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- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.412
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.401
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.425
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.376
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.391
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.415
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Untitled (South African Boy)
- Artist
- Edward West
- Physical Description
- A young boy standing next to a long wall with grafitti with his left hand raised.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1949
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.246
- Medium and Support
- color photograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- boys
- south african
- walls
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.375
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.405
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.428
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.370
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.395
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.418
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- New York in Transit II
- Artist
- Jacob Lawrence
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917 - 2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.128
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.48814
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- bust-length
- Title
- Katanga Cross Currency
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Luba People Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.277
- Medium and Support
- bronze, sand cast method
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- bronze (metal)
- crosses (objects)
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.223
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- ceramics
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Knife (of set of knife and scabbard)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.54A
- Medium and Support
- Iron, copper, leather, string, wood and brass tacks
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- knives (cutting tools)
- weapons
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.215
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- ceramics
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Wig
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Zulu peoples South Africa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.98
- Medium and Support
- woven wool and red dye
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- soft sculpture
- wool (hair)
- Title
- Food Paddle
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1986
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.6
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- utensils
- wood (plant material)
- Title
- Golddust Spoon
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.363
- Medium and Support
- hammered brass
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- brasswork
- spoons for serving food
- Title
- Goldweight
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Physical Description
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.390
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- animals
- brasswork
- weighing devices
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.217
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- ceramics
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Kuduo - Brass Container
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- A brass container with two separate parts, the container base and a lid cover on top. The container base is flat and round; while the cover has a smei-sphere shape with a narrow neck lid with knob on top.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.170
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african styles by region
- brasswork
- containers
- Title
- Royal Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.207
- Medium and Support
- Iron, wood, and copper
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- knives (cutting tools)
- royalty
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.220
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- ceramics
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Flute
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Mossi?
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.152
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- fluting
- wood (plant material)
- 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 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- birds
- wood (plant material)
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.222
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- ceramics
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.224
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- ceramics
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Drum
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.171
- Medium and Support
- wood, animal skin and plant fibers
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- bongos
- wood (plant material)
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.216
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- ceramics
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.153
- Medium and Support
- wood and iron
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- head
- staffs (walking sticks)
- Title
- Cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.37
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- cups
- wood (plant material)
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.219
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- ceramics
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.221
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- relevance
- rank 7.40671
- Primary Keywords
- african
- ceramics
- pottery (object genre)
- Title
- Untitled (I am an invisible man...), from Four Etchings
- Artist
- Glenn Ligon
- Physical Description
- Stencilled black letters on black background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1960
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1992
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.13.3
- Medium and Support
- softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on Fabriano Muril
- relevance
- rank 7.32703
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- appropriation
- literature (writings)
- text
- Title
- Untitled, Vicksburg, MS
- Artist
- Baldwin Lee
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1951
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 1992/1.137
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.32703
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- child
- father
- figures
- house
- Title
- Harlem
- Artist
- Leonard Freed
- Physical Description
- Boy with arm raised, bent at elbow, sweat on face.
- Object Creation Date
- 1963; printed circa 1990
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.140
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.32703
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- eye-level views
- offspring
- Title
- Wig Stuffed with Leaves
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Zulu peoples South Africa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.94
- Medium and Support
- woven cotton, paint and dry leaves
- relevance
- rank 7.32703
- Primary Keywords
- african
- cotton (textile)
- leaf (plant material)
- Title
- Dotty Wotty 1
- Artist
- Tyree Guyton
- Artist Life Dates
- born 8/24/1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1994
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.50
- Medium and Support
- sugarlift on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.32703
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- african american
- car
- figures
- house
- Title
- Untitled (I am an invisible man...), from Four Etchings
- Artist
- Glenn Ligon
- Physical Description
- Stencilled black letters on black background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1960
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1992
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.13.4
- Medium and Support
- softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on Fabriano Muril
- relevance
- rank 7.32703
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- appropriation
- literature (writings)
- text
- Title
- Untitled (I do not always feel colored...), from Four Etchings
- Artist
- Glenn Ligon
- Physical Description
- Stencilled black capital letters on white background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1960
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1992
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.13.2
- Medium and Support
- softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on white Rives BF
- relevance
- rank 7.24905
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- children
- figures
- literature (humanities)
- text
- Title
- Nut ring
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.147
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze, lost wax method
- relevance
- rank 7.24905
- Primary Keywords
- african regions
- bronze (metal)
- nut (plant material)
- Title
- Untitled (I feel most colored...), from Four Etchings
- Artist
- Glenn Ligon
- Physical Description
- Stencilled black capital letters on white background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1960
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1992
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.13.1
- Medium and Support
- softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on white Rives BF
- relevance
- rank 7.17271
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- appropriation
- literature (writings)
- stencils (images)
- text
- Title
- Model
- Artist
- James Van Der Zee
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1983
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.98
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.17271
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- entertainers
- figures
- lingerie
- necklace
- standing
- stools
- Title
- Fetish Idol
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Ekoi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/1.187
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, antelope skin and vegetable pigment
- relevance
- rank 7.17271
- Primary Keywords
- african
- cult images
- fetish figures
- figurines
- idols
- woodwork
- Title
- Nude in Water
- Artist
- Rutger ten Broken
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1944
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.45
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.09796
- Primary Keywords
- african american
- figures
- half-length
- lakes
- nudes
- portraits
- women
- Title
- Country Portrait -- Green
- Artist
- Lester Johnson
- Physical Description
- Bust-length portrait of figure in black on green background using thickly applied paint.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1919 - 2010
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.141
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 7.09796
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- african american
- bust-length
- figure (representation)
- figures
- portraits
- Title
- Commemorative Shrine Lamp
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Benin or Nigeria, Bariba Region
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.348
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 7.09796
- Primary Keywords
- bariba (african people)
- commemoratives
- lamps (lighting devices)
- shrines
- terracottas