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- Title
- Untitled, from Suspended Sphere Series
- Artist
- Todd Hoyer
- Physical Description
- A sphere, wrapped in rusted wire, is sandwiched between two hefty, rough hewn, chunks of wood.
- freestanding multimedia wood sculpture, with rectangular wood base and top sandwiching a small wire-covered sphere at center
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1952
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.146
- Medium and Support
- eucalyptus, wire
- relevance
- rank 24.57779
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- carvings
- sculpture
- spheres (geometric figures)
- wood (plant material)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodworking
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- Title
- Figure
- Artist
- Henry Moore
- Physical Description
- A small carved wood sculpture depicting a seated figure with legs crossed.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Castleford, England, 7/30/1898 - 8/31/1986, Hertforshire, England)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1932
- Accession Number
- 1953/1.27
- Medium and Support
- lignum vitae with wood base
- relevance
- rank 22.68972
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- carvings
- figures
- sitting
- wood (plant material)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- The Awakening of the Snake Bird
- Artist
- Alain Mailland
- Physical Description
- organic form consisting of thin concentric tendrils of wood
- Artist Life Dates
- born, Ivory Coast, Africa, 1959
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.160
- Medium and Support
- heather root
- relevance
- rank 22.00117
- Primary Keywords
- organic material
- wood (plant material)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Spirit Dancer
- Artist
- Mark Bressler
- Physical Description
- hollowed burl with natural bark edges
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1951
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2001
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.79
- Medium and Support
- madrone burl
- relevance
- rank 20.61739
- Primary Keywords
- wood (plant material)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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- Title
- Double Totemic Sculpture
- Artist
- Mark Lindquist
- Physical Description
- rough-hewn hollowed wood sculpture in natural state with spalt, marks, holes, etc.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1949
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1994-1995
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.156A
- Medium and Support
- oak burl
- relevance
- rank 20.61739
- Primary Keywords
- wood (plant material)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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- Title
- Netsuke of demon hiding under a straw hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.24
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 20.02254
- Primary Keywords
- demon
- miniature (size attribute)
- netsuke
- sculpture
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Robert Lobe
- Physical Description
- Pen drawing on paper printed with a blue rectangle frame; signed on verso.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1945 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.244
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 19.99098
- Primary Keywords
- drawing (image-making)
- installations (sculpture)
- pens
- sketches
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Stone Eater
- Artist
- Alain Mailland
- Physical Description
- Turned-wood sculpture composed of a cluster of small jar-like vessels with stones embedded througout
- small hollow vessels with stones, joined into one whole
- Artist Life Dates
- born, Ivory Coast, Africa, 1959
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.80
- Medium and Support
- elm burl, Italian stones
- relevance
- rank 18.69124
- Primary Keywords
- vessels
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Basket dish
- Artist
- O. Rantt
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.178
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 18.69124
- Primary Keywords
- vessels
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Berry Bomb
- Artist
- Mark Bressler
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1951
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1999
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.123A
- Medium and Support
- redwood burl, fractured-lacquer finish, aluminum twisted fuse
- relevance
- rank 18.69124
- Primary Keywords
- vessels
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Rip Tide
- Artist
- Derek Bencomo
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1962 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1999
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.122
- Medium and Support
- turned and carved Hawaiian monkey pod wood
- relevance
- rank 18.48798
- Primary Keywords
- bowls (vessels)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Coquille
- Artist
- Mark Bressler
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1951
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1999
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.124
- Medium and Support
- Pacific madrone burl, finished with wax
- relevance
- rank 18.48798
- Primary Keywords
- bowls (vessels)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Physical Description
- A lighter wood with a semi-matte finish. A woman figurine on the top, hands on her thighs and a bun on top of her head.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.79
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 18.48798
- Primary Keywords
- rituals (events)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Zulu Peoples, South Africa
- Physical Description
- Dark wood, swirled design on the top, decorated with three heads, one on top and the other two lower.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.80
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 18.48798
- Primary Keywords
- rituals (events)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Funerary Post
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mahafaly, Madagascar
- Physical Description
- A wooden post of stacked geometric forms and a small seated figure on top, seated at a table.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.72
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 18.48798
- Primary Keywords
- funerals
- representation
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Bwami Society Maskette
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Lega Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Concave, ovoid maskette with kaolin covering surface of surface of face. Minimal rendering of facial features: raised, tapered wood strip for nose; narrow, oviod, horizontal eyes; open, ovoid mouth with some striation around interior edge.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1975
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.151
- Medium and Support
- wood, kaolin
- relevance
- rank 18.28909
- Primary Keywords
- initiations
- maskettes
- prestige
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Polychrome Face Mask (Bedu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nafana Peoples, Ivory Coast, Ghana
- Physical Description
- An extremely large sundial circle top, separated into triangular sections with eyes and a mouth carved out. The colors are in blue, red, white and black. There is a narrow center to represent two black arms and a chin. The triangluar colored pattern is continued onto the bottom with a geometric pattern.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.73
- Medium and Support
- wood, fiber, metal
- relevance
- rank 18.28909
- Primary Keywords
- masks (costume)
- representation
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- 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 18.28909
- Primary Keywords
- carving
- initiation
- symbols
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola
- Physical Description
- Two squatting figures decorate the finials; one is elderly, bearded, and scarified, while the other is fresh-faced and young. At the lower left rung, two men carry a slit drum; between the caryatid figures supporting the chair’s front legs appear three men; the central splat has incised diagonal patterns called fuliko. At the center, what is possibly a pointy-nosed European’s face replaces the more habitual chikungu masker.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1925
- Accession Number
- 1992/1.136
- Medium and Support
- wood (dyed with vegetal infusion or stained with castor oil), animal hide
- relevance
- rank 18.09444
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- carving
- ceremonial chairs
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Prestige Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples, Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- A highly decorated wooden chair with a single arched backing rod for support. There are large bulb-like posts on top with graphic decorations throughout. There are large metal domed hardware on the seat and upper posts.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.75
- Medium and Support
- wood and metal
- relevance
- rank 18.09444
- Primary Keywords
- furniture by form or function
- representation
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Grandfather Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Dan Peoples, African, Liberia
- Physical Description
- A small wooden chair with four rounded posts and an arched wooden bar on the back. There are carved triangle designs on the seat and finishing nails appear to be decorative.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.76
- Medium and Support
- wood and metal
- relevance
- rank 18.09444
- Primary Keywords
- furniture by form or function
- representation
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Shrine Figure (edjo)
- Artist
- Akpojivi of Orhokpokpo, Urhobo Peoples, Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Life-sized seated female figure holding a child. Face has rounded, high forehead, ovoid eyes, flat, rectangular nose and protruding, open ovoid mouth. Pigmented, bilateral scarification patterns of forehead, temples and jowls, at back of neck. Scarification also on upper arms and breast. Pigmented coiffure is elaborate with triangular and dome-like shapes. Necklace and hoop-like ring carved in relief onto neck and shoulders; figure has protruding navel, wears anklets and armlet at elbow, and holds a baby suckling at left breast.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1950
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.72
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment
- relevance
- rank 18.09444
- Primary Keywords
- figures (representations)
- shrines
- spirits
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Schonen Madonna
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Czech Republic, Prague
- Physical Description
- Bust of Madonna with head facing down and to the side. The main sculpture is of wood with a layers of paint on the face and veil.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1400
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.227
- Medium and Support
- polychromed wood
- relevance
- rank 18.09444
- Primary Keywords
- busts
- mary
- religious (people)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Reclining Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Physical Description
- A long reclining board with three posts on the bottom. The angle is at approximately 45 degrees. All of the edges are rounded.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.77
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 18.09444
- Primary Keywords
- furniture by form or function
- representation
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Netsuke of hannya (female ghost or demon) mask
- Artist
- Japan, Signature undeciphered, possibly Deme Josei (kakihan)
- Artist Life Dates
- 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.26
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 18.09444
- Primary Keywords
- demon
- masks (costume)
- netsuke
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Mask (Kasangu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Face mask made of wood, covered in white kaolin; face has round, bulging forehead, deep set narrow eyes, small round ears, fiber beard, open rectangular mouth and pointed teeth; basketry weave that held mask on the dancer’s head is visible at back and sides; raffia attachment on top of head frayed and missing.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1960
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.44
- Medium and Support
- wood, raffia, kaolin and fiber
- relevance
- rank 17.90388
- Primary Keywords
- face mask
- masquerade
- prestige
- raffiawork
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Chief’s Caryatid Stool (citwamo ka kaponya)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola
- Physical Description
- This hour-glass shaped stool is supported by two caryatid figures who sit in a pose of lamentation—crouched with head in hands. Scarified patterned abstracted tears spill from their lower eyelids. Brass studs adorn the perimeter of the stool’s seat, base, and figures. Both figures wear strings of black, red and white beads around their necks.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.204
- Medium and Support
- wood, glass beads, and brass tacks
- relevance
- rank 17.90388
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- brasswork
- carving
- figures (representations)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Male Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Male figured seated on high-backed stool with hands resting on abdomen; symmetrical scarification patterns on cheeks and temples, also down center of forehead and at base of the nose. Coiffure is high crested and segmented. Figure wears sandals and necklace or amulet around neck. Figure has sheen to patina, pigmented deep brown in contrast to stool. Figure has bore hole in back between buttocks.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1960
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.32
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment
- relevance
- rank 17.71730
- Primary Keywords
- blolo bian
- figure (representation)
- mediation
- spirit
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Ram Rod Puppet Head (Bakòrò, Sogokun)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamana Peoples, Mali
- Physical Description
- A naturalistic rendering of a ram, with striations incised into the top of the head and down the first third of the horns which sweep forward in a natural curve toward the nose. Eyes inlaid with green glass, and muzzle is overlaid with strip of metal. Jaw articulates, tied with cord. Cloth ears are attached and dangle on either side of head. Wood is unpainted.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.22
- Medium and Support
- wood, sheet metal, glass and cloth
- relevance
- rank 17.71730
- Primary Keywords
- head
- metal
- ram
- rod puppet
- theatre
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Hyena Puppet Head (Nama, Sogu kun)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamana Peoples, Mali
- Physical Description
- Stylized wood carving of hyena head; two pieces of wood joined to form articulating jaw. edged with prominent teeth. short upright ears, long triangular nose or snout; eyes, teeth, nose and crown of head overlaid with sheet metal. Wood is unpainted.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.23
- Medium and Support
- wood, sheet metal
- relevance
- rank 17.71730
- Primary Keywords
- head
- hyena
- metal
- rod puppet
- theatre
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Mask (Zamble)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Guro Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Face mask with stylized face and horns of an antelope and open jaws of a leopard. Forehead has three sets of scarifcation marks in relief; hairline is incised with pigmented linear and geometric patterns; striped horns curve naturally from top of head; eyes are set in ovoid grounds of white kaolin; top of snout shows incised V-shaped marks; mask is predominantly brown with traces of green, red and yellow pigment; chew stick in back shows some wear.
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950-1999
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.348
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment
- relevance
- rank 17.71730
- Primary Keywords
- composite creature
- face masks
- masquerades
- spirits
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- 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 17.35556
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- folk art
- gods
- mythology (literary genre)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodwork
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- 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 17.35556
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- folk art
- gods
- mythology (literary genre)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodwork
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- 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 17.18018
- Primary Keywords
- bosses
- carvings
- cullompton (inhabited place)
- faces
- vaults (structural elements)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- 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 17.18018
- Primary Keywords
- bosses
- carvings
- cullompton (inhabited place)
- dragons
- vaults (structural elements)
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Sandcastle
- Artist
- Anne Truitt
- Physical Description
- A long, low rectangular with a painted band of green extends around the rectangle at floor level. The upper half is painted off-white. About three fourths of the length is uniform. The other quarter, at the viewer's right, has several features: two depressed areas, and two raised areas, which are painted in a brighter white.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1921-2004
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.57
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on wood
- relevance
- rank 16.83983
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- acrylic painting (visual work)
- childhood
- minimal
- play (recreation)
- sand
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Stones from the River, table base
- 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
- born 1958
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153A
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl and Nigerian black ebony on wood table
- relevance
- rank 16.39795
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- river beds
- spirituality
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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- 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 16.39795
- Primary Keywords
- bowls (vessels)
- plates (dishes)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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- Title
- Secret Society Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ivory Coast, Kran
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.272
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment and natural fiber
- relevance
- rank 16.39506
- Primary Keywords
- krahn
- masks
- masks (costume)
- wood (sculpture by material)