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- Title
- Painted leather box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1910
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.188
- Medium and Support
- wood, leather, gold paint, and clear lacquer
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 16/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153Q
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Nkisi Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bwende
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.178
- Medium and Support
- wood, shells, metal
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 6/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153G
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.7
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Ikenga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Igbo
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.47
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Round Three-Tiered Box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.37A-D
- Medium and Support
- black, red and gold lacquer on wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 17/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153R
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.9
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Wooden miniture model of a tower, comprised of a round base, a bar in the middle where three larger discs and six or seven small discs are inserted. A bulb-shaped ornament rests on top.
- Century
- 8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 764-770
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.21
- Medium and Support
- carved wood with traces of gesso
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.31
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 7/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153H
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.8
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Female Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.118
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Basket
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.38A&B
- Medium and Support
- gold lacquer on wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 18/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153S
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.16
- Medium and Support
- wood with animal hide
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Block for Printing "Longevity" Spirit Money, from Taiwan
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Taiwan
- Physical Description
- Wooden block painted cinnabar red with a carved floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle (“longevity”) with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.41.1
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.32
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 8/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153I
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.9
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Tanzania, Fipa
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.63
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Container
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Red lacquered wooden duck-shaped container wth lid
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.43A&B
- Medium and Support
- cinnabar-laquered wood with metal band
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 19/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153T
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Gourd
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.23
- Medium and Support
- wood with cloth
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Wooden Block for Printing Currency for Funerary Rites
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Taiwan
- Century
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.42
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, painted cinnabar red
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.44
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 9/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153J
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.10
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Eve with Apple
- Artist
- Andre Dimanche
- Physical Description
- A wood carving of a woman holding an apple over her head.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1970s
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.182
- Medium and Support
- wood carving
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 20/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153U
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.49
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The figure is kneeling musician on lotus seat, made of separately carved petals. Below the seat, there is a base, which consists of two lotus-shaped half-sphere, connected up-side-down. The head has two buns, elongated ears, simplified facial parts; the figure wears a pink robe with wide sleeves, holding a sort of instrument with hands.
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 670-700
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.14
- Medium and Support
- polychromed camphor wood on lacquered wood base
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Protective Amulet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Taiwan
- Physical Description
- Plaque in the form of a snarling lion's face holding a double-edged "severn star" (here only three of the seven stars are depicted as large dots connected by lines) sword in its mouth and ornamented with a red octagon containing the characters for "daqi" surrounded by eight trigrams on its forehead.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.44
- Medium and Support
- polychrome on wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.35
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 10/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153K
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Platform for Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden platform for ten-piece altar set. The platform is carved along the edges in floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt are larger in size and less stylized than those found on the set it spports. Located between upper and lower carved floral registers is a band decorated with a repeating geometrical rectangular pattern, covered also with gold gilt. The red wood surface of the long, short platform is coated in lacquer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.11
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 21/22
- 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
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153V
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.60
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- One of Ten-Piece Set of Altar Tables
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt and lacquered wooden table of ten-piece altar set. Not including the base, the set is designed in three rows, which simultaneously recede from the viewer and increase in height, culminating in one central table that rises above the rest allocated for a statue of the Buddha. Each table is carved along the edges in stylized floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt. The wood surfaces of the tables are coated in red lacquer, and with the exclusion of the short, wide base, each table in the set includes a mirror designed to face the viewer.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.466.1
- Medium and Support
- gilt and lacquered wood with mirrors
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.26
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000