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- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Tanzania
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.51
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- staff
- walking sticks
- woodwork
- Title
- St. German of Auxerre and St. Genevieve
- Artist
- Laurent de La Hyre
- Artist Life Dates
- 1606-1656
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1630
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.86
- Medium and Support
- black chalk with traces of white on brown paper, laid down
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- buildings
- kneeling
- saint
- staff
- standing
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Idama
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.59
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- staff
- walking sticks
- woodwork
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Ovumbundu
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.38
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- staff
- walking sticks
- woodwork
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Ovumbundu
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.65
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- staff
- walking sticks
- woodwork
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.48
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- staff
- walking sticks
- woodwork
- Title
- Door-of-Lodge Grizzly-Flathead
- Artist
- Edward Sheriff Curtis
- Artist Life Dates
- 1868 - 1954
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1910
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.155
- Medium and Support
- photogravure on dark cream wove paper
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- costume
- headdress
- staff
- standing
- trees
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.28
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and patination
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- carvings
- figures
- staff
- woodwork
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Ovumbundu
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.61
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- staff
- walking sticks
- woodwork
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- A stylized animal head, with an elongated open mouth and horizontally positioned, flat ears, sits atop a staff with decorative carvings along the shaft.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.25
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- animals
- ceremonial staffs
- heads
- staff
- Title
- Hamasaka Tlu wulahu Costume with Speaker's Staff-Qagyuhi
- Artist
- Edward Sheriff Curtis
- Artist Life Dates
- 1868 - 1954
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1914
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.161
- Medium and Support
- photogravure on light beige wove paper
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- costume
- portraits
- staff
- standing
- trees
- Title
- The Campfire
- Artist
- Roy De Forest
- Artist Life Dates
- 1930-2007
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.81
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.67199
- Primary Keywords
- dogs
- figures
- head
- staff
- trees
- Title
- The Shepherdess
- Artist
- Jean-François Millet
- Artist Life Dates
- 1814-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1857
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.106
- Medium and Support
- black chalk on off-white wove paper
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- hills
- sheep
- staff
- standing
- trees
- workers
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.50
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- chokwe
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- woodwork
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Wananesi
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.58
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- woodwork
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Wooden staff covered with beads, displaying a zigzag pattern in blue, white, red, yellow, green and pink along the shaft, with an iron point at the base. The finial (top of the staff) consists of an equestrian, mostly in green, wearing elaborate red-and-yellow headgear, holding a staff and riding a multicolored horse, which stands on a rectangular platform adorned with a veil of ropes of beads.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.45
- Medium and Support
- wood with beads, metal, cloth
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- beadwork
- equestrians
- figures
- figurines
- staff
- staffs
- Title
- Birdland
- Artist
- Roy De Forest
- Artist Life Dates
- 1930-2007
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.78
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- figures
- head
- hills
- staff
- trees
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Zambia, Lozi
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.62
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- lozi
- staff
- walking sticks
- woodwork
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- A slightly curved staff, topped by a long, narrow handle, placed atop a carved human head, with simple hairdo and facial feautures. The shaft is covered by a snake coiling upward from the lower end of the staff.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.67
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- ceremonial staffs
- figurines
- human males
- staff
- Title
- St. George and the Dragon
- Artist
- Palma il Giovane
- Artist Life Dates
- (Venice, 1544 - 1628, Venice)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1600-1610
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.13
- Medium and Support
- pen, brown ink and brown washes over black chalk on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- dragon
- saint
- st. george
- staff
- standing
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Tanzania, Fipa
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.63
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- men
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- woodwork
- Title
- Wand (oshe Shango)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Shango
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden wand. A discoid grip at one end of the shaft, and a double-headed projection at the other.
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.22
- Medium and Support
- wood with leather
- relevance
- rank 7.58945
- Primary Keywords
- ceremonial objects
- head
- staff
- wands
- yoruba
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.44
- Medium and Support
- wood with beads
- relevance
- rank 7.50868
- Primary Keywords
- beads
- canes
- staff
- walking sticks
- woodwork
- yoruba
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.6
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.50868
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- figures
- songye
- staff
- walking sticks
- woodwork
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mozambique, Yao
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.5
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.42960
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- head
- heads (representations)
- staff
- walking sticks
- yao
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Republic of the Congo, Kongo, Solongo
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.53
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.42960
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- kongo
- solongo
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- woodwork
- Title
- Esu-Elegbara Dance Staff (ogo Esu-Elegbara)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- At the top of the staff, a male and female supplicant peer from a cascade of cowries, brass beads, iron fragments, and seeds. Some cowries are stained with indigo dye. The lower bodies of the figures are concealed by the shell strands above. Their elongated hairstyles extend the overall verticality of the piece. The figure’s faces appear to be identical.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1975
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.26
- Medium and Support
- wood, leather, cowrie shells, brass, iron, seeds
- relevance
- rank 7.42960
- Primary Keywords
- cowrie shell
- dance
- deity
- kinetic
- rattle
- staff, ceremonial
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Shango
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.37
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.35218
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- sangu (ogowe river area style)
- staff
- walking sticks
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The Giant Antaeus (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.66
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.27635
- Primary Keywords
- arrows
- fighting
- hercules
- heroes
- horses
- males
- men
- nudes
- staff
- standing
- Title
- The Labors of Hercules: The River-god Achelous (one of the set of 13 prints)
- Artist
- Heinrich Aldegrever
- Artist Life Dates
- 1502- circa 1561
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1550
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.67
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.20206
- Primary Keywords
- alligators
- death
- deaths
- fighting
- gods
- hercules
- nudes
- rivers
- staff
- standing
- trees
- Title
- Allegorical Representation of 'America'
- Artist
- Maarten de Vos
- Artist Life Dates
- 1532-1603
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1594-1600
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.24
- Medium and Support
- pen and black ink with ink wash on cream-colored paper
- relevance
- rank 7.20206
- Primary Keywords
- allegory
- america
- americas
- birds
- fruit
- lions
- reptiles and amphibians
- rhinoceros
- staff
- trees
- Title
- Hirado Ware Mizusashi blue-and-white water covered jar with design of Chinese sages
- Artist
- Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan
- Physical Description
- This white porcelain jar has the design of six Chinese sages and an attendant boy with blue underglaze in delicate brushwork. One sage is reading a book, while another is listening. The attendant boy is standing next to the sage with a book. Other four sages are looking at a long hand scroll. Some sages hold staffs on their hands. One sage has a string instrument. The jar has a broad shoulder and an inverted mouth, where the lid is placed. The knob of the lid is in a shape of a reclining boy (unpainted), surrounded by books, hanging scrolls, a cane, and a fan, which are painted with blue underglaze. It also has a shallow foot.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.51A&B
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 7.12928
- Primary Keywords
- books
- boy
- fan (costume accessory)
- literati (painters)
- scroll paintings
- staff (walking stick)
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.19
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 7.05796
- Primary Keywords
- bodhisattva
- buddhism
- lotus
- miniature (size attribute)
- paradise
- plaque (flat object)
- staff (walking stick)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- A stylized human head with an elaborate coiffure, sitting atop a larger animal head with scarification marks below the eyes, tops a well-carved staff with angular handle and a zig-zag carved pattern below the handle. The eyes of both figures are set in shallow cavities and appear squinted or closed.
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.19
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.83215
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- ceremonial staffs
- heads
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- Title
- Ritual Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- Probably 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- probably 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.69
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 6.82643
- Primary Keywords
- artists
- birds
- ceremonial staffs
- figures
- figures (representations)
- men
- portraits
- staff
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- African, Tanzania, Kagura
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.8
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.73791
- Primary Keywords
- canes
- head
- heads
- heads (representations)
- staff
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.24
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.39044
- Primary Keywords
- bust
- busts
- figures
- figures (representations)
- heads (representations)
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- woodwork
- Title
- Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
- Artist
- Randolph Rogers
- Physical Description
- A white marble statue of a young female figure, leaning forward holding a staff with eyes closed, her left hand held up to her right ear. A flowing, wind-swept garment drapes the figure. On the base to the left of the figure is a broken capital of a Corinthian column lying on its side.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1825-1892
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1861
- Accession Number
- 1862.1
- Medium and Support
- Carrara marble
- relevance
- rank 5.80651
- Primary Keywords
- allegory
- blind
- blind (people)
- capitals
- corinthian (architectural style)
- figures (representations)
- girl
- girls
- marble
- mythology (literary genre)
- neoclassical
- nydia
- pompeii
- pompeii (deserted settlement)
- sculpture
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)
- standing
- statues
- stone
- women