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Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Republic of the Congo, Kongo, Solongo

Accession Number

2001/2.53

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:43

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

central and equatorial african styles

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

object genres

object genres by material

objects

objects we use

people and culture

southwestern democratic republic of congo styles

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

tools and equipment

walking sticks

western democratic republic of congo styles

Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Mozambique, Yao

Accession Number

2001/2.5

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:42

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

east african

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

figures (representations)

makonde region and lake nyasa area styles

objects

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the human body

tools and equipment

upper body

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe

Accession Number

2001/2.50

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:42

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

central and equatorial african styles

chokwe-lunda

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

object genres

object genres by material

objects

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

tools and equipment

walking sticks

western democratic republic of congo styles

Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Physical Description

Wooden staff covered with beads, displaying a zigzag pattern in blue, white, red, yellow, green and pink along the shaft, with an iron point at the base. The finial (top of the staff) consists of an equestrian, mostly in green, wearing elaborate red-and-yellow headgear, holding a staff and riding a multicolored horse, which stands on a rectangular platform adorned with a veil of ropes of beads.

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2001/2.45

Medium and Support

wood with beads, metal, cloth

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:40

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

horsemen

object genres

object genres by material

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by activity

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

statues

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

walking sticks

Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Accession Number

2001/2.44

Medium and Support

wood with beads

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:40

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

beads and sets of beads

beadwork

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

object genres

object genres by form

object genres by material

objects

objects we use

people and culture

southern nigerian styles

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

tools and equipment

west african styles

Title

Ogboni staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Physical Description

Brass female figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels, atop an iron staff. The protruding eyes, nose, and mouth convey a serene, dignified and somewhat withdrawn look. The figure has a beard around the face; she wears ornamentation in small holes atop the ears, cone-shaped headgear, and an elaborate necklace; there is a small spiral motif on the forehead, and two larger spiral motifs on the sides of the body. The hands are held in closed fists in front of the body, the left hand on top of the right.

Object Creation Date

1900-1970

Accession Number

2001/2.39

Medium and Support

brass, iron

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:38

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

ceremonial weapons

descriptors

inorganic material

iron and iron alloy

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

objects we use

people and culture

political concepts

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

social science concepts

statues

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Shango

Accession Number

2001/2.37

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:38

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

central and equatorial african styles

equatorial guinea, gabon, southern cameroon region styles

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

objects

objects we use

ogowe river area

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

tools and equipment

Title

Display figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Osei Bonsu, Asante (Akan) Peoples, Ghana

Physical Description

A poised, naturalistic male figure sits on a stool, holding an egg in his right hand, his left hand resting on his left knee. The head is round, almost egg-shaped, with a high, sloping forehead rising from pronounced eyebrows. The eyes are almond-shped, the nost long and slender, the mouth a small straight line. The neck is long and ringed. Its surface is smooth, and carefully finished, golden brown in color, though worn or mottled in places.

Artist Life Dates

1900-1977

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2001/2.33

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:37

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

animal material

animal material by form or function

descriptors

egg and egg components

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

materials

materials by origin

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

seating furniture

single seating furniture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by subject type

west african styles

western guinea coast styles

Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ngbaka peoples Democratic Republiic of the Congo

Physical Description

Elaborately carved staff with angular forms along the shaft and topped with a figurine with a rounded head, heart-shaped face and two stylized arms resting on the stomach. A large Z-shaped handle is carved in the middle of the shaft, with a series of cubes and conical forms above and beneath it.

Object Creation Date

1930-1970

Accession Number

2001/2.36

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:37

Secondary Keywords

ceremonies

cultural ceremonies

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

events

objects

objects we use

people and culture

rites of passage

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

statues

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

walking sticks

Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?

Accession Number

2001/2.32

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:36

Secondary Keywords

objects

people and occupations

Title

Staff

Artist

African, Tanzania, Vinza

Accession Number

2001/2.28

Medium and Support

wood with metal

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:35

Secondary Keywords

objects

people and occupations

Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?

Accession Number

2001/2.24

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:34

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

object genres

object genres by material

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by subject type

walking sticks

Title

Wand (oshe Shango)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Shango

Physical Description

Carved wooden wand. A discoid grip at one end of the shaft, and a double-headed projection at the other.

Accession Number

2001/2.22

Medium and Support

wood with leather

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:34

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

object genres

object genres by function

objects

people and culture

southern nigerian styles

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the human body

upper body

west african styles

Title

Dead Solider

Artist

Joseph Maissiat

Artist Life Dates

active 1835-1841

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1835-1841

Accession Number

2001/2.2

Medium and Support

pen and watercolor on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:33

Secondary Keywords

how we live

people and occupations

rites of passage

Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

A stylized human head with an elaborate coiffure, sitting atop a larger animal head with scarification marks below the eyes, tops a well-carved staff with angular handle and a zig-zag carved pattern below the handle. The eyes of both figures are set in shallow cavities and appear squinted or closed.

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2001/2.19

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:32

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological components

ceremonial weapons

components

components and systems

components by specific context

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

head

objects

objects we use

people and culture

political concepts

social science concepts

the human body

tools and equipment

upper body

walking sticks

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Staff

Artist

African, Congo (Zaire), Holo

Accession Number

2001/2.18

Medium and Support

wood

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:32

Secondary Keywords

objects

people and occupations

Title

Lakshmi lustrated by elephants (Gaja Lakshmi (Goddess))

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Bundi School

Physical Description

The white elephants, which draw the eye into the image, face toward the center leading the viewer to Lakshmi who is the central figure in the frame. The image is bordered by a red colored frame. And below the figures, in the background is a dark banded representing a pond.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2001/2.133

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:30

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

asian

descriptors

design elements

geographic and political locations

indian

indian painting styles

indian styles and periods

mammals

motifs

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

plant-derived motifs

rajasthani

rajput

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Head of a Buddha

Artist

Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

10th century

Accession Number

2001/2.129

Medium and Support

andesite stone

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:29

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

devotional images

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

Title

Nudes

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1920-1927

Accession Number

2001/2.116

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:24

Secondary Keywords

figures

people and occupations

Title

Cargese 18

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

2001/2.114

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:23

Secondary Keywords

architecture

cityscapes

people and occupations

streets

Title

Martha

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1934

Accession Number

2001/2.113

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:23

Secondary Keywords

objects

people and culture

people and occupations

physical activities

physical activities by general context

Title

Nude

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1920-1927

Accession Number

2001/2.115

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:23

Secondary Keywords

people and occupations

women

Title

Figures

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1955-1970

Accession Number

2001/2.110

Medium and Support

watercolor and gouache on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:22

Secondary Keywords

genres

people and occupations

Title

Martha

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1933

Accession Number

2001/2.112

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:22

Secondary Keywords

people and occupations

Title

White on Black

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1967

Accession Number

2001/2.111

Medium and Support

gouache on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:22

Secondary Keywords

genres

houses

people and occupations

Title

White on Black

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1967

Accession Number

2001/2.109

Medium and Support

gouache on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:21

Secondary Keywords

genres

people and occupations

Title

Louise

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1935

Accession Number

2001/2.106

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:20

Secondary Keywords

people and occupations

women

Title

Nude

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1945-1953

Accession Number

2001/2.108

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:20

Secondary Keywords

people and occupations

women

Title

Louise

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1935

Accession Number

2001/2.107

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:20

Secondary Keywords

figures

people and occupations

women

Title

Sta. Eulalia

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2001/2.105

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:19

Secondary Keywords

architecture

genres

people and occupations

visual and tactile

Title

Mohler House in Snow

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1941

Accession Number

2001/2.103

Medium and Support

tempera on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:19

Secondary Keywords

atmospheric effects

farm

houses

people and occupations

rural life

seasons

the natural world

Title

Villagers Bringing Home a Boar

Artist

Indonesia, Bali

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2001/1.369

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:12

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

mammals

objects

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

trees

Title

Portrait of an Rölpai Dorje (1717–1786), Lama of the Seal

Artist

Tibet

Physical Description

A painting in ink, mineral pigments, and gold on paper. The painting would have originally been framed in concentric strips of silk, but the silk has been trimmed and the painting placed in a Western-style frame.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1736-1795

Accession Number

2001/1.353

Medium and Support

ink, mineral pigments, and gold on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:11

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

buildings and the land

educators

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people by state or condition

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in social science-related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the social sciences and related occupations

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious (people)

settlements and landscapes

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Mythological Creature Riding a Male Quadruped

Artist

Indonesia, Bali

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2001/1.368

Medium and Support

ink, red and gold pigment on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:11

Secondary Keywords

creatures

objects

people and occupations

quadrupeds

swords

weaponry

Title

Decoration de la Salle de Spectacle...la Princesse de Navarre

Artist

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Artist Life Dates

(1715 - 1790)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1745

Accession Number

2001/1.333

Medium and Support

etching and engraving on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:08

Secondary Keywords

architecture

audiences

genres

people and occupations

plants

stages

the natural world

Title

Miniature of a Lady

Artist

Anonymous French?

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825

Accession Number

2001/1.332

Medium and Support

watercolor on ivory

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:07

Secondary Keywords

figures

lady

people and occupations

Title

Miniature of Lady Hamilton

Artist

Anonymous French?

Century

late 19th century

Object Creation Date

late 19th century

Accession Number

2001/1.331

Medium and Support

watercolor on ivory

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:07

Secondary Keywords

figures

lady

people and occupations

Title

Unititled

Artist

Sonia Sheridan

Artist Life Dates

born 1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2000/2.9.4

Medium and Support

color digital photograph on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:03

Secondary Keywords

image form

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

hands

human body

objects we use

people and occupations

the human body

the natural world

upper body

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

Unititled

Artist

Sonia Sheridan

Artist Life Dates

born 1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2000/2.9.3

Medium and Support

color digital photograph on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:03

Secondary Keywords

image form

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

hands

human body

objects we use

people and occupations

the human body

the natural world

upper body

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

Unititled

Artist

Sonia Sheridan

Artist Life Dates

born 1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2000/2.9.2

Medium and Support

color digital photograph on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:02

Secondary Keywords

image form

faces

hands

human body

objects we use

people and occupations

the natural world

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

Unititled

Artist

Sonia Sheridan

Artist Life Dates

born 1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2000/2.9.1

Medium and Support

color digital photograph on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:02

Secondary Keywords

image form

faces

hands

human body

objects we use

people and occupations

the natural world

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

The Pastfinders: Ireland, The Maid of Coleraine

Artist

Michael B. Hannum

Artist Life Dates

born 1942

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1983

Accession Number

2000/2.8

Medium and Support

graphite on acetate

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:34:00

Secondary Keywords

animals

birds

objects

people and occupations

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

The Pastfinders: Ireland, The Maid of Coleraine

Artist

Michael B. Hannum

Artist Life Dates

born 1942

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1982

Accession Number

2000/2.7

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:33:59

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

birds

objects we use

people and occupations

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

waterscapes

Title

Girl at Gees Bend

Artist

Arthur Rothstein

Artist Life Dates

1915 - 1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2000/2.5

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:33:56

Secondary Keywords

architecture

child

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

information forms

objects we use

people and occupations

publications

serials

standing

Title

Quilt with Central Diamond Pattern

Artist

Anonymous Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Physical Description

A black diamond in the center is positioned within a lavender square surrounded by a pink frame. The entire is surrounded by thick frame of black.

Century

early 20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1920

Accession Number

2000/2.321

Medium and Support

cotton and wool

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:33:52

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

animal material

artistic concepts

associated concepts

bed coverings

bedcovers

christianity

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

coverings and hangings

coverings and hangings by location or context

coverings and hangings by specific type

coverings and hangings components

coverings and hangings for furniture

coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur

descriptors

design elements

fiber and fiber products

fiber products

forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furnishings components

geometric motifs

hair

hair and hair components

hair by form

keratinous material

materials

materials by form

materials by origin

materials by physical form

motifs

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

protestantism

quilt components

religions

religions and religious concepts

textile materials

textile materials by composition or origin

visual and tactile

Title

Fallen Boxer

Artist

William Horace Littlefield

Artist Life Dates

1902-1969

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

2000/2.314

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:33:50

Secondary Keywords

clothing

objects

people and occupations

Title

Boxer

Artist

William Horace Littlefield

Artist Life Dates

1902-1969

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1928

Accession Number

2000/2.313

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:33:50

Secondary Keywords

clothing

objects

people and occupations

standing

Title

Looking and Seeing: Goya Diptych

Artist

Joseph Goldyne

Artist Life Dates

born 1942

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1994

Accession Number

2000/2.307

Medium and Support

etching, drypoint and monoprint on white Arches Cover paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:33:47

Secondary Keywords

faces

people and occupations

Title

Nikolai Zeretelli (1890-1942), the Russian actor, a member of Alexander Tairoff's Moscow Chamber Theater

Artist

Max Beckmann

Artist Life Dates

1884-1950

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1924?

Accession Number

2000/2.300

Medium and Support

drypoint on Japan paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:33:45

Secondary Keywords

faces

genres

people and occupations

Title

Boy

Artist

Maximillian Luce

Artist Life Dates

1858 - 1941

Century

19th century

Accession Number

2000/2.296

Medium and Support

black crayon on laid paper

Date Added/Updated

2013-12-20 16:33:44

Secondary Keywords

child

clothing

objects

people and occupations

portraits