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Untitled; Robert F. George

Title
Untitled
Artist
Robert F. George
Physical Description
Two standing girls speaking to three seated girls on a city street with stores surrounding.
Object Creation Date
1998
Accession Number
2014/2.140
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
buildings and the land
objects we use
open spaces
open spaces and site elements
open spaces by function
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by age group
roads
roads by form
transportation spaces
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
youth

Altar Dish; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Altar Dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A short glazed and speckled gray porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder which at the top is attached to a shallow dish. At the bottom of the base as well as a circle on the top of the dish there is some discoloration and morphing of the ceramic.
Object Creation Date
1000-1800
Accession Number
2009/2.44
Medium and Support
glazed porcelain
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
asian
ceremonial containers
containers
containers by function or context
descriptors
east asian
liturgical containers
liturgical vessels
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
pottery (object genre)
stoneware
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

Altar Dish; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Altar Dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A glazed porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a narrow tapered cylinder with a ridged pattern on it. On top of it is a wide and shallow dish.
Object Creation Date
1000-1800
Accession Number
2009/2.46
Medium and Support
glazed porcelain
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
asian
ceremonial containers
containers
containers by function or context
descriptors
east asian
liturgical containers
liturgical vessels
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
pottery (object genre)
stoneware
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

Altar Dish; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Altar Dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A tall glazed and speckled gray porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder which widens at the top into a shallow dish. At the bottom of the base as well as a circle on the top of the dish there is some discoloration and morphing of the ceramic, most likely through use.
Object Creation Date
1000-1800
Accession Number
2009/2.39
Medium and Support
glazed porcelain
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
asian
ceremonial containers
containers
containers by function or context
descriptors
east asian
liturgical containers
liturgical vessels
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
pottery (object genre)
stoneware
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

Altar Dish; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Altar Dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A glazed porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide cylinder which tapers sharply into a narrow top. The base supports a wide, almost flat disk as the bowl.
Object Creation Date
1000-1800
Accession Number
2009/2.48
Medium and Support
glazed porcelain
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
asian
ceremonial containers
containers
containers by function or context
descriptors
east asian
liturgical containers
liturgical vessels
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
pottery (object genre)
stoneware
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

The warrior Watanabe no Tsuna battling the demoness Ibaraki (okimono); Gyokubun

Title
The warrior Watanabe no Tsuna battling the demoness Ibaraki (okimono)
Artist
Gyokubun
Artist Life Dates
20th century
Century
19th century?
Object Creation Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Accession Number
2002/2.43
Medium and Support
ivory
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
armed conflicts
attributes and properties
attributes and properties by specific type
descriptors
events
form attributes
legendary creatures
objects we use
people and culture
size (extent)
size by specific type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

Altar Dish; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Altar Dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A tall glazed and speckled white-blue porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder. Where the base of the dish and the top of the base meet there is a bowl-shape ring as the bottom of the dish and a wide angled lip that surrounds it.
Object Creation Date
1000-1800
Accession Number
2009/2.41
Medium and Support
ceramic
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
asian
ceremonial containers
containers
containers by function or context
descriptors
east asian
liturgical containers
liturgical vessels
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
pottery (object genre)
stoneware
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

Altar Dish; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Altar Dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A tall glazed and speckled white-blue porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder. The dish a the top is quite wide and shallow until it reaches the point of the base, where there is a deep hole in the cylinder of the base.
Object Creation Date
1000-1800
Accession Number
2009/2.43
Medium and Support
glazed porcelain
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
asian
ceremonial containers
containers
containers by function or context
descriptors
east asian
liturgical containers
liturgical vessels
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
pottery (object genre)
stoneware
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

Palm wine cup; Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

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 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
associated concepts
containers
containers by function or context
containers for serving and consuming food
culinary containers
descriptors
design elements
drinking vessels
motifs
objects we use
people and culture
social science concepts
social status
sociological concepts
vessels for serving and consuming food

Altar Dish; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Altar Dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A tall glazed and speckled porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a narrow and sharply tapered cylinder which meets an angular bottom of a dish. The dish itself is wide and shallow.
Object Creation Date
1000-1800
Accession Number
2009/2.45
Medium and Support
glazed porcelain
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
asian
ceremonial containers
containers
containers by function or context
descriptors
east asian
liturgical containers
liturgical vessels
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
pottery (object genre)
stoneware
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

Palm Wine Drinking Horn; Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

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 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
associated concepts
containers
containers by function or context
containers for serving and consuming food
culinary containers
descriptors
design elements
drinking vessels
motifs
objects we use
people and culture
social science concepts
social status
sociological concepts
vessels for serving and consuming food

Altar Dish; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Altar Dish
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
A glazed and speckled porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide decorated cylinder which tapers sharply into a narrow top. The base supports a wide, shallow bowl.
Object Creation Date
1000-1800
Accession Number
2009/2.47
Medium and Support
glazed porcelain
relevance
rank 0.29680
Secondary Keywords
asian
ceremonial containers
containers
containers by function or context
descriptors
east asian
liturgical containers
liturgical vessels
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
pottery (object genre)
stoneware
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

Dragons; Robert W. Chatelain

Title
Dragons
Artist
Robert W. Chatelain
Physical Description
wood and purple resin vase with gold leaf
Artist Life Dates
born 1945
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
2002/2.126
Medium and Support
black cherry burl, violet pigmented epxoy resin and gold inlay
relevance
rank 0.29671
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
containers
containers by form
descriptors
legendary creatures
materials
materials by origin
objects we use
plant material
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by material
processes and techniques by specific type
wood and wood products

Feathered Hat; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon

Title
Feathered Hat
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1983
Accession Number
1983/1.100
Medium and Support
feathers and woven fiber
relevance
rank 0.29671
Secondary Keywords
accessories worn on the head
animal material
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories worn
descriptors
headgear
keratinous material
materials
materials by origin
objects we use
people and culture
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

Erotic Caricature; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Title
Erotic Caricature
Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Physical Description
A crouched figure on the left side with large ears and large mouth holds it's own genetalia. There are two woman figures on the right side with backs to the crouched man. The women are fainter and harder to see in the drawing.
Artist Life Dates
1864-1901
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1864-1901
Accession Number
1997/1.106
Medium and Support
graphite on cloth
relevance
rank 0.29671
Secondary Keywords
image form
figures (representations)
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
physical activities
physical activities by general context
visual works
visual works by form
visual works by subject type

Frederick Douglass; Ben Shahn

Title
Frederick Douglass
Artist
Ben Shahn
Physical Description
Black and white lithograph, three quarter portrait representation of Fredrick Douglass: A man is potrayed with curly hair and beard, a stern facial expression, and a formal suit and bowtie. His head and gaze is turned to the right of the piece. The words "Frederick Douglass" border the piece along with two copies of the artist's signature and the screenprint number .
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2011/1.110
Medium and Support
serigraph on paper
relevance
rank 0.29671
Secondary Keywords
costume
costume by form
main garments
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
prints
prints by process or technique
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type

Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
6th-7th century
Object Creation Date
circa 580 - 620
Accession Number
1964/2.24
Medium and Support
marble
relevance
rank 0.29670
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
associated concepts
buddhist doctrinal concepts
containers
containers by function or context
descriptors
doctrinal concepts
mammals
object genres
object genres by form
objects we use
people and culture
religions
religions and religious concepts
religious concepts

Stool; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamoun

Title
Stool
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamoun
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.314
Medium and Support
carved wood
relevance
rank 0.29668
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
single seating furniture

Large Leather Purse; Artist Unknown, African

Title
Large Leather Purse
Artist
Artist Unknown, African
Physical Description
A large leather purse shaped like an arrow. The purse is almost completely bordered with fringe and has green red, and orange decorative badges on it.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2010/2.3
Medium and Support
leather
relevance
rank 0.29668
Secondary Keywords
bags (costume accessories)
containers
containers by form
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories carried
descriptors
object genres
object genres by function
objects we use

Ekpo Society Mask; African, Ibibio

Title
Ekpo Society Mask
Artist
African, Ibibio
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1985/1.148
Medium and Support
wood, egg shell
relevance
rank 0.29668
Secondary Keywords
accessories worn on the head
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories worn
costume by function
objects we use
people and culture
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title
Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
This is a brightly colored painting on a light background. It depicts a three- tiered scene with several figures, standing and kneeling, looking toward a central seated figure in the top tier. This male figure is seated in lotus position on a throne, decorated with colorful designs. To his left and right are attendants who fan him. In the middle tier, there is a nude man with long hair, a kneeling woman and a figure who is half-man and half-serpent. In the bottom tier, there are two kneeling men, wearing robes and headdresses, with hands pressed together and eyes gazing upward toward the main figure. They are surrounded by a tiger, a bird, an insect and a serpent.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.167
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.29667
Secondary Keywords
animals
animals and creatures
mammals
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by activity
people by state or condition
physical activities
physical activities by general context
religious figures
reptiles
reptiles and amphibians
the natural world
visual works
visual works by subject type

The Tidal Wave - 95 Ships Launched; Joseph Clement Coll; Thomsen-Ellis Co., Baltimore, New York (printer)

Title
The Tidal Wave - 95 Ships Launched
Artist
Joseph Clement Coll
Artist Life Dates
1881-1921
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
July 4, 1918
Accession Number
1954/2.35.24
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 0.29661
Secondary Keywords
animals
armed conflicts
armed forces
army
declaratory and advertising artifacts
events
fighting
horsemen
how we live
information artifacts
information artifacts by function
information forms
mammals
military
modern and contemporary art
objects we use
organizations
people and culture
people and occupations
ships
soldiers
text-based art
the natural world
war
waterscapes
world wars

Untitled; Artist Unknown; Santonan

Title
Untitled
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
Anstract print with aggressive lines in black, yellow, green, grey and white.
Object Creation Date
1960
Accession Number
2014/2.205
Medium and Support
color etching and aquatint on paper
relevance
rank 0.29660
Secondary Keywords
international post-1945 styles and movements
objects we use
people and culture
post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

Untitled; Grace Hartigan

Title
Untitled
Artist
Grace Hartigan
Physical Description
A black and white ink print.
Artist Life Dates
(active 1922 - 2008)
Object Creation Date
1960
Accession Number
2011/1.63
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 0.29660
Secondary Keywords
coating (material)
coating by form
descriptors
materials
materials by function
objects we use
photographic prints
photographic prints by color
photographs
photographs by form
positives
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

El Regalo de Anita; Emilio Sanchez

Title
El Regalo de Anita
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A color print of a group of children walking.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1971
Accession Number
2011/2.124
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 0.29660
Secondary Keywords
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by family relationship
physical activities
physical activities by general context
prints
prints by process or technique
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

A Woman in an Evening Dress, Singing; Constantin Guys

Title
A Woman in an Evening Dress, Singing
Artist
Constantin Guys
Physical Description
A sketch drawing of a woman in an evening dress. Her face and mouth are drawn in a way to show the action of singing as the title suggests. In her right hand she is holding her gown; she is leaning forward that might suggest she is moving while singing, as one would in a performance.
Artist Life Dates
(1802 - 1892)
Object Creation Date
1825-1892
Accession Number
2009/1.503
Medium and Support
graphite on paper
relevance
rank 0.29660
Secondary Keywords
costume
costume by form
dresses
dresses by form
entertainment events
events
main garments
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

(Boy with Puppy) Knoxville, from "Knoxville, Tennessee"; Danny Lyon

Title
(Boy with Puppy) Knoxville, from "Knoxville, Tennessee"
Artist
Danny Lyon
Physical Description
Two boys, one in the driver's seat of a car, one standing and leaning on the car. He is wearing a dirty white striped button down shirt holding a dark colored puppy. He is looking to the side.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1942
Object Creation Date
1967; printed 2010
Accession Number
2013/2.344
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 0.29638
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
freewheeled vehicles
freewheeled vehicles by form or function
land vehicles
land vehicles by form
mammals
objects we use
passenger vehicles
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
transportation vehicles
vehicles

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, flanked by two donor figures and with a mandorla of the seven Buddhas of the past (fragment of a stele); Artist Unknown, China

Title
Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, flanked by two donor figures and with a mandorla of the seven Buddhas of the past (fragment of a stele)
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
6th century
Object Creation Date
circa 500-550
Accession Number
1964/1.89
Medium and Support
stone
relevance
rank 0.29630
Secondary Keywords
associated concepts
descriptors
figures (representations)
object-making processes and techniques
objects we use
people and culture
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
relief
religions
religions and religious concepts
sculpture techniques
visual works
visual works by subject type

Deep bowl with vegetal and calligraphic designs; Iran, Nishapur

Title
Deep bowl with vegetal and calligraphic designs
Artist
Iran, Nishapur
Century
10th century
Object Creation Date
10th century
Accession Number
1961/1.185
Medium and Support
fritware with painted designs in red, yellow, and dark brown
relevance
rank 0.29630
Secondary Keywords
associated concepts
containers
containers by form
descriptors
image-making processes and techniques
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
religions
religions and religious concepts
vessels
writing (processes)

Daniel Intervening on Behalf of Susanna; Hans Collaert I

Title
Daniel Intervening on Behalf of Susanna
Artist
Hans Collaert I
Physical Description
A large gathering of figures looks toward a young male figure gesticulating to the crowd on the right with his back to the viewer. Two imposing older male figures are positioned to the left of the young man. The architectural cityscape recedes perspectivally in the distance. A large domed building looms over the horizon line.
Artist Life Dates
c. 1530-1581
Object Creation Date
circa 1579
Accession Number
2012/2.224
Medium and Support
engraving on medium off-white laid paper
relevance
rank 0.29630
Secondary Keywords
associated concepts
descriptors
image-making processes and techniques
object genres
objects we use
people and culture
perspective and shading techniques
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
religions
religions and religious concepts
visual works
visual works by subject type

Two Scenes of Armies Fighting; Anonymous; Lucas Cranach, the Elder?

Title
Two Scenes of Armies Fighting
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
This woodcut features a multitude of armored figures streaming out of a walled town—the main gate of which is visible in the center background of the composition—into a hilly countryside as they engage in battle. Nearly every figure carries a lance. Several figures in the foreground are on horseback and encounter an opposing group in battle. Figures on the left and right edges of the composition carry differing raised flags.
Accession Number
2012/2.180
Medium and Support
woodcut on laid paper
relevance
rank 0.29630
Secondary Keywords
armed conflicts
edged weapons
events
identifying artifacts
information artifacts
information artifacts by function
information forms
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by activity
spears (weapons)
spears by form
staff weapons
weapons
weapons and ammunition

Ivory maru obi with woven pattern of gold paulownia (kiri) flowers; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Ivory maru obi with woven pattern of gold paulownia (kiri) flowers
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Maru obi with ivory colored sateen weave silk (shusu) with large woven paulownia designs in gold-leafed paper (kinran)
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975
Accession Number
2005/1.328
Medium and Support
ivory colored sateen weave silk with large woven designs in gold-leafed paper
relevance
rank 0.29611
Secondary Keywords
accessories worn at the waist or below
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories worn
costume by form
descriptors
design elements
main garments
objects we use
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type

Olive Nagoya-style obi with wax-resist dyed floral medallions in white, rose, green, and blue; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Olive Nagoya-style obi with wax-resist dyed floral medallions in white, rose, green, and blue
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Olive colored silk with wax-resist dyed (rokutsuzome) floral patterns in white, rose, green, and blue; floral patterns further embellished with embroidery originally in white thread, dyed at the same time as floral patterns. Embroidery thread sometimes shot with some strands of gold.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1930s-1940s
Accession Number
2005/1.339
Medium and Support
olive colored silk with wax resist and embroidered patterns
relevance
rank 0.29611
Secondary Keywords
accessories worn at the waist or below
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories worn
costume by form
descriptors
design elements
main garments
objects we use
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type

Asipim chair; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Title
Asipim chair
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.310
Medium and Support
carved wood with leather covering and metal tacks
relevance
rank 0.29611
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture by form or function
materials
materials by origin
objects we use
plant material
seating furniture
single seating furniture
wood and wood products

Two Designs for Jewelry; Étienne Delaune; Attributed to

Title
Two Designs for Jewelry
Artist
Étienne Delaune
Physical Description
Two vertical designs dominate the drawing. Natural forms such as vines and other vegetal forms create designs that are symmetrical and organized around a central vertical axis.
Artist Life Dates
1518/9-1583
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
mid 16th century
Accession Number
1963/2.6A
Medium and Support
graphite, pen and brown ink with yellow watercolor, mounted
relevance
rank 0.29590
Secondary Keywords
artistic concepts
associated concepts
building divisions
components
components and systems
components by specific context
concepts in the arts
concepts relating to the creative process
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories worn
objects we use
people and culture
reading and writing spaces
rooms and spaces
rooms and spaces by function

Rama, classical pose of the God who carries a quiver of arrows across right shoulder; Artist Unknown, India, South India

Title
Rama, classical pose of the God who carries a quiver of arrows across right shoulder
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1977/2.60
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 0.29590
Secondary Keywords
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by state or condition
projectile weapons
projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
weapons
weapons and ammunition

Razor Box; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Razor Box
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
1984/2.29
Medium and Support
carved wood, brass, natural fiber, patination and red wood
relevance
rank 0.29590
Secondary Keywords
containers
containers by form
descriptors
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
sculpture
sculpture by technique
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

Crested kimono with elaborate floral wax resist designs (hageito, nandina, biwa, camelia, daffodils, omoto, plums, thistles) against crackled pink-on-taupe ground, with embroidery in metallic threads; Minagawa Gekka

Title
Crested kimono with elaborate floral wax resist designs (hageito, nandina, biwa, camelia, daffodils, omoto, plums, thistles) against crackled pink-on-taupe ground, with embroidery in metallic threads
Artist
Minagawa Gekka
Physical Description
It is a pink silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with pink, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The red scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and pale and blue green colors. There are mix of fall and winter flowers and trees: nandin on the left sleeve, plum, chrysanthemums, thistles, amaranths, camellias and narcissus on the front and back, makino (Chloranthus glaber, with red berries) and more camellias on the right sleeve. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
Artist Life Dates
1892-1987
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
2005/1.357
Medium and Support
crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
relevance
rank 0.29581
Secondary Keywords
buildings and the land
costume
costume by form
deciduous trees
flowers (plants)
herbaceous plants
landscapes (environments)
main garments
natural landscapes
objects we use
plants
settlements and landscapes
shrubs
trees
trees by leaf life
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
woody plants

Rectangular covered box with hand-painted chrysanthemum painting; Seifû Yohei III

Title
Rectangular covered box with hand-painted chrysanthemum painting
Artist
Seifû Yohei III
Artist Life Dates
1854-1914
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
1880s-1914
Accession Number
1954/1.513
Medium and Support
Porcelain with crackled clear glaze and overglaze white and iron slip painting
relevance
rank 0.29581
Secondary Keywords
buildings and the land
ceramics
containers
descriptors
flowers (plants)
herbaceous plants
landscapes (environments)
natural landscapes
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
plants
pottery (object genre)
settlements and landscapes
stoneware
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
woody plants

Portrait of Maximilien-Sébastien Foy; Baron François Gérard

Title
Portrait of Maximilien-Sébastien Foy
Artist
Baron François Gérard
Physical Description
This portrait painting shows a full-length, life-size figure of a man. He is standing on the top of a mountain against the background of a sky with dark clouds and a rocky mountain range. He is facing the viewer but his gaze is directed to the right. He is dressed in a French military uniform of the Napoleonic time period, including black leather riding boots, a sabre and a large black cloak that billows in the wind. He holds his hat in his hands. His uniform decorations and medals are shown in great detail.
Artist Life Dates
1770-1837
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1826
Accession Number
2004/2.8
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 0.29580
Secondary Keywords
upward
buildings and the land
costume
costume by form
landforms
landforms and landform components
landforms by shape or position
landscapes (environments)
natural landscapes
objects we use
officers (military officers)
outerwear
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
people by occupation
people in military occupations
settlements and landscapes

Acropolis from the East, Athens; Marilyn Bridges

Title
Acropolis from the East, Athens
Artist
Marilyn Bridges
Physical Description
An aerial view image of the Athenan Acropolis taken from the east.
Artist Life Dates
American, born 1957
Object Creation Date
2004
Accession Number
2012/2.56
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 0.29580
Secondary Keywords
image form
europe (continent)
geographic and political locations
objects we use
perifèreia protevoúsis (region)
photographic prints
photographic prints by process
photographs
photographs by form
positives
views
views by vantage point or orientation
visual works
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Everything You Wish in the Nine Heavens: Gods of Wealth Increase Good Fortune; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Everything You Wish in the Nine Heavens: Gods of Wealth Increase Good Fortune
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description
Two male figures wearing official robes and hats, sit side by side on thrones. The one on the right holds a shoe-shaped ingot and a scepter. The god on the left holds only a shoe-shaped ingot. In front of them is basin filled with coins and rarities such as jewels, branches of coral and shining ingots. On the right, a smaller male figure holds a horse on a tray while his counter part on the left holds a brush and a scroll. At the top is a sinuous dragon whose spine is composed of coins and above him is a horse bearing a stack of shoe-shaped ingots.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2006/2.49
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
relevance
rank 0.29580
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
associated concepts
descriptors
exchange media
identifying artifacts
information artifacts
information artifacts by function
information forms
legendary creatures
mammals
money
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people and culture
religions and religious concepts
religious concepts
symbols of office

Roman Balusters Rebuilt, Spalato, Dalmatia; Jane C. Stanley

Title
Roman Balusters Rebuilt, Spalato, Dalmatia
Artist
Jane C. Stanley
Artist Life Dates
1863-1940
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1863-1940
Accession Number
1954/1.171
Medium and Support
watercolor on white paper
relevance
rank 0.29568
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architecture
circulation elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
inorganic material
materials
materials by composition
modern and contemporary art
objects we use
rock
rock by form
stair components
stairs and stair components
steps and step components
visual works
visual works by medium or technique

Cane Train, Cuba; Dmitri Baltermants

Title
Cane Train, Cuba
Artist
Dmitri Baltermants
Physical Description
A train with gates cars filled with wooden sticks. In the foreground a man (possibly a worker) is looking to his left while he points to the train. Another man walks further up the tracks in the background.
Artist Life Dates
Russian, 1912-1990
Object Creation Date
2003
Accession Number
2012/2.84
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 0.29568
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
geographic and political locations
guideway vehicles
land vehicles
land vehicles by form
materials
materials by origin
north and central america (continent)
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
plant material
rail guideway vehicles
railroad cars
transportation vehicles
vehicles
wood and wood products

Stakes is high; Jakob Kolding

Title
Stakes is high
Artist
Jakob Kolding
Physical Description
A collage drawing with "Stakes is high" in large bubble letters at the top. The bottom of the drawing is a sparse cityscape and a figure wearing a purple skimask looking at the viewer.
Artist Life Dates
born 1971
Century
21st century
Object Creation Date
2008
Accession Number
2010/2.20
Medium and Support
collage and drawing on paper
relevance
rank 0.29567
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
image-making processes and techniques
objects we use
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type

Pipe; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon

Title
Pipe
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
Physical Description
Brass pipe with a figurative bowl in the shape of a human head.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1987
Accession Number
1987/1.344
Medium and Support
cast bronze with wool cloth
relevance
rank 0.29553
Secondary Keywords
smoking and tobacco use
biological components
components
components and systems
components by specific context
equipment
equipment by context
equipment for personal use
objects we use
people and culture
physical activities
physical activities by general context
the human body
tools and equipment
upper body

Snuff bottle with painted design of Manchu bannermen in a landscape; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Snuff bottle with painted design of Manchu bannermen in a landscape
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1825-1880
Accession Number
1980/2.120
Medium and Support
porcelain with blue underglaze painting; amethyst and ivory stopper
relevance
rank 0.29553
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
asian
chinese
chinese dynastic styles and periods
chinese styles and periods
containers
containers by function or context
containers for personal use
containers for smoking and tobacco use
east asian
mammals
objects we use
people and culture
styles and periods
styles and periods by region

'Sung Sang Kala' (Sunday in "Pelelintangan" —Balinese calendar); Indonesia, Bali

Title
'Sung Sang Kala' (Sunday in "Pelelintangan" —Balinese calendar)
Artist
Indonesia, Bali
Century
Late 19th century
Object Creation Date
late 19th century
Accession Number
1966/2.15
Medium and Support
ink and opaque watercolor on hand-woven cotton
relevance
rank 0.29553
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
document genres
document genres by form
information forms
legendary creatures
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by occupation
people in the arts
people in the arts and related occupations
people in the humanities
people in the performing arts
performing artists

Jaquar XKE, Jantar Mantar, Jai Singh Observatory, Jaipur, India, from "The Ryoichi Excavations"; Patrick Nagatani

Title
Jaquar XKE, Jantar Mantar, Jai Singh Observatory, Jaipur, India, from "The Ryoichi Excavations"
Artist
Patrick Nagatani
Physical Description
Car under excavation under stairs. There is a wheelbarrow and other excavation equipment.
Artist Life Dates
born 1945
Object Creation Date
1988; printed 2001
Accession Number
2012/2.137
Medium and Support
toned gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 0.29553
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
asia (continent)
circulation elements
components
components and systems
components by specific context
freewheeled vehicles
freewheeled vehicles by form or function
geographic and political locations
land vehicles
land vehicles by form
objects we use
service and utility vehicles
stairs and stair components
transportation vehicles
vehicles

Male Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian); Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire

Title
Male Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
Physical Description
Male figured seated on high-backed stool with hands resting on abdomen; symmetrical scarification patterns on cheeks and temples, also down center of forehead and at base of the nose. Coiffure is high crested and segmented. Figure wears sandals and necklace or amulet around neck. Figure has sheen to patina, pigmented deep brown in contrast to stool. Figure has bore hole in back between buttocks.
Century
Mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1920-1960
Accession Number
1971/2.32
Medium and Support
wood, pigment
relevance
rank 0.29551
Secondary Keywords
analytical functions
associated concepts
figures (representations)
functions
functions (activities)
functions by general context
objects we use
people and culture
religions and religious concepts
religious concepts
sculpture
sculpture by material
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