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- Title
- Seated Camel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Ceramic sculpted camel, seated on bent legs, with saddle. Painted with warm tones, especially reddish browns.
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.39
- Medium and Support
- ceramic sculpture with paint
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Ganesha, seated on a double lotus throne
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
- Physical Description
- Ganesha is shown here seated on a double lotus throne, in a royal posture with the soles of his feet together. He has four arms, and holds two of his attributes in the rear pair: an ax and a rosary. His trunk curls down across his rotund belly to reach for a bowl of sweets that rests in his left forward arm. The cobra slung across his shoulder, now hard to make out because of the centuries of wear of the stone, indicates Ganesha's lineage as the son of the Shiva, in his aspect as the great ascetic. Almost 27 inches high, this sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesha is carved of andesite, a volcanic stone common to the island of Java in Indonesia. Andesite is a soft stone and erodes easily, which is why the carving is no longer crisp.
- Century
- 11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/2.56
- Medium and Support
- andesite (volcanic stone)
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Maternity Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire),Yombe?
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.257
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, mounted on base
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Indian terracotta figure of a creature in abstract form. There are two holes on the top left and top right of the figure.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.126
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.122
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Standing Hanuman, Upright figure of monkey God with hands in anjali position
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Century
- 16th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century - 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.51
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Kneeling Female Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.276
- Medium and Support
- carved and painted wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Scepter Finial
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Bembe?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.166
- Medium and Support
- carved ivory
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Seated Male Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yombe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Small, carved male figure, seated atop a block, with legs crossed. The naturalism with which the expressive face is carved, the high crested coiffure (or chiefly cap?) and the progressive foreshortening of the body show the importance given to the head in Yombe aesthetics. The figure's eyes are mirrored glass, and the upper body, face and head are studded with brass tacks. A slight vertical crack can be seen at the figure's sternum.
- The Yombe figure was identified for UMMA by Allen Roberts and Mary (Polly) Nooter Roberts. There was a discrepency regarding the dating of the piece: the export paperwork said "circa 1830", but the dealer's catalogue said early 19th c. When asked to help resolve the dating, Polly Nooter Roberts replied: "As for the Yombe figure, I can tell you with certainty that it is NOT early 20th century, and is definitely from the 19th century, if not earlier. I cannot confirm the 1830 date, but I would be more inclined to believe that than the early 20th century. So, I think you can confidently say 19th century, and perhaps you can go ahead and use the paperwork that says 1830 since that was supplied with it." See e-mail to Carole McNamara, 1/12/00.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1875
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.94
- Medium and Support
- wood, brass tacks, glass
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.59.3
- Medium and Support
- cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Circumcision Figure?
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Liberia, Bassa?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.144
- Medium and Support
- carved and painted wood, metal teeth and raffia
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- An Indian terracotta figure with big eyes and distinguishable facial features. The figure has a big tummy and the left arm of the figure is borken and gone.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.152
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Standing Buddha (or possibly Maitreya) in abhaya mudra, with flask in left hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.91
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Village deity
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.68
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Subrahmanya (also known as Karttikeya, Kumara, etc.)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- Subrahmanya stands on a tiered base which starts square and sloped, then is square and straight up and then round sloped with an incised decoration, then flanged out as a base for the figure to stand. He stands in an unbending pose and has four hands. Reading in a clockwise direction form the right front hand they are: in a reassuring gesture [abhyaya mudra], holding a vajra [a symbol of lightening], holding a symbol of a spear [actually what can be read as the head of the spear], and in a gesture of giving [varada mudra]. He wears a lung from his waist decorated with incised pattern and a lot of jewelry including belts with pendants, necklaces a decorated beaded sacred thread, large earring and an elaborate crown.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.114
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Ancestor figure (female in Manda style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden figure of a human. The torso, neck and head make an elongated cylinder along the certical axis. The hands rest at its sides near the umbilicus. The hair, face, hands, genitals, and feet are detailed.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.157.1
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Unidentified bodhisattva, seated, with six arms
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.126
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Dance Movement A
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture of a dancer. Posed in a high kick.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1917
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- modeled 1911; cast 1956
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.71
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.92
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, iron, and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Standing figure of Shiva
- Artist
- India, Central India
- Physical Description
- Shiva stands in an unbending pose and the sculpture is broken just below the knees. He is two-armed and his right hand is raised with his palm outward. His left arm is broken away. He wears a short lower garment with incised lines delineating folds and he is ithyphallic, his upraised penis extending up from behind his belt. He wears simple jewelry, a belt, armlets, a bracelet on the one wrist still extant and a simple beaded necklace. There is an auspicious diamond pattern in the middle of his chest. He has a fleshy face with a full mouth and large eyes, a third eye is incised on his forehead. His hair is done in an elaborate coiffure piled high.
- Century
- 10th-11th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century - 11th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.181
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Candlestick holder in the shape of a person
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 1st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century - 2nd century
- Accession Number
- 1992/2.3
- Medium and Support
- earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- He's Got You and Me Brother
- Artist
- Ronald E. Cooper
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1931
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1992
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.213
- Medium and Support
- carved and painted wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Netsuke of mouse and chestnut on leaves
- Artist
- Ippo
- Artist Life Dates
- 1665-1737
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.20
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Male Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, French Congo, Teke
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.263
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Indian terracotta figure in abstract form with a round shape top and an irregular shape bottom.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.127
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- 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
- 1986/2.123
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, blue coral and Venetian beads
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Shiva, in his form as ekamukhalinga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Physical Description
- Possibly used to cover a linga, a phallic representation of the god Shiva or representing a linga decorated with a face of Shiva, we find a stylized face on a tall, thick cylindrical neck. He is depicted with large, wide open eyes consisting of a double line above and below with a heavy eyebrows above them. A third eye is between them in a vertical direction. He has thick lips and wears a luxurious moustache. A decorated band fits tightly under his chin and may represent a decorated beard of necklaces. At the bottom of the band is a stylized linga on a base, looking like a cross on a line. His ears sport snake earrings and his hair is worn combed back from the forehead in wide matted bands.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.46
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Female Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.147
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Panch Mukha Shiva Riding a Horse (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.88
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Kabeja Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Hemba
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.226
- Medium and Support
- wood
- 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
- 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 0.00000
- Title
- Sculpture for Jo or Gwa Society
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Bamana
- Century
- Probably 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.16
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- A piece of Indian terracotta fragment which shows a upper top of the body of a female figure, who is holding a scepter in her right hand. The female figure has a huge hair ornament on her head.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.156
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Buddha, standing on a table-like pedestal, with a flame mandorla
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 4th century
- Object Creation Date
- 4th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.92
- Medium and Support
- cast and incised bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Dancing Krishna holding butter-balls
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Physical Description
- small bronze figurine made by lost wax process. The child Krishna dances on one leg with his right one raised. He hold balls of butter in his hands, one outstretched to this side and the right one extended forward as if offering it to the viewer. He stands on a round lotus base placed on a square slab. He is naked, but is decorated with a vast assortment of jewelry. Necklaces that cross his chest and drop to his waist, decorated belts, shoulder pieces, rings, bracelets and earrings and elaborate decorations on his head fanning out from his ears and decorating his hair which is arranged in a flat chignon on the top of his head.
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.42
- Medium and Support
- copper alloy with gilt
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Ancestor figure (female in Manda style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden figure of a human. The torso, neck and head make an elongated cylinder along the certical axis. The hands rest at its sides near the umbilicus. The hair, face, hands, genitals, and feet are detailed.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.157.2
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Deity with tripart crown (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.65
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Dance Movement B
- Artist
- Auguste Rodin
- Physical Description
- A bronze sculpture of a dancer. The dancer is shown standing on one foot while stretching the other foot to the back of her head.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- modeled 1911; cast 1956
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.72
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Twin Figures (Ibeji)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.113
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Ambika
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- Ambika sits above her stylized lion mount with a long body and with its tail curled to add support to the seated figure above. She sits with one leg pendant. She has four arms, the back two hold stylized mango clusters and her front right hand holds a large mango. Her left-hand cups a child seated on her left knee. Another child stands on the base to her right. The backing takes on a throne-like form, but she appears to float in front of it, the square-ish base is pierced and the arch of the back is surmounted by an auspicious pot form with leaves creating a volute shape to either side. The sculpture is solid brass, but the eyes and an ornament in her headdress are inlayed with silver.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.114
- Medium and Support
- brass with silver inlay
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) as a goddess
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1850-1900
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.78
- Medium and Support
- Blanc de Chine glaze on poreclain
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Standing Female Ancestor Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.359
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Seated figure with tripartite crown
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.134
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Standing Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan (Fante)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.149
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Indian terracotta of a figure, most likely to be a fish, with two holes on the front right on the figure as eyes, and two small holes in the front center of the figure as nose. There is another a big hole in the center of the left end of the figure.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.128
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.124
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, and blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Padmavati with Parshva
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
- Physical Description
- Padmavati sits on a raised tiered square base. She sits on a narrow rounded seat with one leg crossed in her lap and the other slightly pendant. She has four arms and the right back one is broken. On the palm of her front right hand which is in the gesture of reassurance. She holds a mango in her front left hand and the base of some vegetative form in the back left hand. Her tight fitting lower garment is decorated with incised lines in stripes and incised lines delineate her necklace and encircle her breasts. She wears large plain earrings [?] and a conical crown. Her head is surmounted by a seven headed snake hood, symbolizing her snake nature and seated atop the hood is a figure of the jina Pashva in a half lotus position and his hands folded in a gesture of meditation. He is turn is toped by a five headed snake hood signifying Padmavati’s consort the nagaraja Dharanendra.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1709
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.47
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Standing anthropomorphic figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.82
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Plate Inscribed with Flying Figure of Hanuman Holding a Flag, Mace and Spear
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Physical Description
- Hanuman is depicted with a human body and a monkey head. The image is incised on the plate and his body is entirely textured with characters in the devanagari script. Often merely the letter ‘r’ designating the god Rama with whom he is associated. He is in a striding posture and there are a number of sections of text scattered around the image. At his feet is a human figure walking in the opposite direction. He holds a double flag consisting of two triangular shapes facing him in his left hand along with a thin club. One appears to emanating from his mouth? His right hand is lifted with an arrow above it and his tail curves behind him. There is also a small altar depicting the two feet of Rama in the area between his outstretched leg and the end of a scarf wrapped around his body.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.89
- Medium and Support
- copper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000