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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
- visual works by form
- visual works by medium or technique
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
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type