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Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:32:24
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), from "Woodland Portraits"; Jeannette Klute
- Title
- Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea), from "Woodland Portraits"
- Artist
- Jeannette Klute
- Physical Description
- A trio of purple flowers on top of tall stems. There are brown leaves below and a moss covered rock behind.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-2009
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.285
- Medium and Support
- vintage dye transfer print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:32:20
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- nonwoody plants
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
Untitled; Mel DiGiacomo
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Mel DiGiacomo
- Physical Description
- A bride with her veil over her face standing in the front, with a man standing behind her on the right.
- Object Creation Date
- late 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.191
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:32:08
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- events
- glass
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- glass by technique
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people and culture
- rites of passage
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.377
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:32:00
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora), from "Woodland Portraits"; Jeannette Klute
- Title
- Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora), from "Woodland Portraits"
- Artist
- Jeannette Klute
- Physical Description
- A small cluster of white plants growing out a floor covering of brown leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-2009
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.287
- Medium and Support
- vintage dye transfer print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:31:46
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- plant material
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
Milking Time, Livingston County, Michigan; D. James Galbraith
- Title
- Milking Time, Livingston County, Michigan
- Artist
- D. James Galbraith
- Physical Description
- A back view of a man walking holding two metal buckets. There is a dark colored dog walking next to him.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1930 - 2002)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1980
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.238
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:31:35
- Secondary Keywords
- agricultural buildings
- agricultural complexes
- agricultural structures
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- complexes
- complexes by function
- descriptors
- excretions and secretions
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.413
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:31:18
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.437
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:31:08
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:31:06
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.441
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:31:04
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
The Bather; Mary Peachiff
- Title
- The Bather
- Artist
- Mary Peachiff
- Physical Description
- Back of a girl in a bathing suit standing in the ocean. There are other people playing in the water farther out.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.157
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:30:58
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.436
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:30:56
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
Woman in a Coat and Rimless Glasses; Mike Disfarmer
- Title
- Woman in a Coat and Rimless Glasses
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- A woman with her hair down, wearing a coat with wide lapels. She has on glasses and is wearing a pin on her coat.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884-1959
- Object Creation Date
- 1943
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.282
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:30:43
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.429
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:30:41
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.426
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:30:27
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Bedford, Bedfordshire; Joseph Mallord William Turner
- Title
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner
- Physical Description
- Men on boats in a body of water with a bridge and city behind it.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1775-1851
- Object Creation Date
- 1829-1830
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.373
- Medium and Support
- watercolor with touches of bodycolor and scratching out and stopping out on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:30:13
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
Hassidic Men Walking Amongst Sand Piles, Israel; Leonard Freed
- Title
- Hassidic Men Walking Amongst Sand Piles, Israel
- Artist
- Leonard Freed
- Physical Description
- A man in hassidic clothing standing in the middle of a sand pile. There is another man farther back in the distance.
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.330
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:30:09
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by composition
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- religions and religious concepts
- soil
- soil by composition or origin
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.381
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:29:55
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:29:52
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:29:35
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Mountain Landscape; Okada Kyuka
- Title
- Mountain Landscape
- Artist
- Okada Kyuka
- Physical Description
- Yellow, orange and gold colored cloth with a mountain landscape and two people near the bottom.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.259
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and ink on paper, silk and paper backing
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:29:15
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- settlements and landscapes
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.455
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:29:04
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
Saqqara I, Dynasty III; Lynn Davis
- Title
- Saqqara I, Dynasty III
- Artist
- Lynn Davis
- Physical Description
- Pyramid in the background with sand in the front.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1944
- Object Creation Date
- 1989; printed 1999
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.316
- Medium and Support
- selenium toned gelatin silver print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:28:58
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- funerary structures
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- soil
- soil by composition or origin
- tombs
- tombs by form
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.454
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:28:56
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.443
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:28:46
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
Untitled; Artist Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Two girls and one boy sitting on a tan sofaa with food in front of them. There are two lamps behind them and one girl is hugging the boy.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.132
- Medium and Support
- color photograph on Kodak Pro paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:28:34
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Détails de la frise de la retraite des Apôtres, Valée de Hinnom, Jérusalem; Auguste Salzmann
- Title
- Détails de la frise de la retraite des Apôtres, Valée de Hinnom, Jérusalem
- Artist
- Auguste Salzmann
- Physical Description
- A large stone carving occupies the center of the image. Above is rough-cut stone, indicating that the carving is part of a larger stone setting; below is a recess and darkness, indicating that the carving acts as a kind of decorative lintel above a cave entrance. The carving itself consists of eight square zones (or metopes) and within each is a decorative pattern of radial symetry (circles) or vegetative imagery.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1824-1872
- Object Creation Date
- 1854-1856
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.104
- Medium and Support
- Blanquart-Evrard process salted paper print from a paper negative on cream colored plate paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:28:08
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- intaglio printing processes
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- plants
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- rock
- rock by form
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
Woman in a Sweater and Hat, Diamond Border; Mike Disfarmer
- Title
- Woman in a Sweater and Hat, Diamond Border
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- A woman posing for a portrait. Her hands are together in her lap and she is wearing a full sleeve shirt and a dark hat.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884-1959
- Object Creation Date
- 1935
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.279
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:28:00
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- headgear
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
Landscape; Okada Beisanjin
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Okada Beisanjin
- Physical Description
- Gold cloth background with image of a mountain landscape and two figures in a boat on a body of water.
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.247
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper, silk and paper backing
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:27:53
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.430
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:27:51
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.389
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:27:47
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.404
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:27:44
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.424
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:27:37
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
Bamboo in Snow; Obaku Seikon (Taiho)
- Title
- Bamboo in Snow
- Artist
- Obaku Seikon (Taiho)
- Physical Description
- Gold and tan colored cloth with a scene of two bamboo shoots.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1691-1774
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1760-1774
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.252
- Medium and Support
- ink on silk, silk and paper backing
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:27:31
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- grass (plant material)
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plant material
- plants
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
Thomas Wolfe House, Asheville, N.C.; Roy Arenella
- Title
- Thomas Wolfe House, Asheville, N.C.
- Artist
- Roy Arenella
- Physical Description
- Two images of the same house in 1963 and 1988 on a postcard, addressed to Dave Rosen.
- Object Creation Date
- 1963-1988; printed 2000
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.184
- Medium and Support
- postcard on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:27:26
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- correspondence artifacts
- descriptors
- dwellings
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- object genres
- objects we use
- residential structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.445
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:26:58
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
Promessa Monte Santo Bahia, Brazil; David Vestal
- Title
- Promessa Monte Santo Bahia, Brazil
- Artist
- David Vestal
- Physical Description
- Sculpture head among logs and pieces of wood.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1924
- Object Creation Date
- October 27, 1997; printed 1998
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.126
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:26:47
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- masks (costume)
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
Untitled; M. Johnston
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- M. Johnston
- Physical Description
- A man tossing a child in the air. They are on a grassy field with water in the background with a dock and other people.
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.151
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:26:39
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
Mountain Landscape with Pagoda at Water's Edge; Okada Beisanjin
- Title
- Mountain Landscape with Pagoda at Water's Edge
- Artist
- Okada Beisanjin
- Physical Description
- Mountain landscape with trees and houses. A hermit-like figure is sitting in the pavilion by the water.
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.260
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper, silk and paper backing, ivory scroll ends
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:26:36
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- dwellings
- garden structures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- plant components
- residential structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by location or context
- single built works by specific type
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.369
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:26:28
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.439
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:26:23
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.368
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:26:09
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Christine Watson on a Sunny Day in May; Frank Watson
- Title
- Christine Watson on a Sunny Day in May
- Artist
- Frank Watson
- Physical Description
- Side view of a girl in a field holding a thin stick in her hand. She is wearing a denim jacket.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.187
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:26:04
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- plant material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
The Orchard, Grantchester; Artist Unknown
- Title
- The Orchard, Grantchester
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Trees in a field with tables and chairs below.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.159
- Medium and Support
- toned black and white photograph on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:25:53
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- ornament areas
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- support furniture
- tables (support furniture)
- tables by function
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
Sabotage; Marian Spore Bush
- Title
- Sabotage
- Artist
- Marian Spore Bush
- Physical Description
- Black, tan and white, industrial buldings with steam coming out of the smoke stacks. The steam is in the formation of a snake moving through the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1878-1946
- Object Creation Date
- late 1930s
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.198
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:25:41
- Secondary Keywords
- aegean
- aegean periods
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- early western world
- greek
- mediterranean
- object genres
- people and culture
- reptiles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:25:31
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Largo Do Pelourinho Salvador-Bahia, Brazil; David Vestal
- Title
- Largo Do Pelourinho Salvador-Bahia, Brazil
- Artist
- David Vestal
- Physical Description
- City street, buildings on either side, bicycle in center.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1924
- Object Creation Date
- October 16, 1997
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.173
- Medium and Support
- black and white photograph on paper
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:25:20
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- descriptors
- object genres
- objects we use
- people and culture
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by medium or technique
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.434
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:25:13
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.435
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:25:11
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- object genres
- object genres by material
Goldweight; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- 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
- 1997/1.398
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Date Added/Updated
- 2015-02-20 15:25:04
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- goldweights
- measuring devices
- measuring devices for forces
- metalwork
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region