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- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1978
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.15
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and pigment
- relevance
- rank 5.65432
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Mask (Kasangu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Face mask made of wood, covered in white kaolin; face has round, bulging forehead, deep set narrow eyes, small round ears, fiber beard, open rectangular mouth and pointed teeth; basketry weave that held mask on the dancer’s head is visible at back and sides; raffia attachment on top of head frayed and missing.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1960
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.44
- Medium and Support
- wood, raffia, kaolin and fiber
- relevance
- rank 5.65409
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- events
- masks (costume)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Sogdian groom, from a set of funerary sculptures
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Standing male figure with bushy beard wearing a robe and black boots, decorated with red and black pigment.
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century
- Accession Number
- 1950/2.13
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with slip and painted decoration
- relevance
- rank 5.64767
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonial objects
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Indian Terracottas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Terracotta fragment of two figures carved on one side of the peice in raised relief. One figure has head and shoulders visible, the second figure has only the head visible.
- Object Creation Date
- n. d.
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.161
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.64589
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Discovery of Mars and Venus
- Artist
- Jacob Cornelisz. Cobaert
- Physical Description
- A nude man and woman recline together on the right side of this octagonal plaque. They lay upon the mesh of a net, which is being pulled by a nude male figure seated nearby next to an anvil. Behind the seated man appear two standing figures working at a brick forge. Another pair of figures stands in the middle ground with a row of trees behind them. A diminutive figure mounted on horses appears against a disk in the sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1602-1621
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1602-1621
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.158
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.63345
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- genres in the arts
- geographic and political locations
- italy (nation)
- lazio (region)
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- roma (province)
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Power Figure (nkisi kozo)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic
- Physical Description
- Small wooden animal, possibly a dog or warthog, stands with medicinal pack and mirror embedded into its back; face has long sneering mouth and snout, bearing teeth. short pointed ears; tail curls at end. Two “guns” or pointy projections would have come out above the dog’s front legs, but they have broken off.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1899
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.182
- Medium and Support
- wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder, medicinal substances
- relevance
- rank 5.62924
- Secondary Keywords
- analytical functions
- animal
- associated concepts
- disciplines
- fetish figures
- functions
- functions (activities)
- functions by general context
- health sciences
- objects we use
- occult sciences
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- science
- science and related disciplines
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Netsuke of the Daoist immortal Gama Sennin with a three-legged toad on his back
- Artist
- Masatsugu
- Artist Life Dates
- active 19th c.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.32
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.62145
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- sculpture by function
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Schonen Madonna
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Czech Republic, Prague
- Physical Description
- Bust of Madonna with head facing down and to the side. The main sculpture is of wood with a layers of paint on the face and veil.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1400
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.227
- Medium and Support
- polychromed wood
- relevance
- rank 5.61437
- Secondary Keywords
- figures (representations)
- holy figures and saints
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in religion
- people in religion and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- religion
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- subject matter
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Standing Male Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.136
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, chicken feathers and blood patination
- relevance
- rank 5.61426
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- figures
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Drum
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Banwa-Bamboum
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.145
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 5.61136
- Secondary Keywords
- double-headed
- descriptors
- drums (membranophones)
- membranophones
- musical instruments
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck drums
- tubular drums
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Double Totemic Sculpture
- Artist
- Mark Lindquist
- Physical Description
- rough-hewn hollowed wood sculpture in natural state with spalt, marks, holes, etc.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1949
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1994-1995
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.156A
- Medium and Support
- oak burl
- relevance
- rank 5.61094
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Spirit Dancer
- Artist
- Mark Bressler
- Physical Description
- hollowed burl with natural bark edges
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1951
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2001
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.79
- Medium and Support
- madrone burl
- relevance
- rank 5.61094
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Double Totemic Sculpture
- Artist
- Mark Lindquist
- Physical Description
- rough-hewn hollowed wood sculpture in natural state with spalt, marks, holes, etc.
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1994-1995
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.156B
- Medium and Support
- oak burl
- relevance
- rank 5.61094
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Daughters of Mr. Thaxton, near Mechanicsburg, OH
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- Two girls in floral dresses stand on a wooden front porch holding matching dolls. Both girls stare inquisitively to their right. Behind them sits a rocking chair and windowsill with lace curtains and a flower box.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1938; printed 1995
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.174
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.60647
- Secondary Keywords
- figural toys
- figurines
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by family relationship
- people by gender
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- recreational dolls
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- toys (recreational artifacts)
- toys by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- youth
- Title
- Nail figure (nkisi nkondi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Vili Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved, standing male figure 40 inches in height. Its shoulders and torso are impaled with iron blades, nails and fragments. The torso is long, arms at side are bent at elbow and hands rest on lower abdomen. The right wrist wears a bracelet with attachments. The legs are truncated, with twisted metal anklet on right foot. The face is naturalistic, the mouth slightly open, the nose long and narrow with slightly flared nostrils. Eyes are almost shaped, may have had inlay that is now gone. The top of the head shows a tiered, "layer cake like" coiffure. The figure has a long and deep crack down the entire length of its left side, from top of the head to the left ankle.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.192
- Medium and Support
- wood, iron nails, blades and fragments, fiber cord
- relevance
- rank 5.60647
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- events
- fetish figures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- tool and equipment components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Horse and Covered Cart
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A pottery sculpture of a horse and the makings of a cart.
- Century
- 200 B.C. - 220 A.D.
- Object Creation Date
- 200 BCE - 220 CE
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.180
- Medium and Support
- unglazed pottery
- relevance
- rank 5.60236
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- mammals
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- service and utility vehicles
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.59.3
- Medium and Support
- cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
- relevance
- rank 5.59740
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Baby Krishna Taken by Father Across Jumna River
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Physical Description
- A elief of the baby Krishan being taken across the Jumna River on top of the head of his father. The father and baby are in the lower right corner of the frieze, with the image of a tail following them going diagonally behind.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.163
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.59137
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- landscapes (environments)
- marine bodies
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- offspring
- parents
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Teapot-Form Vessel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.112
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.58617
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Netsuke of a man seated by a hibachi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.37
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.57681
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sculpture by function
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Balzac - The Open Sky, Meudon, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 34/35, April-July, 1911"
- Artist
- Edward Jean Steichen
- Physical Description
- An albumen print black and white image of a statue of the French novelist Balzac against an open sky. The statue is off-center in the photo and angled so it is facing to the right of the image. A faint light illuminates the backside of the statue and the empty space behind it.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- July 1911
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.214
- Medium and Support
- photogravure on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.57630
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- associated concepts
- earth sciences concepts
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- physical sciences concepts
- positives
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Altar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.359
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 5.57426
- Secondary Keywords
- altars and altar components
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- religious building fixtures
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- sheep
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Angry Neptune
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- Large bronze sculpture resembling a headless human figure. The surface texture is very rough with deep voids and coarse patches of metal. The brown patina has a whitish tinge.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.466
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 5.56693
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- figures
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- sculpture
- sculpture by location or context
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- 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 5.55687
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- design elements
- equipment
- equipment by process
- moving and transporting equipment
- moving and transporting machinery
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Ogboni staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Brass female figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels, atop an iron staff. The protruding eyes, nose, and mouth convey a serene, dignified and somewhat withdrawn look. The figure has a beard around the face; she wears ornamentation in small holes atop the ears, cone-shaped headgear, and an elaborate necklace; there is a small spiral motif on the forehead, and two larger spiral motifs on the sides of the body. The hands are held in closed fists in front of the body, the left hand on top of the right.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.39
- Medium and Support
- brass, iron
- relevance
- rank 5.55589
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- ceremonial weapons
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- political concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- social science concepts
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- Title
- Secret Society Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ivory Coast, Kran
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.272
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment and natural fiber
- relevance
- rank 5.53486
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- costume
- costume by function
- kru-speaking peoples styles
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- west african styles
- western guinea coast styles
- Title
- Bowl
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- mid 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.119
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.53166
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- containers
- containers by form
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- west african styles
- western guinea coast styles
- Title
- Half-figure Fetish
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Tabwa
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900-1920
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.263
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.51773
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- object genres
- object genres by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Netsuke of monkey head as Sambasô dancer with moveable tongue
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.18
- Medium and Support
- lacquered wood with red and gold
- relevance
- rank 5.51153
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- mammals
- 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
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Power Figure (nkisi nduda)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yombe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Small wooden figure with naturalistic human face engulfed in layers of multi-media attachments including animal hides, medicine packs, and a turban bound in feathers. Figure holds the tip of a curved piece of wood in its mouth, the other end of which terminates in its clutched right hand. A round mirrior is embdedded in the figure's "belly." The hides and fibers creating the “skirt” are intact, making it unique.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.191
- Medium and Support
- wood, mirror, glass, hide, fiber, feathers, resin, pigment
- relevance
- rank 5.49590
- Secondary Keywords
- analytical functions
- associated concepts
- disciplines
- fetish figures
- functions
- functions (activities)
- functions by general context
- health sciences
- objects we use
- occult sciences
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- science
- science and related disciplines
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Netsuke of man tossing demon-repelling beans, while a demon hides behind a screen
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.39
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.49588
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- sculpture by function
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Female Fertility Doll
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, South Africa, Shambala
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.194
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.49365
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- figures
- figures (representations)
- figurines
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- toys
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- Carved Hairpin
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Carved jade one point hairpin. Carving is at the head of the pin and extends half-way down the body in the shape of what might be a dragon.
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.111
- Medium and Support
- jade
- relevance
- rank 5.49298
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- animal material
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- hair and hair components
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Poet's (Conrad Aiken) Garden, New York City
- Artist
- André Kertész
- Physical Description
- A decapitated sculpture of a human head sits peacefully atop a stone pile. In the front of the photo stretches a stem bursting with floral blooms while flora and fauna seep out rom the cracks of the rocks in the foreground.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.16
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.48201
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- rock
- rock by form
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- settlements and landscapes
- the human body
- upper body
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Netsuke of a basket of kyôgen masks
- Artist
- Eiraku
- Artist Life Dates
- 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.36
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.47828
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- form attributes
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- sculpture by function
- sculpture by material
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Tom Gibbs
- Physical Description
- A large smooth dome with abstract fomrs extending from all sides and forward. The dome is splitting in half and the contents are pouring out.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1942
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of the 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.600
- Medium and Support
- welded steel
- relevance
- rank 5.47034
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by location or context
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Tom Gibbs
- Physical Description
- Large rectangular and square forms clustered on top of each other in a random pattern, strong horizontal lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1942
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.364
- Medium and Support
- welded steel
- relevance
- rank 5.47034
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by location or context
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Ebisu (God of Prosperity)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This woodwork depicts Ebisu, the god of prosperity and especially associated with fishermen. Here he carries a large sea bream or red snapper symbolizing good fortune.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.86
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.45664
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- genres in the arts
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Flywhisk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Century
- Possibly 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.26
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, copper, fiber and animal hair
- relevance
- rank 5.42920
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- descriptors
- hair and hair components
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
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- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Engine 3.2
- Artist
- Dana Melamed
- Physical Description
- Abstract wall sculpture constructed of transparency film, cinefoil, paper, pencil shavings, recycled industrial components, acrylic paint, ink, charcoal and wire on wire mesh.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. Israel, 1972
- Object Creation Date
- 2012
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.585
- Medium and Support
- transparency film, cinefoil, paper, pencil shavings, recycled components, acrylic paint, ink, charcoal and wire on aluminum mesh
- relevance
- rank 5.42851
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Engine 3.1
- Artist
- Dana Melamed
- Physical Description
- Abstract wall sculpture constructed of transparency film, cinefoil, paper, pencil shavings, recycled industrial components, acrylic paint, ink, charcoal and wire constructed over metal mesh.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. Israel, 1972
- Object Creation Date
- 2012
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.584
- Medium and Support
- transparency film, cinefoil, paper, pencil shavings, recycled components, acrylic paint, ink, charcoal and wire on aluminum mesh
- relevance
- rank 5.42851
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Cronopios
- Artist
- Florencia Pita
- Physical Description
- A purple omeba-shaped form that has mutli-colored circles and blue designs on top. It hangs on a wall on top of a vinyl rectangle that has similar designs.
- Artist Life Dates
- Argentina
- Object Creation Date
- 2010
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.282
- Medium and Support
- polymer foam, urethane
- relevance
- rank 5.42851
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by form
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Artist in his Studio
- Artist
- Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
- Physical Description
- A sculptor and model looking at a small sculpture.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1887-1953
- Century
- 20th-century
- Object Creation Date
- 1887-1953
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.112
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 5.41304
- Secondary Keywords
- sculpture
- studios
- Title
- Netsuke of a demon mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.25
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 5.40869
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- form attributes
- legendary creatures
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by function
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Netsuke of sleeping sarumawashi (monkey-trainer) with a monkey on his back
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.38
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.40738
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- mammals
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sculpture by function
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- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Two Statues' Shadows
- Artist
- André Kertész
- Physical Description
- Square photograph with brown/amber/white color tones. Two glass objects sit in an abstract shape of a human figure. They are placed in the foreground with the heads tilted toward each other. On the right side there is a partial view of a table that is shown out of focus. Light is reflected on the rounded forms of the figures and their shadows are projected on a blank wall behind them. There is a large shadow profile of a man also projected onto the wall.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894-1985
- Object Creation Date
- 1979
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.13
- Medium and Support
- Polaroid SX-70-Cibachrome on paper
- relevance
- rank 5.38094
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- inorganic material
- light-related concepts
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Mirror
- Artist
- Lucio Fontana
- Physical Description
- Oil-type paint and mixed media on carved 3/8” hardwood veneer wood panel. Grain runs vertical on painted surface. Carved areas expose inner core running horizontal.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1899-1968
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.88
- Medium and Support
- oil on carved wood panel
- relevance
- rank 5.36419
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european regions
- figures
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- making art
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood
- Title
- Post
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Nupe
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.143
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 5.36303
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- benue-congo branch
- descriptors
- niger-congo language groups
- northeastern nigerian styles
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- object genres by material
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- people and culture
- sculpture
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- styles and periods
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- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- west african styles
- Title
- Carved Elephant Tusk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Burma
- Century
- 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.459
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 5.35816
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- bone
- bone by form
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- dentin
- descriptors
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- tooth and tooth components
- tooth components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
- Century
- 18th - 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.117
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 5.35776
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- akan
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- sculpture
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- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
- western guinea coast styles