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- Title
- A Rabbi Studying, from a drawing by Rembrandt
- Artist
- Augustus John
- Physical Description
- A bearded man sits stooped over his literature. He is adorned in thick robes and his head wrapped. He sits at a table that is also covered in cloth.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1878-1961
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1906
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.70
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32731
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- clergy
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by location, context or origin
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Eroding Earthen Wall
- Artist
- Brett Weston
- Physical Description
- An eroding earth wall and a few sparse trees below.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911-1993
- Object Creation Date
- 1972; printed 1973-1977
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.278
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on Strathmore mount
- relevance
- rank 1.32731
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- enclosing structural elements
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- plant components
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- walls and wall components
- Title
- Wedding Coverlet
- Artist
- Anonymous American
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1830-1840
- Accession Number
- 1952/1.91
- Medium and Support
- wool, linen and indigo
- relevance
- rank 1.32649
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- descriptors
- hair
- hair and hair components
- hair by form
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- Title
- Wallet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.160
- Medium and Support
- natural fiber
- relevance
- rank 1.32649
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal gear
- containers for personal use
- descriptors
- fiber and fiber products
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- objects we use
- Title
- Korhogo Ceremonial Headpiece with Horns
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.96
- Medium and Support
- wood, raffia and imported fabric
- relevance
- rank 1.32649
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- animal material
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by function
- descriptors
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- Title
- Still Life
- Artist
- Gustav Beck
- Artist Life Dates
- 1902-1983
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1902-1954
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.62
- Medium and Support
- linoleum cut on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32634
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- genres
- leaves
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- objects we use
- plants
- the natural world
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Cho no kaze (Butterfly Wind)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- The girl with a butterfly sitting on her hair on the bottom left is looking at a group of cclourful patterned hourses running to the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1988
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.48
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32634
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- earth sciences concepts
- insects
- mammals
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Oculist Witnesses
- Artist
- Richard Hamilton
- Physical Description
- screened print on glass colored with mirror silver and laminated, freestanding
- Artist Life Dates
- 1922-2011
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.32
- Medium and Support
- mirror silver in laminated glass on aluminum base
- relevance
- rank 1.32634
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- object genres
- originals
- originals and derivative objects
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Snuff bottle with design of luohan (Buddhist sages, arhats)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1796-1850
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.122
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, molded, with yellow spots
- relevance
- rank 1.32634
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- descriptors
- forming
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- Title
- Stirring paddle with head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba or Songye Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.156
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 1.32634
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- household objects
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Decorative Ewer with Satyrs
- Artist
- Mathias Zündt
- Physical Description
- The ewer in this drawing is decorated with cavorting satyrs, lions, and grotesque masks.
- Artist Life Dates
- c. 1498-1572
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1551-1572
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.21
- Medium and Support
- pen and brown ink with ink wash on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32634
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- legendary creatures
- motifs
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Priest's Robe, Satin Brocade
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.192
- Medium and Support
- blue, green, red, yellow and gold satin brocade with six insets
- relevance
- rank 1.32528
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- asia
- clergy
- creatures
- descriptors
- drapery
- geometric shapes
- locality
- medium
- mythology
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rectangles
- religion
- religious figures
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Iridescent Glass Inkwell with purple-gray iridescent, gold ram head stopper
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- An iridescent glass inkwell with a gold lid. The base is purplish-gray while the lid has a ram's head engraved on it.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.274
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- relevance
- rank 1.32483
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- design elements
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- gold and gold alloy
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- motifs
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Large Shoulder Pendant
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.78
- Medium and Support
- cowrie shells, glass beads, natural fiber and grass cloth
- relevance
- rank 1.32463
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- beadwork
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- objects we use
- sheep
- shell and shell material
- the natural world
- Title
- Chandelier Fragments
- Artist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Physical Description
- Clouded glass and metal fragments of a chandelier. A ring of metal strands hold clouded glass orbs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Object Creation Date
- 1890-1891
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.2.1
- Medium and Support
- glass and metal
- relevance
- rank 1.32463
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- lighting devices
- lighting devices by form
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- Title
- Belt pendant in the shape of a hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.72
- Medium and Support
- leather, cowrie shells, raffia, and red wood color
- relevance
- rank 1.32463
- Secondary Keywords
- beadwork
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- hands
- human body
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects
- objects we use
- shell and shell material
- the natural world
- Title
- Tea caddy "large sea" (daikai) in brown & black glaze, with silk pouch
- Artist
- Seto Shunkei II
- Physical Description
- This squat tea caddy is decorated with brown glaze with splotches of black. It is capped with a round ivory lid with a small circular knob-handle.
- Century
- 17th–18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.533A&B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with brown and black glaze, ivory lid
- relevance
- rank 1.32463
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for storing or transporting food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Dark green silk fukuro obi with embroidered gold medallions of four-petaled flowers in hexagonal shapes
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Dark green plain weave silk with embroidered hexagonal design in couched greenish-gold and yellow-gold wrapped threads
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1970s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.342
- Medium and Support
- green colored silk with gold embroidered design
- relevance
- rank 1.32463
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn at the waist or below
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- main garments
- objects we use
- ornament areas
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- Title
- Black silk gauze fukuro obi with large woven floral 'hosoge' medallions
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk leno weave (gauze) fukuro obi; floral medallion patterns woven in lacquered red, gold-coated paper (kinran). and a synthetic turquoise metal-coated paper.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.334
- Medium and Support
- silk leno weave (gauze) with patterns woven in coated paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32463
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn at the waist or below
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- main garments
- objects we use
- ornament areas
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- Title
- Bowl with tenmoku glaze and floral roundels
- Artist
- Hamada Shôji
- Physical Description
- Shallow bowl with unglazed foot. Body of the bowl is decorated with a brown glaze, with circular area on interior of bowl areas where wax resist was applied and tan shows through. In these circles are painted brown stylized floral designs.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Tokyo, 1894 - 1978, Mashiko)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.81
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with tenmoku glaze with wax resist floral roundels
- relevance
- rank 1.32463
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels
- Title
- Bowl with painted petal design on exterior
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- A deep bowl with wide-mouth and small base.
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.74
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.32461
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- middle east (general region)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- vessels
- Title
- Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.59.4
- Medium and Support
- cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
- relevance
- rank 1.32456
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- motifs
- objects we use
- plant-derived motifs
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Bracelet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, West Africa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.62
- Medium and Support
- cast brass, lost wax method
- relevance
- rank 1.32456
- Secondary Keywords
- bracelets (jewelry)
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- 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 1.32456
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Bracelet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.39
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 1.32456
- Secondary Keywords
- bracelets (jewelry)
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- 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 1.32456
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- wood and wood products
- 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 1.32456
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- wood and wood products
- 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 1.32456
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Bracelet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.38
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 1.32456
- Secondary Keywords
- bracelets (jewelry)
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on arms and hands
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- Title
- La Bastide-du-Vert au Printemps
- Artist
- Henri Martin
- Physical Description
- Church spire in center. Lavender mountangs just above horizontal center. Vertical trees left half and two at right. Pinkish tan road curving from center to lower left. Two black cloaked figures at lower left.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1860-1943
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century - mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.613
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 1.32425
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- plant material
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- Title
- Landscape Mountains with Trees and Pagodas
- Artist
- Kinoshita Itsuun
- Physical Description
- Gold cloth scroll with an image of a mountain landscape with villagers on a body of water.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1799-1866
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.254
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper, silk and paper backing, ivory scroll ends
- relevance
- rank 1.32425
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- plants
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- 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
- relevance
- rank 1.32373
- 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
- Title
- Uma, torso (Khmer-Bayon style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.49
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 1.32373
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- the human body
- Title
- Bi (Pi; disc)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Large, flat disk made of gray and green jade with touches of black and brown with a hole in the center. Incised circle around outer edge of disk and around edge of interior hole.
- Century
- 8th BCE - 3rd BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 771 BCE - 256 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.85A&B
- Medium and Support
- cloudy light green nephrite with black and brown mottling
- relevance
- rank 1.32373
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial objects
- descriptors
- events
- object genres
- object genres by cultural or intellectual valuation
- object genres by form
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Pipe Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia, Anuak
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.36
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 1.32373
- Secondary Keywords
- smoking and tobacco use
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- tools and equipment
- vessels
- Title
- Frederick Douglass
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A man is potrayed with curly hair and beard, a stern facial expression, and a formal suit and bowtie. His head and gaze is turned to the right of the piece. The words "Frederick Douglass" border the piece along with two copies of the artist's signature and the screenprint number .
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.109
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32373
- Secondary Keywords
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- main garments
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- portraits
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Mirror with animal motifs and eight-character inscription
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- bronze mirrorr with two columns of auspicious inscriptions for career promotion and healthy offsprings in eight characters separated by the central knob, which is, in turn, surrounded by stylized mystical animal motif on both side.
- Century
- 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.168
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite and silver patina
- relevance
- rank 1.32341
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- Title
- Comb Chest (Jage Bitjeup)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- This laquer comb chest with mother-of-pearl inlays has images of phoenixes and their babies, and deer on the top drawer, and tortoises and mandarin ducks on the bottom drawer, each in a pair. The handles are in the shape of bats.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.314
- Medium and Support
- wood with mother-of-pearl inlay
- relevance
- rank 1.32341
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- components and systems
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- object groupings
- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by general context
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sets (groups)
- Title
- Model of a pond filled with swans
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 1st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century - 2nd century
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.87
- Medium and Support
- earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.32341
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- lacustrine bodies
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Travel inkwell set with 2 glass ink bottle in base with caps, with brush, paper box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A travel box with two inkwells and a brush. The inkwells have metal lids and glass bases.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.263
- Medium and Support
- leather, metal
- relevance
- rank 1.32341
- Secondary Keywords
- brushes
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- inorganic material
- maintenance and cleaning equipment
- maintenance tools
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- objects we use
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Drum with handles
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1880
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.35
- Medium and Support
- wood, leather, plant fibers and tkoola powder
- relevance
- rank 1.32255
- Secondary Keywords
- single-headed
- components
- components and systems
- components by general context
- descriptors
- drums (membranophones)
- materials
- materials by origin
- membranophones
- objects we use
- plant material
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck drums
- tubular drums
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Temple and Palms
- Artist
- Antonio Beato
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1825-1906
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1880
- Accession Number
- 1989/1.47
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32233
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- columns
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- middle east (general region)
- plants
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- trees
- Title
- Calligraphy: Watching Ducks on a Spring Morning
- Artist
- Nukina Kaioku
- Physical Description
- In this monumental scroll, Nukina Kaioku has brushed a Chinese poem of his own composition, on the enduring theme of nature as refreshment for the spirit. Note his masterful variation of thick and thin strokes, wet and dry ink, stately and rapid movement.
- The verses may be tentatively rendered into English as follows:
- Mandarin ducks enjoy the fresh water; their graceful forms glow as they pass through channels in the reeds.
- Pushing beyond the thickets [to the open pond], they call to one another again and again in the dawn.
- A crimson mist breaks through gaps in the glade, its glow warming hidden nests.
- Waking up with nothing to do, [I came here] to playfully row among the spring waves.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Tokushima, Shikoku, 1778 - 1863, Kyoto)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1840s - 1863
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.45
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32229
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- birds
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- objects we use
- people and culture
- philosophical concepts
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Monkey Climbing a Tree (pair with 1986/2.61.1)
- Artist
- Mori Sosen
- Physical Description
- A monkey climbs up a tree, grasping at the branches with his hands and feet. The image uses soft colors, and the monkey almost appears to be leaning or falling away from the tree. The top right corner appears gray.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nagasaki or Nishinomiya, 1747 - 1821)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1807-1821
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.61.2
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32229
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- evergreens
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Lime pot with a handle in the shape of areca fruit
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Physical Description
- A small container made by inverting a wheel-thrown jar with a rounded bottom, cutting out a circle in the new 'shoulder' of the jar, and attaching a flat bottom. The handle, which is simply attached at both ends, takes the form of an areca fruit. The vessel as a whole has a pale straw-colored glaze, with a rich green iron glaze dripped over the handle and the upper part of the pot.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.99
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with green and crackled white glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.32191
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- fruit
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- motifs
- nut (plant material)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plant material
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels
- Title
- Ewer in the shape of a melon with inlaid floral and butterfly designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It is in the shape of a sectioned melon. The body is vertically divided into ten sections and to create an embossed effect, the grooves between each two sections were pressed down slightly. The lid has a loop attached at the top. It is decorated on all sides with black and white inlaid design of butterfly, chrysanthemum and peony with stem and foliage. The spout and handle was broken and restored. The lid seems to be fake.
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 12th century - 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.33
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.32191
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- insects
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Ôtsu-e: Benkei with a Halberd (Naginata Benkei)
- Artist
- Japan, Signature and/or Seal Unread
- Physical Description
- This painting portrays Saito Musashibo Benkei holding a halberd. Benkei was a Japanese warrior monk, a popular subject of Japanese folklore. Here the painting is accompanied by text, which became common on images with moralistic messages poking fun at society.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.101
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32191
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weapons and ammunition
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Grave Jar with lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 11th - 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.46B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled olive green celadon glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.32191
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels
- Title
- Fan-shaped Vase on Domed Foot (piece of lip broken off)
- Artist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Physical Description
- This vessel is in the shap of a fan, raised on a mold-blown stem, on a domed foot. The vessel has a raised design on both the fan and foot and is made from orange/pink iridescent glass.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1896-1900
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.208
- Medium and Support
- iridescent pink and yellow glass
- relevance
- rank 1.32125
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- containers
- containers by form
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- descriptors
- form attributes
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- medium
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- shape
- vessels
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Scott Van Allsburg
- Physical Description
- Apple wrapped in a piece of paper, creating a circular cone shape.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.265
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.32035
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- food
- fruit
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by function
- materials by physical form