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Title

Goldweight in the shape of a pyramid

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Physical Description

Goldweight in the shape of a step pyramid.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1985

Accession Number

1997/1.380

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 17.39785

Secondary Keywords

africa (continent)

associated concepts

geographic and political locations

geometric concepts

geometric figures

goldweights

mathematical concepts

people and culture

polyhedra

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

Title

Goldweight

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Physical Description

Goldweight in the shape of a solid pyramid, with a small piece of rope attached to the hole on top.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1985

Accession Number

1997/1.403

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 17.39785

Secondary Keywords

africa (continent)

associated concepts

geographic and political locations

geometric concepts

geometric figures

goldweights

mathematical concepts

people and culture

polyhedra

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

Title

Iridescent round ball corner ink well with lid

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

This is a clear glass inkwell with a dark metal lid. The body is composed of a large sphere balanced on three smaller spheres. It has a circular top with a flat lid.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.234

Medium and Support

glass, metal

relevance

rank 16.75499

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

geometric concepts

geometric figures

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

mathematical concepts

people and culture

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

Title

Three spears base on top of spear front, spear finial, iridescent color, hand painted

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

This is a clear glass inkwell with a metal collar and sphere finial lid. The body has a hollow glass sphere resting on a base of three solid glass spheres. Each of the spheres is decorated with painted leaves and flowers.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.233

Medium and Support

glass, metal

relevance

rank 15.91826

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

geometric concepts

geometric figures

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

mathematical concepts

people and culture

plant material

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

Title

Crystal two-pyramid lid

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A two-bottle inkwell shaped to look like two square pyramids.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.261

Medium and Support

glass, metal

relevance

rank 15.85617

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

containers

containers by function or context

containers for writing equipment

descriptors

geometric concepts

geometric figures

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

mathematical concepts

objects we use

people and culture

polyhedra

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

Title

Inkwell made of sterling silver overlay on crystal glass

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

This is a spherical shaped glass inkwell with sterling silver overlay in intricate designs of flowers and plants. The top half of the sphere, which opens horizontally, is the lid.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.221

Medium and Support

glass, metal

relevance

rank 15.43790

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

containers

containers by function or context

containers for writing equipment

descriptors

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mathematical concepts

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

Title

Duo S-Z

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

This object is a cream colored sheet of paper in a horizontal rectangular shape with geometric forms embossed in the center section. There is no color and the geometric forms are created by raised lines. There is a long rectangle that contains two sets of intersecting cubes. The object title, edition number, artist signature and date are written in pencil below the rectangle.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

2009/2.15

Medium and Support

Intaglio on paper

relevance

rank 14.29388

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

associated concepts

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mathematical concepts

objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Carved ivory ball with interlaced monkeys (okimono)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1900-1940

Accession Number

1980/2.157

Medium and Support

ivory with red glass stopper in silver collar

relevance

rank 13.78859

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

bone

bone by form

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

dentin

descriptors

geometric concepts

geometric figures

mammals

materials

materials by composition

mathematical concepts

people and culture

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

tooth and tooth components

tooth components

Title

Untitled Cube

Artist

Alvin D. Loving

Physical Description

A framework three-dimensional cube sits at an angle so that one of its corners appears to protrude from the center of the piece. The cube is gray, with dark gray shading on the shadowed edges, and dark and light yellow shading on the lit edges. The canvas is cut to the dimensions of the cube.

Artist Life Dates

1935-2005

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1969/2.25

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas

relevance

rank 11.87503

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

forms of expression

genres

geometric concepts

geometric figures

image-making processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

mathematical concepts

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

perspective

perspective and shading techniques

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled, from Suspended Sphere Series

Artist

Todd Hoyer

Physical Description

A sphere, wrapped in rusted wire, is sandwiched between two hefty, rough hewn, chunks of wood.

freestanding multimedia wood sculpture, with rectangular wood base and top sandwiching a small wire-covered sphere at center

Artist Life Dates

b. 1952

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2002/2.146

Medium and Support

eucalyptus, wire

relevance

rank 11.46622

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

geometric concepts

geometric figures

materials

materials by origin

mathematical concepts

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

plant material

processes and techniques

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scientific concepts

sculpture by material

sculpture by technique

solids (geometric)

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wood and wood products

woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques

Title

Untitled

Artist

Don Hazlitt

Physical Description

Sketch of tightly grouped volumetric forms rendered in thick dark lines with some shading; signed “DH” in upper left corner, “7/84” in upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

(1948 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1984

Accession Number

2008/2.231

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 10.88121

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

aegean

aegean periods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

design elements

drawing and drawing techniques

drawings

drawings by method of projection

drawings by method of representation

drawings by technique

early western world

forms of expression

geometric concepts

greek

image-making processes and techniques

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mediterranean

motifs

objects we use

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique