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- Title
- Necklace with Pendant
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.144
- Medium and Support
- braided raffia, shells, red wood and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 8.98603
- Primary Keywords
- shells
- Title
- Illness Mask
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Ibibio
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.91
- Medium and Support
- wood, raffia and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- masks
- shells
- Title
- Dance cap
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.165
- Medium and Support
- burlap, cloth, leather, and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- cloth
- shells
- Title
- Dance Crest
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.93
- Medium and Support
- cloth, fiber and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- crests
- shells
- Title
- Necklace with pendant in form of a shell
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1975
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.81
- Medium and Support
- fiber and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- necklace
- shells
- Title
- Royal Cap
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.76
- Medium and Support
- cotton cloth, wood, cowrie shells, and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- royalty
- shells
- Title
- Headband
- Artist
- African, Ivory Coast, Guro
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.99
- Medium and Support
- leather, cowrie shells, cloth, wood
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- head
- shells
- Title
- Circumcision Knife with Sheath
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.118A&B
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with leather and hide sheath with dyed shell
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- knife
- shells
- Title
- Bottle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.37
- Medium and Support
- brass, leather and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- bottle
- shells
- Title
- Helmet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.188
- Medium and Support
- gourd, cowrie shells, cloth, hair, leather
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- helmet
- shells
- Title
- Shells (Coquillages)
- Artist
- Raoul Dufy
- Artist Life Dates
- (1877 - 1953)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1877-1949
- Accession Number
- 1949/2.47
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- horses
- shells
- Title
- Doll
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.104
- Medium and Support
- metal, glass beads and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 8.88502
- Primary Keywords
- shells
- toys
- Title
- Belt ornament in the shape of a shell
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.48
- Medium and Support
- glass beads, leather, woven natural fibers
- relevance
- rank 8.78625
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- belt
- shells
- Title
- Steady Gaze (Shell)
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1952
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.10
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.78625
- Primary Keywords
- eyes
- head
- shells
- Title
- Yeemy Ceremonial Belt
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.76
- Medium and Support
- raffia, cowrie shells and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 8.78625
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- belt
- shells
- Title
- Necklace
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.25
- Medium and Support
- glass beads, shells, cloth, natural fibers and pigment
- relevance
- rank 8.78625
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- necklaces
- shells
- Title
- Untitled, from "Sighs and Whispers, Bloomingdales"
- Artist
- Guy Bourdin
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928-1991
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1976
- Accession Number
- 1989/1.74.6
- Medium and Support
- Type-C print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.78625
- Primary Keywords
- groups
- shells
- standing
- Title
- Ile Ore (Shrine of the Head)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880-1940
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.92
- Medium and Support
- leather, carved wood, cloth, metal and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 8.78625
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- head
- shells
- Title
- Royal Mask (Ngaady a Mwaash)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.162
- Medium and Support
- wood, polychrome, glass beads, cowrie shells, cotton cloth and string
- relevance
- rank 8.78625
- Primary Keywords
- masks
- royalty
- shells
- Title
- Beaded Cache-Sexe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.26
- Medium and Support
- thread, multi-colored beads and cowrie shell fringe
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- cache-sexes
- shells
- Title
- Cache-Sexe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.64
- Medium and Support
- seeds, thread and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- cache-sexes
- shells
- Title
- Beaded Cache-Sexe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.21
- Medium and Support
- thread, multi-colored beads and cowrie shell fringe
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- cache-sexes
- shells
- Title
- Beaded Cache-Sexe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.23
- Medium and Support
- thread, multi-colored beads and cowrie shell fringe
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- cache-sexes
- shells
- Title
- Sea Shells
- Artist
- Edward Ferguson
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1914
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1988/2.10
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on wove paper
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- mollusks and crustaceans
- seas
- shells
- Title
- Beaded Cache-Sexe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.25
- Medium and Support
- thread, multi-colored beads and cowrie shell fringe
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- cache-sexes
- shells
- Title
- An Urn Decorated with a Mascaron, Rams' Heads Supporting a Garland between Shells, and Cloven Hoofs for Feet
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.52
- Medium and Support
- graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- head
- rams
- shells
- urns
- Title
- Beaded Cache-Sexe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.20
- Medium and Support
- thread, multi-colored beads and cowrie shell fringe
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- cache-sexes
- shells
- 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 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- pendant
- rams
- shells
- Title
- Illusion of the Sea
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.6
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- nudes
- reclining
- seas
- shells
- Title
- Beaded Cache-Sexe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.22
- Medium and Support
- thread, multi-colored beads and cowrie shell fringe
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- cache-sexes
- shells
- Title
- Beaded Cache-Sexe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Kirdi
- Century
- late 19th - early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890-1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.24
- Medium and Support
- thread, multi-colored beads and cowrie shell fringe
- relevance
- rank 8.68965
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- cache-sexes
- shells
- Title
- Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of seashell and fish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912-1949
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.68
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 8.59515
- Primary Keywords
- fish
- ivory
- shells
- snuff bottle
- Title
- An Urn Decorated with Two Seated Female Figures, Each Accompanied by a Putto, th
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.49
- Medium and Support
- graphite, pen and gray ink with ink wash
- relevance
- rank 8.59515
- Primary Keywords
- dolphins
- fish
- flowers
- putti
- shells
- Title
- Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.322
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, mulitcolored beads, cowrie shells and string
- relevance
- rank 8.59515
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- figures
- nudes
- shells
- standing
- Title
- Study of the Sea
- Artist
- Anthony Gross
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1905
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1935
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.71
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.59515
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- seas
- shells
- shores
- water
- 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 8.59515
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- belt
- hand
- pendant
- shells
- Title
- Study for 'Three Standing Forms in a Garden'
- Artist
- Graham Sutherland
- Artist Life Dates
- 1903 - 1980
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1951
- Accession Number
- 1952/2.21
- Medium and Support
- crayon and wash on white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 8.59515
- Primary Keywords
- democritus
- figures
- shells
- standing
- surrealism
- Title
- Headband
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.167
- Medium and Support
- cotton, natural dyes, shells, raffia, glass beads
- relevance
- rank 8.50269
- Primary Keywords
- kuba (democratic republic of congo)
- raffiawork
- shells
- Title
- Section of a Plasterwork Ceiling
- Artist
- Daniel Marot
- Artist Life Dates
- c.1663-1752
- Century
- late 17th-early 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1663-1752
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.59
- Medium and Support
- pen and bistre ink with gray wash
- relevance
- rank 8.50269
- Primary Keywords
- ceilings
- fish
- nudes
- putti
- shells
- winged
- Title
- Spoof-Tavern Club-Martinized Venus
- Artist
- Ivan Albright
- Artist Life Dates
- 1897-1983
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1897-1983
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.109
- Medium and Support
- oil on plywood, joined with hinges
- relevance
- rank 8.50269
- Primary Keywords
- book
- figures
- nudes
- reclining
- shells
- venus
- Title
- Untitled, Still Life
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- A black and white photograph of sea shells and a feather on a wooden table.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2010
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.143
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.23686
- Primary Keywords
- black and white
- feather
- shells (animal material)
- table (support furniture)
- Title
- The Sea Monster
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- Two figures are seen riding through the water in the foreground; the woman is nude save for an elaborate headdress, the man holds a tortoise shell as a shield and has an antler-like object on his head and has a serpent-like body which supports the woman. Behind is a minutely described landsape with walled town, castle, and along the opposite bank o the water, nude females swimming and a man running in alarm to the water's edge.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1471-1528
- Century
- Late 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1498
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.74
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.15190
- Primary Keywords
- castles
- engravings
- intaglio printing
- monsters
- rocks
- sailboats
- seascapes
- shells
- turtles
- Title
- Belt
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.168
- Medium and Support
- raffia cloth, thread, cowrie shells and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 8.06868
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- belt
- belts (costume accessories)
- kuba (democratic republic of congo)
- raffiawork
- shells
- Title
- Janus Bird (Oiseau Janus)
- Artist
- Max Ernst
- Physical Description
- Standing bronze figure with recto/verso. The silhouette of the body is rectangular in shape. The heads on both side are simply rendered with rounded eyes and a pursed -lip mouth on one, a button nose on the other; bodies are supported by short legs; sides loosely suggest representations of male and female anatomy with side-by-side scallop shells suggesting a breasted chest on one side, an upward facing frog/toad in the phallus area on the reverse side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1891-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.160
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 7.98714
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- bronze (metal)
- ducks
- figures (representations)
- frogs
- sculpture
- shells
- surrealism
- surrealist
- turtles
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lula
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.138
- Medium and Support
- wood, cotton yarns, cowrie shells, paint
- relevance
- rank 7.65992
- Primary Keywords
- cowrie shell
- masks
- masks (costume)
- shells
- wood (plant material)
- Title
- Apron
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.189
- Medium and Support
- cloth, beads and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 7.64785
- Primary Keywords
- aprons
- aprons (main garments)
- beads
- cameroon (nation)
- cowrie shell
- shells