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- Title
- Goldweight in a geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight with a base in the shape of a pentagon, bearing two undecorated bars.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.440
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight in a geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Semi-circular goldweight with horizontally incised rays.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.478
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- earth sciences concepts
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- Title
- Goldweight in geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a a solid, undecorated triangle with a differently-colored, filled-up hole in the middle and flat circles protruding from the three corners.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.493
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight in geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a solid, undecorated square with a zigzag pattern along its edges and small, flat squares at the four corners.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.496
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight in shape of swastika
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a solid, undecorated swastika form.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.384
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope, tied together in the middle.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.133
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- cord (fiber product)
- descriptors
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- objects
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope, tied together in the middle.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.459
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- cord (fiber product)
- descriptors
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiled rope, tied together at the middle.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.502
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- cord (fiber product)
- descriptors
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of coiled rope
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a twisted rope.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.452
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- cord (fiber product)
- descriptors
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- Title
- Goldweight in triangular shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a triangle, bearing undecorated lines along the edges of its shape and across the middle, with a small protrusion in the middle of the triangle's base.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.490
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with a geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight with geometric pattern consisting of a double "star" form.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.372
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with a geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with a geometric pattern on top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.394
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with a geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base with a geometric pattern consisting of 3 half circles and 1 spiral in the center and rows of edged teeth on two sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.411
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with a geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base bearing three undecorated bars.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.422
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with a geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base bearing a geometric pattern of four shorter bars, attached to a longer bar on top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.427
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Rectangular goldweight with geometric pattern consisting of lines and "edged teeth".
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.144
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with a geometric pattern derived from a swastika form.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.402
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square with a geometric pattern with a spiral form in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.477
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square, with a geometric pattern, consisting of variously sized triangles in the center and edged teeth along two edges.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.479
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight with a square base bearing a geometric pattern of a solid, undecorated "X" form encased in a solid, undecorated square with two small protrusions in the middle of two of its sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.480
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with a geometric pattern with an "N" or "Z" form in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.484
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base, with a geometric pattern consisting of rectangular forms in the center and a single undulating line along the two long edges.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.486
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Square goldweight or lid of a gold dust box, hollow in the back, with a geometric pattern with 2 spirals in the center and a row of edged teeth along 2 of the sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.487
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a rectangle, bearing a geometric pattern with a zigzag line along one side and edged teeth along the other.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.491
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a geometric pattern with squares and triangles in the center and edged teeth along two edges.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.500
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern with two spirals
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square, with a geometric pattern of 2 spirals in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.136
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern with XX in center
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square, with a geometric pattern with a double "X" form in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.137
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Goldweight with geometric pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a geometric pattern derived of the swastika form.
- Century
- possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.143
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Goldweight with two solid bars on top
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with two solid, undecorated bars on top.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.501
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Secondary Keywords
- africa (continent)
- descriptors
- design elements
- geographic and political locations
- goldweights
- motifs
- Title
- Gong of the Ogboni Secret Society
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ogboni
- Physical Description
- Brass bell or gong in the form of a human head. A loop on the top would have served as a handhold or place to tie the instrument. The opening of the the instrument is squared and flat in order to rest upright.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.242
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- african
- african styles by region
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- ceremonies
- concepts in the arts
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- events
- forms of expression
- object genres
- object genres by function
- objects
- people and culture
- rites of passage
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- west african styles
- Title
- Gong Striker
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.35
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- chordophones
- descriptors
- directly struck idiophones
- gongs and sets of gongs
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- percussion idiophones
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
- Title
- Grain scoop
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 206 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.270
- Medium and Support
- earthenware, red, with calcinated green lead glaze
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by general type
- events
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- tools
- tools and equipment
- Title
- Grand Coulee Dam
- Artist
- Richard Garrod
- Physical Description
- Black and white image of a portion of the dam at water's edge.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1924
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.230
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- hydraulic structures by function
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- Title
- Granite Quarry, New Hampshire
- Artist
- Herbert Waters
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1903
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 1943.144
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- americas
- architecture
- descriptors
- figures
- how we live
- inorganic material
- locality
- machine
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- north & central america
- objects
- organizations
- people and occupations
- united states
- Title
- Grape Picker
- Artist
- Antonio Frasconi
- Physical Description
- This two-color woodcut in black and pale pink depicts a standing female figure against a black background in vertical format. The figure is shown bending over collecting grapes in the folds of her apron. Her skirt is decorated in a bird motif and her hair is windswept. The verso of this print contains an announcement for an exhibition at Weyhe Gallery in New York in March and April of 1951.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1919-2013
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1951
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.187
- Medium and Support
- two-color woodcut on laid paper
- Secondary Keywords
- agricultural functions
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- functions
- functions (activities)
- functions by specific context
- main garments
- main garments for the lower body
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Grass-Seated Chair (four of four)
- Artist
- George Nakashima Woodworkers
- Object Creation Date
- early 1950
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.98.4
- Medium and Support
- walnut frame with woven grass seats
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- humanities
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Grass-Seated Chair (one of four)
- Artist
- George Nakashima Woodworkers
- Object Creation Date
- early 1950
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.98.1
- Medium and Support
- walnut frame with woven grass seats
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- humanities
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Grass-Seated Chair (three of four)
- Artist
- George Nakashima Woodworkers
- Object Creation Date
- early 1950
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.98.3
- Medium and Support
- walnut frame with woven grass seats
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- humanities
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Grass-Seated Chair (two of four)
- Artist
- George Nakashima Woodworkers
- Object Creation Date
- early 1950
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.98.2
- Medium and Support
- walnut frame with woven grass seats
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- humanities
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Grave Jar with lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 11th - 12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.46B
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with mottled olive green celadon glaze
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels
- Title
- Graves of Neil and Lawrence
- Artist
- John Edward Saché
- Artist Life Dates
- act. in India, 1860s-1880s
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1860-1889
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.309
- Medium and Support
- albumen print on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- death
- descriptors
- funerary structures
- how we live
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- plants
- rites of passage
- rock
- rock by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Gray kimono with overall shibori indigo dot pattern and random dark blue lines
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Gray silk with indigo tie-dye hitta mura pattern cut across with diagonal wavy lines of dark blue. Lining is plain-weave white silk with blue bokashi at sleeve ends and hem.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1975-1985
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.373
- Medium and Support
- gray silk with indigo tie dye design
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- fibroinous material
- main garments
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- resist dyeing
- textile dyeing processes and techniques
- textile finishing processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- Title
- Gray Teapot (Théière grise)
- Artist
- Georges Braque
- Physical Description
- A squat teapot with an upturned spout, executed in gray and white that suggests silverware, sits left of center on a darker gray tray. To the right of the teapot is a lemon in bright yellow. The objects are surounded by black, and there is a dark gray frame of color around the entire print.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1882-1963
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1947
- Accession Number
- 1968/1.78
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on Arches paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- food
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- lithographs
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- planographic prints
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Green Frog (Rana clamitans), from "Woodland Portraits"
- Artist
- Jeannette Klute
- Physical Description
- Small green frog, in-focus, in a mostly out of focus compostition. The right of the image has bright green grass extending from the foreground to the background, which otherwise is dark and yields no other plants.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1917 - 2009)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.14.16
- Medium and Support
- vintage dye transfer print on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- amphibians
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- plant material
- Title
- Green Glass Inkwell, blue-green iridescent with metal overlay
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A circular green glass inkwell with a metal overlay on the bottom half. The overlay is a floral pattern and the lid is shaped like a leaf or flower petal.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.283
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for writing equipment
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- Title
- Green Iridescent Inkwell with gold lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A square, iridescent inkwell. The base is grenn and the lid is gold.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.281
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- gold and gold alloy
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by location or context
- Title
- Green Sea
- Artist
- James Darrell Northrup Weeks
- Physical Description
- A beach scene with sand in the foreground and large rocks in the background. The sky is a muddled combination of light blue and grey.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1922-1998
- Object Creation Date
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.601
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- settlements and landscapes
- shores (landforms)
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Green summer crested kimono with shibori (tie-dyed) pattern of vertical stripes and maybe wax-resisted cloud designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- White silk crepe (repp weave) unlined summer kimono with green shibori (tie-dyed) pattern of vertical stripes and maybe wax-resisted cloud design. Vertical lines look a bit like wood-grain.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1980-1989
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.387
- Medium and Support
- white silk crepe with green tie-dyed design
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- geometric patterns
- main garments
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- resist dyeing
- textile dyeing processes and techniques
- textile finishing processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- Title
- Grey Gem Cut
- Artist
- John Francis Torreano
- Physical Description
- The outline and reflections of a gem painted onto wood.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1941
- Object Creation Date
- 1987
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.87
- Medium and Support
- paint on wood
- Secondary Keywords
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- materials
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- plant material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Grotto volgarmente detta di Nettuno a Tivoli
- Artist
- Gaetano Cottafavi
- Physical Description
- Two men standing at a waterfall, surrounded by foliage.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1807-1864
- Object Creation Date
- 1834
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.203
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- descriptors
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes