
- Medium and Support
- maple, paela, bloodwood
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Red brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of colorful medallions against a field of wavy gold stripes (tatewaku)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This is made of a thick brocade of red, gold and silver. Medallion patterns and wavy stripes are woven through the entirety of the fabric, rather than halfway, as is common in less intricate obi. Medallion motifs of tortoise shells, flowers, and bamboo leaves are spaced among the golden waves across the fabric.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950s-1960s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.344
- Medium and Support
- red silk with woven and embroidered design and gold wrapped thread
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Folk Rama
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.33
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Stay Alert (Matauri Bay, New Zealand)
- Artist
- Jill Mathis
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1964
- Century
- 20th-21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1995-2005
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.66
- Medium and Support
- digital chromogenic print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Boxelder Vessel
- Artist
- John Jordan
- Physical Description
- A vessel of bleached wood. From a narrow base, the vessel widens gradually. Near the top it begans to narrow gradually then narrows quickly on a nearly horizontal plane to a very small mouth. The surface, apart from the smooth lip of the mouth, is finely textured with vertical scoring.
- light-colored wood vase with textured hatching across surfaces
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1950
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1996
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.150
- Medium and Support
- boxelder
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Obi-jime (obi cord)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Cord made of thin woven silver metallic thread.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.366
- Medium and Support
- woven silver mettalic thread
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Rouge Box with Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.366.1-2
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with overglaze enamel painting with gold
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Khaki-colored koma-rinzu kimono with overall pattern of small silver flowers
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe (repp weave) interwoven with synthetic silver threads. Lining is plain weave silk: white above and gray below.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920s - 1940s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.383
- Medium and Support
- silk crepe interwoven with synthetic silver threads
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Elephant
- Artist
- Edward Kemeys
- Artist Life Dates
- 1843-1907
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1863-1907
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.135
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- White Satin Underkimono with Woven Auspicious Designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Satin damask woven designs of pine, bamboo, and plum (shochikubai) and the takarazukushi
- Century
- Second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.399
- Medium and Support
- satin damask with woven designs
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a seed pod
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a small ball with a short, slightly curved, angular tail or handle attached to it.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.134
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Ogun Ax (àáké or edùn Ogun)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Carved ax handle is comprised of a kneeling male figure with rounded knob on top of his head, into which narrow end of triangular iron ax blade is embedded.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.73
- Medium and Support
- wood, iron
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- The Rat Catcher
- Artist
- Frank Gillett
- Artist Life Dates
- 1874-1927
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.108
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.108
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Double Totemic Sculpture
- Artist
- Mark Lindquist
- Physical Description
- rough-hewn hollowed wood sculpture in natural state with spalt, marks, holes, etc.
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1994-1995
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.156B
- Medium and Support
- oak burl
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- View of Venice
- Artist
- Félix Ziem
- Artist Life Dates
- 1821-1911
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1841-1911
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.353
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- 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
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- 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
- 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
- Title
- Brocade obijime (obi cord) with a tassel
- Artist
- Dômyô
- Physical Description
- Kumihimo (braided) silk brocade with silver metallic threads.
- Artist Life Dates
- kumihimo atelier, Kyoto, Japan
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.365
- Medium and Support
- braided silk cord with silver metallic threads
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Shigaraki ware plate
- Artist
- Takahashi Rakusai III
- Physical Description
- A rectangular shaped plate with eight circular patterns. The rim is slightly flared out to create the concave shape. The top surface is unglazed, scorched to an intense red. The bottom does not have foot. In the kiln, the thick clay slabs were stacked close together so that the floating ash landed on the edge of the plate facing the flame. The circular patterns are areas that were protected from the flame by cylinder clay spacers.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1976
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.76
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Homestead
- Artist
- Blanche Ackers
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1916
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1987-2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.196
- Medium and Support
- graphite, colored pencil, crayon, black ink, and marker on white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Purple silk damask (rinzu) in T-paper pattern (sayagata), bokashi dyed so that the shoulders are a darker purple than the lower half of the haori. Woven designs of phoenixes, paulownia, cranes, chysanthemums, etc., incorporate metallic threads. Lining is orange and white silk. There are purple and white kumihimo (a kind of cord) with tassels.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1939
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.355
- Medium and Support
- purple silk damask with woven designs
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Purple shibori kimono with overall pattern of tiny squares in diagonal rows
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Purple silk crepe with hitta miura and hand tie-dyed design achieving the effect of many diagonal rows of tiny squares. Upper lining is plain weave momi (red silk) and lower and cuff linings are mauve pink.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1940s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.376
- Medium and Support
- purple silk crepe with tie dye design
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Crested kimono with elaborate floral wax resist designs (hageito, nandina, biwa, camelia, daffodils, omoto, plums, thistles) against crackled pink-on-taupe ground, with embroidery in metallic threads
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- This is a pink silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with pink, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The red scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and pale and blue green colors. There are mix of fall and winter flowers and trees: nandin on the left sleeve, plum, chrysanthemums, thistles, amaranths, camellias and narcissus on the front and back, makino (Chloranthus glaber, with red berries) and more camellias on the right sleeve. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.358
- Medium and Support
- crepe silk with colorful wax resist design and metallic thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Fan shaped obidome (obi brooch), inscribed bodai no tame
- Artist
- Taniguchi Haruki
- Physical Description
- Metal brooch in the shape of a fan with incised and inlaid decor, including floral designs. "Bodai no tame" is inscribed along with the artist's signature, Taniguchi Haruki, and indecipherable characters.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950-1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.369
- Medium and Support
- metal with incised and inlaid decor
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Kimono with overall woven pattern of assorted flowers
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920s - 1940s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.392
- Medium and Support
- silk crepe twill with interwoven silver and dark purple threads
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Lioness Reclining on High Base
- Artist
- Edward Kemeys
- Artist Life Dates
- 1843-1907
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1863-1907
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.144
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Small blue-and-white jar with abstracted plant design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This bottle has a slightly out-turned astragal mouth. Short slender neck and a bulbous body that is rather heavy. The whole foot is rather high and thick. The body is decorated with a simple abstract floral design in cobalt-blue pigment.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.195
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- 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
- Title
- Vessel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.120
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- Title
- Kimono
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Summer linen kimono with stenciled patterns of water wheels.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.1
- Medium and Support
- linen
- relevance
- rank 0.07554
- 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
- relevance
- rank 0.07554