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- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.67680
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- Title
- Crucifixion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Italy
- Physical Description
- Wooden scultpure of the body of Jesus Christ as it would appear crucified on a cross.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1600-1699
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.10
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 8.58034
- Primary Keywords
- crosses (motifs)
- crucifixions
- Title
- Covered Dish
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Physical Description
- White ceramic dish with attached covered bowl. Gold leave detail border and flower motifs as decoration. The handle of the dish cover is a ceramic detailed and painted flower.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.9
- Medium and Support
- glazed porcelain
- relevance
- rank 8.58034
- Primary Keywords
- dishes
- fleurons (motifs)
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Kara Walker
- Physical Description
- White glazed porcelain pitcher with black silhouette faces in profile, one on each side.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1969
- Object Creation Date
- 2013
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.2
- Medium and Support
- print on porcelain
- relevance
- rank 8.58034
- Primary Keywords
- motifs
- pitcher
- silhouettes
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- Title
- Goldweight in a geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of four flat cubes with a geometrical pattern consiting of individual "stars", each attached to two other cubes at two of the corners.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.410
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- Title
- Wedding Jacket
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.66
- Medium and Support
- embroidered silk
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- embroidering
- fleurons (motifs)
- textiles
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- Title
- Palm wine cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Cylindrical, wood carved cup with geometric motifs and linear, interlocking surface designs that cover the entire surface of the object.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.372
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- cups
- geometric motifs
- prestige
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- Title
- Document Box (ryoshi-bako)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Lacquer ware box with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration combining geometric patterns, flowers, dragons, and scepters.
- Century
- 17th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.108
- Medium and Support
- black lacquer and abalone shell inlay on wood
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- boxes (containers)
- flowers (motifs)
- Title
- Goldweight in a geometric shape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a solid rectangle with a geometric pattern of lines and incisions along its four long sides and an incised "X" form on the two short sides.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.382
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.48601
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- Title
- Palm Wine Drinking Horn
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Buffalo horn with concentric circles, geometric shapes and beadlike bands carved in relief follow the natural contours of the horn to its pointed tip. Has a local repair—a metal suture sewn at the mouth to stabilize a crack. Has cord pierced through tip.
- Century
- late 18th - early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1800-1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.209
- Medium and Support
- buffalo horn
- relevance
- rank 8.39372
- Primary Keywords
- drinking horns
- geometric motifs
- prestige
- Title
- Uchikake (Wedding Cloak)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The apple-green fabric is pure silk brocade, woven in an overall pattern of maple leaves scattered on a flowing stream—an allusion to a famous classical poem. Lying on top of the brocade is a thick layer of embroidery, with plum blossoms in red silk, and pine branches and doves in dazzling metallic threads of gold, silver, and copper.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1980
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.215
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran), embroidery and couched metallic threads
- relevance
- rank 8.39372
- Primary Keywords
- embroidery
- flowers (motifs)
- kimono
- wedding
- Title
- Satsuma Urn
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A gold colored porcelain urn. Images are included on the sides.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.77
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with polychrome decoration
- relevance
- rank 8.39372
- Primary Keywords
- decorative motifs
- porcelain, opaque
- urn
- 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
- relevance
- rank 8.39372
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- ghana (nation)
- sun
- Title
- Equivalent (Nude/Fist)
- Artist
- Jerry N. Uelsmann
- Physical Description
- A grouping of two images, the one on top, a woman's body folded over and below, a hand in a fist shape, both displaying the same overall shape.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Detroit, Michigan, 1934 - )
- Object Creation Date
- 1964
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.227
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.39372
- Primary Keywords
- figures (representations)
- hands
- indexes (motifs)
- Title
- Heddle Pulley with Hornbill Motif
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.40
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and patination
- relevance
- rank 8.39372
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- carvings
- motifs
- pulleys
- woodwork
- Title
- Ball spoon with vegetal ornament
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Norway
- Physical Description
- This silver ball spoon consists of a round bowl joined to a stem composed of a flattened section and a twist stem that terminates in an ornamental ball knop. An incised six-petal flower surrounded by bands of geometric ornament decorates the interior of the bowl. The flattened section of the stem is adorned with vegetal ornament.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1620-1640
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.45
- Medium and Support
- gilded silver
- relevance
- rank 8.39372
- Primary Keywords
- eating
- fleurons (motifs)
- ornament
- silverware
- Title
- Mother-of-pearl inlayed lacquer tray with geometric designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- A square shaped, wood tray with curved corners tray. The interior is red lacquered, and the exterior is coated with black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlays in geometric shapes.
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.468
- Medium and Support
- lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay
- relevance
- rank 8.30343
- Primary Keywords
- betel nuts
- geometric motifs
- inlays
- trays
- Title
- Plate with three vase design (one of five with 1964/1.100-103)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan
- Physical Description
- A circular, smaller white porcelain plate. On the upper surface, three vases, similar in shape, are shown overlapping diagonally in blue background. The two outer vases run off the plate’s rim. They are outlined in underglaze blue and are against a painted light-blue background. The left vase is covered with a white glaze (which left unpainted) under a red key-fret design. The center vase is totally covered with a white crackle pattern done in blue underglaze line. The right vase has a design of evenly-spaced red flowers. Precise flat bases are combined with a rather awkward suggestion of a three-dimensional view of the lips. The back has a triple representation of peony buds surrounded by fine branching stems and leaves. On the shallow foot, bold lines are drawn in a row like a comb. The design on the back is all drawn with blue underglaze. (Referencce: Becker, Sister Johanna. “A Group of Nabeshima Porcelain.”)
- Century
- Early 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.104
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 8.30343
- Primary Keywords
- flowers (motifs)
- plants
- plates (dishes)
- vases
- Title
- Moon Over Cypress
- Artist
- Italo Scanga
- Physical Description
- This is a colorful abstract print with geometric shapes in blue, yellow, green and red outlined in black. There are also three white areas with black line drawings that depict a plant in a flower pot and two cypress trees in the bottom section and a landscape with mountains and a yellow moon in the upper right portion.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1932
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.40
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on cream Rives BFK
- relevance
- rank 8.30343
- Primary Keywords
- flowers (plants)
- geometric motifs
- moon
- trees
- Title
- The Omen (Das Zeichen)
- Artist
- Alfred Kubin
- Physical Description
- In the top left, a volcano erupts with flame shooting upward. Around the volcano, wrapping from the center of the image to the lower left corner, are dozens of individuals who seem to be fleeing the eruption. The larged figure is a mother, a baby in her arms and her mouth and eyes wide open. The entire drawing consists of lines, including shading, with underlying washes of color.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1959
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1912
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.106
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and ink on wove paper (map printed on verso)
- relevance
- rank 8.30343
- Primary Keywords
- baby
- mother
- natural element motifs
- prehistoric
- Title
- Flowers and Grasses
- Artist
- Watanabe Shikô
- Physical Description
- Realistic flowers and grasses, painted with vivid colors on a hanging scroll.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1683-1755
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.65
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.21505
- Primary Keywords
- flowers (motifs)
- grasses
- japan (nation)
- scroll paintings
- Title
- Design Cloth
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Square panel of raffia, cut-pile cloth; top is even, plush surface; intersecting linear pattern creates geometic diamond motifs in contrasting dark and light browns. Back is woven raffia cloth.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1970
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.105
- Medium and Support
- raffia, cloth, dye
- relevance
- rank 8.21505
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- natural fiber
- prestige
- raffiawork
- textiles
- Title
- Phulkari (woman's head covering) with peacock designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Punjab
- Physical Description
- This is a red cloth covered with geometric patterns and abstract forms in the shape of peacocks. The designs and peacocks are multicolored and depicted in a repetitive format with the birds arranged in five columns and nine rows.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1st half of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.57
- Medium and Support
- white, green, magenta, and indigo silk floss embroidery on madder-dyed cotton
- relevance
- rank 8.04383
- Primary Keywords
- cloth
- embroidery
- india (nation)
- motifs
- pattern (design element)
- peacocks
- Title
- Lime pot with a handle in the shape of areca fruit
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Physical Description
- A small container made by inverting a wheel-thrown jar with a rounded bottom, cutting out a circle in the new 'shoulder' of the jar, and attaching a flat bottom. The handle, which is simply attached at both ends, takes the form of an areca fruit. The vessel as a whole has a pale straw-colored glaze, with a rich green iron glaze dripped over the handle and the upper part of the pot.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.99
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with green and crackled white glaze
- relevance
- rank 7.96086
- Primary Keywords
- betel nut
- lime (material)
- plant-derived motifs
- pot (container)
- stoneware
- Title
- Mat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Flat raffia mat with woven geometric, diamond-lke pattern of interlocking lines in green, natural and purple.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1970
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.165
- Medium and Support
- Raffia fiber
- relevance
- rank 7.96086
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- mats (floor coverings)
- prestige
- raffiawork
- textiles
- wall hangings
- Title
- Red brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of colorful medallions against a field of wavy gold stripes (tatewaku)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This is made of a thick brocade of red, gold and silver. Medallion patterns and wavy stripes are woven through the entirety of the fabric, rather than halfway, as is common in less intricate obi. Medallion motifs of tortoise shells, flowers, and bamboo leaves are spaced among the golden waves across the fabric.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950s-1960s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.344
- Medium and Support
- red silk with woven and embroidered design and gold wrapped thread
- relevance
- rank 7.96086
- Primary Keywords
- bamboo
- chrysanthemums
- embroidery
- fleurons (motifs)
- kimono
- obi
- silk (fiber)
- tortoise
- Title
- One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- A checkered gold brocade foregrounds five fragments of textile: a square in the middle surrounded by four cornerpieces. Each textile has a different design, some with butterflies, birds, and other floral motifs.
- Century
- 19th to 20th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- 1860-1926
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.44.9
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade (nishiki) and silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran)
- relevance
- rank 7.72193
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- brocade (weaving)
- butterfiles
- flowers (motifs)
- gold (metal)
- goldwork
- panels (costume components)
- textile
- 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
- relevance
- rank 7.37178
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- geometric shapes
- ghana (nation)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 7.37178
- Primary Keywords
- geometric motifs
- geometric shapes
- ghana (nation)