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- Title
- Pestle, of Mortar and Pestle
- Artist
- African, Guinea, Marka
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.353.2
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Greece
- Physical Description
- This small carved boxwood cross is divided on each face into five compartments containing Christian religious scenes. The cross is set in a stand decorated with mother-of-pearl and green glass-paste stones.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1650-1800
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.177
- Medium and Support
- boxwood with pearls and glass-paste stones
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stool/Backrest
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.70
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Post
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Nupe
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.143
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Buddha, seated under a canopy of 3 leaves on a double lotus dais in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra, flanked by two stupas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Physical Description
- The Buddha in bhumisparsa mudra (the gesture of touching the earth with his right hand, palm inward), signaling his victory over Mara. He is shown under three leaves, indicating the bodhi tree under which he sat while meditating before reaching an awakening. He is shown flanked by two stupas, or reliquary monuments, symbolizing his attainment of nirvana.
- Century
- 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.396
- Medium and Support
- black schist
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Flywhisk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.26
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, copper, fiber and animal hair
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Heddle Pulley for a Loom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.33
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and patination
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Buddha, seated in bhumisparsa mudra, surrounded by five stupas (votive plaque)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Physical Description
- This clay votive plaque depicts the Buddha in the gesture of “calling the earth to witness." He is shown here surrounded by five stupas, or reliquary monuments.
- Century
- 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.176
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Twol
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.28
- Medium and Support
- carved redwood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Heddle Pulley
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.357
- Medium and Support
- painted, wood with metal and bone
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Pike Decoy
- Artist
- Oscar Peterson
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden decoy of a Pike fish; green along dorsal region with yellow underbelly, spots and flecks of yellow, white, and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1887 - 1951
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1928
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.216
- Medium and Support
- carved and painted wood and painted metal
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Box
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.24
- Medium and Support
- wood,, plant fibers and tkoola powder
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Heddle Pulley with Hornbill Motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.40
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and patination
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- The Good Thief on the Cross
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, School of Kalkar, Germany
- Physical Description
- A bearded man, wearing a loincloth and a long trailing headband, hangs from a cross by his arms, which have split open beneath the ropes that bind them. His left leg hangs downward and passes behind his right foot, which perches precariously on a forked branch. He strains to his left and gazes upward with his mouth open in a tortured movement augmented by the dramatic sweeps of drapery that frame his torso.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1520
- Accession Number
- 1976/1.233
- Medium and Support
- walnut with polychrome
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Tusk Carving with Stand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- An ivory tusk carving with images of people on it. Some of the people have their hands in a praying position.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.1
- Medium and Support
- Ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Scepter finial in the form of a man's head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kusu
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.356
- Medium and Support
- carved ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Architectural ceiling boss with two dragons, probably from the Church of St. Andrews at Cullompton
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Physical Description
- Two rampant dragons with open wings, wide flared tails and red-painted eyes stand facing one another with a large plant form held between them.
- Century
- 15th Century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1430
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.46
- Medium and Support
- wood with red polychrome
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Base for Growing Forms
- Artist
- David Smith
- Physical Description
- A column of wood carved by turning into a stack of fat discs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.213B
- Medium and Support
- wood base
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Leopard Box Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Benin
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1875
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.12
- Medium and Support
- wood and copper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Axe
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.195
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Architectural ceiling boss with four faces, probably from the Church of St. Andrew at Cullompton
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Physical Description
- This ceiling boss features four faces with traces of paint that are arranged in a radial pattern with the crowns of their heads converging on a single, central point. Two of the faces are female, identifiable by the wimples worn on their heads, while the other two, wearing small pointed caps and sporting beards, are male. The symmetrical regularity of the piece is counterbalanced by subtle asymmetries introduced by differences in detail and the sequence of facial types.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1430
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.47
- Medium and Support
- wood with polychrome
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Busts of Saints Jerome and Gregory
- Artist
- Atelier of Jörg Syrlin the Younger
- Physical Description
- This pair of finely carved bust-length figures depicts two men in ecclesiastical garb. On the right appears an older figure who wears elaborate vestments and a papal tiara with a book in his left hand. His deeply lined and wrinkled face conveys a patient wisdom and authority as he stares directly ahead. His more youthful companion, dressed in a simpler collared robe and brimless cap, glances introspectively aside. He grasps an unfurled scroll in his left hand and a diminutive lion stares out from its perch on his left shoulder.
- Century
- late 15th/early 16th-century
- Object Creation Date
- circa1500
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.59
- Medium and Support
- lindenwood with polychromy
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Baton in the form of a Hornbill Bird
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, South Gurunsi, Fara?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.76
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Loom Heddle Pulley
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.127
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, twine and metal
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Physical Description
- A standing, bearded figure of St. Christopher, broken off at the knees, holds the Christ child on his right shoulder while leaning upon a staff in his left hand. The child, whose head is encircled by a halo, wears a long cloak over his robe and rests his left hand upon an orb in his lap. The red and brown polychromy is a later addition.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.178
- Medium and Support
- alabaster with polychrome and gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Guru Dragpo Votive Plaque, in the shape of a lotus petal
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A bas-relief carving made of bone and in the shape of a lotus petal, depicting a wrathful guardian of the Tibetan Buddhist faith. At the base of the "petal" are the tops of mountains, with the waves of the sea visible between them; in the rounded part of the "petal," a border of flames encircles a dynamic image of the bodhisattva Vajrapani in his wrathful form. The background behind Vajrapani is incised with closely spaced wavy lines, again suggesting flames.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.49
- Medium and Support
- bone
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Hunter's Whistle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.47
- Medium and Support
- carved ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Loom Heddle Pulley
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.126
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Toggle in the form of a Walrus
- Artist
- Anonymous Eskimo
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.153
- Medium and Support
- ivory-bone
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Dorje Legpa Votive Plaque
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A bas-relief carving made of bone and in the shape of a lotus petal, depicting Pehar, a guardian of the Tibetan Buddhist faith, in wrathful form. At the base of the "petal" are the tops of mountains, with the waves of the sea visible between them; in the rounded part of the "petal," a border of flames encircles a dynamic image of Pehar, his garments flowing in the wind as he rides on a snow lion. The background behind Pehar is incised with closely spaced wavy lines, again suggesting flames.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.50
- Medium and Support
- bone
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Letter Opener
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1910
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.55
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Horse (miniature) on later base
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.175
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, blood, patination, gruel, millet, clay
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Toggle
- Artist
- Anonymous Eskimo
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1880
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.256
- Medium and Support
- ivory-bone
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Man at Seal Hole
- Artist
- Peter Tooki
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.78
- Medium and Support
- stone
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Stopper for a calabash, in the form of a human head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.40
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Mortar, of Mortar and Pestle
- Artist
- African, Guinea, Marka
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.353.1
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Ceremonial Chewing Stick
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Fante Peoples Ghana
- Physical Description
- Wood stick with dark smooth patina; shows six registers or symbols carved into it, from top to bottom: closed fist; rifle; wisdom knot; powder keg; femake figure with hands covering breasts and genitals; paddle.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1925
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.270
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Clyster
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.27
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000