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Oba’s Beaded Crown (adénlá); Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Title: Oba’s Beaded Crown (adénlá)
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
Physical Description: Beaded, veil fringed, canonical crown; seven long beaded tassles dangle from the bottom rim of the crown; entire surface area is embroidered with multi-colored seed beads; three tiers of colorful faces surround the perimeter; a series of three dimensional birds perch on top of the crown; the largest bird sits on tip and is removable.
Century: Mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1925-1975
Accession Number: 1997/1.306
Medium and Support: glass beads, cotton fabric, raffia palm
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:21
Secondary Keywords: accessories worn on the head; animals and creatures; aristocracy; associated concepts; beads and sets of beads; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; crown (headdress); descriptors; groups of people; headgear; heads; nobility; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; political concepts; social classes; social classes by specific type; social groups; social science concepts; the human body; upper body; upper class

Royal Elephant Mask (Bajoun); Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamileke

Title: Royal Elephant Mask (Bajoun)
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamileke
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.305
Medium and Support: cloth with multi-colored beadwork
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:21
Secondary Keywords: african; african styles by region; animals; animals and creatures; aristocracy; beads and sets of beads; beadwork; cameroon grassfields; cameroon styles; costume; costume by function; descriptors; groups of people; mammals; nobility; object genres; object genres by form; objects; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; political figures; social classes; social classes by specific type; social groups; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; upper class; west african styles

Black Excursion No. 13; Louise Nevelson

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Title: Black Excursion No. 13
Artist: Louise Nevelson
Physical Description: Square, rectangular, and circular pieces of wood and formica are assembled in rectilinear, cabinet-like compartments. The entire object is painted black.
Artist Life Dates: 1899 - 1988
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1964
Accession Number: 1997/1.131
Medium and Support: painted wood and black formica
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:54
Secondary Keywords: visual arts; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; descriptors; european; european styles and periods; forms of expression; genres; geometric shapes; international post-1945 styles and movements; materials; materials by origin; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; object-making processes and techniques; people and culture; plant material; post-1945 fine arts styles and movements; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; rectangles; sculpture techniques; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual and tactile; wood and wood products

Untitled; John Chamberlain

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Title: Untitled
Artist: John Chamberlain
Artist Life Dates: born 1927
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1931-1997
Accession Number: 1997/1.120
Medium and Support: paper, aluminum foil, glue and painted resin
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:52
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; found object sculpture; genres; inorganic material; international post-1945 styles and movements; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; non-representational art; objects we use; people and culture; post-1945 fine arts styles and movements; sculpture; sculpture by material; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Marcel Duchamp Art Medal 28/100, based on Sink Stopper (Bouche Évier), 1964; Marcel Duchamp

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Title: Marcel Duchamp Art Medal 28/100, based on Sink Stopper (Bouche Évier), 1964
Artist: Marcel Duchamp
Physical Description: A small, thin silver disk. In the center are seven convex circular protrusions (one in the center surrounded symmetrically by the six others) that appear like balls set within individual depressions. There are other less uniform depressions surrounding the center design. An incised line runs around the circumference.
Artist Life Dates: 1887 - 1968
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1967
Accession Number: 1997/1.122
Medium and Support: silver
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:52
Secondary Keywords: coins; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; medals; modern and contemporary art; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; plumbing and stormwater system components; plumbing fixtures; system components; visual works; visual works by form

Cubes and Cylinders; Judy Chicago

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Title: Cubes and Cylinders
Artist: Judy Chicago
Physical Description: Twelve identical cubes and twelve identical cylinders of gold-plated steel. They are rearrangeable.
Artist Life Dates: born 1939
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1967
Accession Number: 1997/1.121A-X
Medium and Support: milled steel, gold-plating
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:52
Secondary Keywords: visual arts; artistic concepts; associated concepts; components and systems; concepts in the arts; culture and related concepts; culture-related concepts; descriptors; european; european styles and periods; forms of expression; genres; geometric concepts; geometric figures; mathematical concepts; metalwork; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; object genres; object genres by material; object groupings; object groupings and systems; object groupings by general context; objects we use; people and culture; recreation; scientific concepts; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Necklace; Artist Unknown, Tibet

Title: Necklace
Artist: Artist Unknown, Tibet
Physical Description: A necklace of faceted coral beads, in graduated sizes, with a coral-inlaid silver clasp.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1995/1.61
Medium and Support: faceted coral beads with silver and coral clasp
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:03
Secondary Keywords: asian; beads and sets of beads; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; jewelry; jewelry by location; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people and culture; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Necklace; Artist Unknown, Tibet

Title: Necklace
Artist: Artist Unknown, Tibet
Physical Description: A necklace of turquoise, mountain coral, and dzi (patterned agate) beads strung on thread.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1995/1.60
Medium and Support: turqoise, coral and dzi beads
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:02
Secondary Keywords: asian; beads and sets of beads; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; jewelry; jewelry by location; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people and culture; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Necklace; Artist Unknown, Tibet

Title: Necklace
Artist: Artist Unknown, Tibet
Physical Description: A necklace of turquoise, mountain coral, and dzi (patterned agate) beads strung on thread, with a large turquose pendant at the center.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1995/1.59
Medium and Support: turquoise, coral and dzi beads
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:02
Secondary Keywords: asian; beads and sets of beads; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; jewelry; jewelry by location; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people and culture; south asian; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Lion attacking a quadruped (architectural fragment); India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura

Title: Lion attacking a quadruped (architectural fragment)
Artist: India, Madhya Pradesh, Mathura
Physical Description: A terracotta block, probably originally part of a frieze around a building, with molded and incised design.
Century: 3rd-4th century
Object Creation Date: 3rd century - 4th century
Accession Number: 1994/1.77
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:49
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by form; object-making processes and techniques; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; sculpture techniques

Bust of a Buddha (Chieng Sen Style); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Bust of a Buddha (Chieng Sen Style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.47
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:43
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; devotional images; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Uma, torso (Khmer-Bayon style); Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

Title: Uma, torso (Khmer-Bayon style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)
Century: 12th-13th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century - 13th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.49
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:43
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; object genres; object genres by form; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; the human body

Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra (Sukhothai style); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra (Sukhothai style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.43
Medium and Support: bronze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:42
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; descriptors; devotional images; figures (representations); object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha, sheltered by Mucalinda (Lopburi style; fragment); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Head of a Buddha, sheltered by Mucalinda (Lopburi style; fragment)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.40
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:41
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; devotional images; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; reptiles; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style); Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.38
Medium and Support: sandstone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:41
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; descriptors; devotional images; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; reptiles; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Head of a Buddha (Mon-Dvaravati style); Thailand, Mon-Dvaravati

Title: Head of a Buddha (Mon-Dvaravati style)
Artist: Thailand, Mon-Dvaravati
Physical Description: Buddha head carved from grey limestone with serene expression, elongated earlobes and ushnisha, a proturbance on the top of his head indicating his expanded wisdom.
Century: 8th-9th century
Object Creation Date: 700-899
Accession Number: 1993/2.35
Medium and Support: grey limestone
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:40
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; devotional images; object genres; object genres by form; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by state or condition; religions; religions and religious concepts; religious visual works; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by subject type

Dog; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Dog
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: pottery model of a standing dog, as part of the grave furnishing in a Han tomb
Century: 1st-2nd century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.96
Medium and Support: earthenware with traces of polychrome pigments
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:35
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by location, context or origin; people and culture

Five-linked jar; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Five-linked jar
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: High-footed ceramic pot with one large central hu-shaped pot and four smaller hu-shaped pouts that encircle it. The upper and lower body of the main pot is decorated with bands of incised “bowstrings” decoration.
Century: 1st-3rd century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 3rd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.99
Medium and Support: stoneware with ash glaze on shoulder
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:35
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; pottery (object genre); vessels

Long-necked hu (wine storage jar) with molded low-relief taotie masks at the waist and bands of grooved decoration; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Long-necked hu (wine storage jar) with molded low-relief taotie masks at the waist and bands of grooved decoration
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.94
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:34
Secondary Keywords: bottles; bottles by function; containers; containers by form; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; vessels; vessels for serving and consuming food

Wide-mouthed storage jar with bands of incised decor and ring handles; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Wide-mouthed storage jar with bands of incised decor and ring handles
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Wide-mouthed stoneware jar with bands of incised rib-pattern decoration and two ring handles and light coating of olive glaze.
Century: 6th-4th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 6th century BCE - 4th century BCE
Accession Number: 1993/1.93
Medium and Support: Stoneware with carved and stamped decoration under olive green glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:34
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; pottery (object genre); vessels

Model of a pond filled with swans; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Model of a pond filled with swans
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.87
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:33
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; birds; bodies of water; bodies of water and components of bodies of water; bodies of water by size; buildings and the land; descriptors; lacustrine bodies; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; object genres; object genres by material; settlements and landscapes

Model of a pigpen; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Model of a pigpen
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.75
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:31
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; buildings and the land; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by material; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by location or context; yards

Large hu (wine storage jar) with partly calcified green glaze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Large hu (wine storage jar) with partly calcified green glaze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.78
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:31
Secondary Keywords: bottles; bottles by function; containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; vessels

Model of a round granary; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Model of a round granary
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: late 3rd century BCE - 2nd century BCE
Accession Number: 1993/1.76
Medium and Support: earthenware with calcinated green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:31
Secondary Keywords: agricultural buildings; agricultural structures; buildings and the land; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; visual works; visual works by function

Model of a water well; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Model of a water well
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.74
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:30
Secondary Keywords: topographical; buildings and the land; descriptors; earthworks (engineering works); object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; single built works; single built works by location; single built works by location or context; single built works by specific type; visual works; visual works by function

Large hu (wine storage jar) with calcified green glaze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Large hu (wine storage jar) with calcified green glaze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.54
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:28
Secondary Keywords: bottles; bottles by function; containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; vessels

Large hu (wine storage jar) with olive green glaze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Large hu (wine storage jar) with olive green glaze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.53
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:28
Secondary Keywords: bottles; bottles by function; containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; vessels

Model of a mill; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Model of a mill
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1993/1.61
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:28
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; visual works; visual works by function

Large storage jar with gourd design; Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture

Title: Large storage jar with gourd design
Artist: Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture
Physical Description: This pot has a narrow, cylindrical neck, abruptly giving way to a rounded upper half, tapering gently to a flat bottom, with two small lugs (ring handles) at the waist. Painted decoration is confined to the upper half, perhaps because these pots were set into the earth to keep them upright. The painted designs evoke fish nets and swirling eddies of water.
Artist Life Dates: 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
Century: 25th-24th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
Accession Number: 1993/1.46
Medium and Support: red earthenware with black slip decoration
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:26
Secondary Keywords: ceremonial containers; containers; containers by function or context; descriptors; funerary containers; funerary vessels; object genres; object genres by location, context or origin; objects we use

Standing warrior figure; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Standing warrior figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 1st century
Object Creation Date: 1st century - 2nd century
Accession Number: 1992/2.2
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:04
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

Duck; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Duck
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th century
Object Creation Date: early 7th century
Accession Number: 1991/2.17
Medium and Support: earthenware with straw-colored glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:25
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; attributes and properties; attributes and properties by specific type; birds; descriptors; form attributes; object genres; object genres by material; size (extent); size by specific type

Lime pot with a handle in the shape of areca fruit; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Title: Lime pot with a handle in the shape of areca fruit
Artist: Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
Physical Description: A small container made by inverting a wheel-thrown jar with a rounded bottom, cutting out a circle in the new 'shoulder' of the jar, and attaching a flat bottom. The handle, which is simply attached at both ends, takes the form of an areca fruit. The vessel as a whole has a pale straw-colored glaze, with a rich green iron glaze dripped over the handle and the upper part of the pot.
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1991/1.99
Medium and Support: stoneware with green and crackled white glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:17
Secondary Keywords: ceramics; containers; containers by form; descriptors; design elements; fruit; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; materials by origin; motifs; nut (plant material); object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; plant material; pottery (object genre); vessels

Bowl with carved lotus petals design; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Title: Bowl with carved lotus petals design
Artist: Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
Physical Description: A rounded bowl, its lower two-thirds carved as a lotus blossom centered on the foot of the bowl, with two bands of double incised lines around the rim area. The pale yellow-brown glaze is worn in some areas. Five spur marks inside.
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1991/1.97
Medium and Support: stoneware with yellow green glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:17
Secondary Keywords: ceramics; containers; containers by form; descriptors; design elements; motifs; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; plant-derived motifs; pottery (object genre); vessels

Beaker with mottled green drip glaze; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Title: Beaker with mottled green drip glaze
Artist: Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
Physical Description: A finely potted deep stoneware beaker with a rounded bottom and a mottled, dark green glaze. The attractive glaze effect is achieved by applying small dots of a wax over the entire surface of the vessel, and then pouring the glaze from the top down. Unglazed ring interior is the result from a clay ring to separate one pot from another in firing.
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1991/1.96
Medium and Support: stoneware with a mottled, dripped green glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:17
Secondary Keywords: ceramics; containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; pottery (object genre); vessels

Beaker with incised leaf scroll pattern; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Title: Beaker with incised leaf scroll pattern
Artist: Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
Physical Description: A finely potted stoneware beaker with a rounded bottom and a lightly incised, freely drawn leaf scroll spreading across the widest part of the body, flanked by incised double horizontal lines, all covered evenly with an yellow green glaze. Four spur markes inside.
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1991/1.95
Medium and Support: stoneware with yellow green glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:16
Secondary Keywords: ceramics; containers; containers by form; descriptors; design elements; motifs; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; pottery (object genre); scrolls (motifs); vessels

Pot; Maria Martínez

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Title: Pot
Artist: Maria Martínez
Physical Description: A blackware bowl with black on black decoration. The bowl is nearly spherical in profile, with a narrow and wide mouth. Around the upper half is a feather design, which looks like individual feathers hanging down from the mouth forming a ring around the circumference.
Artist Life Dates: 1887 - 1980
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1935
Accession Number: 1991/1.88
Medium and Support: blackware
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:15
Secondary Keywords: ceramics; containers; containers by form; descriptors; modern and contemporary art; native american; native north american styles; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; people and culture; pottery (object genre); southwestern native american styles; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the americas

Bowl with design of landscape and ox-herders; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bowl with design of landscape and ox-herders
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1912-1990
Accession Number: 1991/1.89
Medium and Support: porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:15
Secondary Keywords: animals; copies (derivative objects); derivative objects; descriptors; locality; mammals; object genres; objects; originals and derivative objects; oxen; the natural world

Lincoln Center/Dusk, from "City-Scapes Portfolio"; Fran Bull

Title: Lincoln Center/Dusk, from "City-Scapes Portfolio"
Artist: Fran Bull
Physical Description: This screenprint depicts two sculptures jutting from a pool in the center right of the composition. The pool takes up the bottom half of the print, and shows the reflections from the top half of the scene. Two trees are at the left with a tall building in the background behind them, and a building with large windows takes up the background in the right two-thirds of the composition.
Artist Life Dates: born 1938
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1979
Accession Number: 1991/1.66.5
Medium and Support: screenprint on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:09
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; buildings and the land; descriptors; energy and related concepts; energy-related concepts; inorganic material; light-related concepts; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; object genres; objects we use; people and culture; physical sciences concepts; physics concepts; scientific concepts; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Untitled, from "Poverty", published in "People and Places in Trouble"; Walker Evans

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Title: Untitled, from "Poverty", published in "People and Places in Trouble"
Artist: Walker Evans
Artist Life Dates: 1903-1975
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1961
Accession Number: 1990/2.61
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:27:59
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; bible; components and systems; genres; infrastructural systems; modern and contemporary art; new testament; object groupings and systems; objects; portfolios; systems; systems by function; telecommunication systems

Small ear cup; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Small ear cup
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE
Accession Number: 1990/1.262
Medium and Support: earthenware with calcinated green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:27:45
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; descriptors; drinking vessels; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; vessels for serving and consuming food

Model of house-shaped granary; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Model of house-shaped granary
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE
Accession Number: 1990/1.213
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:27:34
Secondary Keywords: agricultural buildings; agricultural structures; buildings and the land; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type

Model of a pig pen; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Model of a pig pen
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE
Object Creation Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE
Accession Number: 1990/1.214
Medium and Support: earthenware, red, with green lead glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:27:34
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by material

Lion head (fragment of a Buddha throne?); Artist Unknown, India

Title: Lion head (fragment of a Buddha throne?)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Accession Number: 1990/1.178
Medium and Support: terracotta
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:27:27
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by form; the human body; upper body

Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series; Frank Stella

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Title: Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series
Artist: Frank Stella
Physical Description: Wall relief sculpture created from wood, irregularly shaped metal objects, and found objects—including steel rods, ratcheted discs and a paintbrush.
Artist Life Dates: born 1936
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1983
Accession Number: 1989/2.1
Medium and Support: patinated cast bronze, fabricated aluminum, wood, steel, plastic, screenprint
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:47
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; culture and related concepts; culture-related concepts; found object sculpture; genres; international post-1945 styles and movements; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people and culture; post-1945 fine arts styles and movements; recreation; recreational artifacts; recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities; sculpture; sculpture by material; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Bracelet; Artist Unknown, African, West Africa

Title: Bracelet
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, West Africa
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 1987/2.62
Medium and Support: cast brass, lost wax method
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:55
Secondary Keywords: bracelets (jewelry); costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; jewelry by location; jewelry worn on arms and hands; metalwork; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use

Bracelet; Artist Unknown, African, West Africa

Title: Bracelet
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, West Africa
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1960
Accession Number: 1987/2.59
Medium and Support: brass
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:54
Secondary Keywords: bracelets (jewelry); costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; jewelry; jewelry by location; jewelry worn on arms and hands; metalwork; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Vessel; African, Congo (Zaire), Songye

Title: Vessel
Artist: African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1925-1940
Accession Number: 1987/2.53
Medium and Support: earthenware
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:53
Secondary Keywords: ceramics; containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people and culture; pottery (object genre); styles and periods; styles and periods by region

Textile panel; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Ndengese

Title: Textile panel
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Ndengese
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1950-1965
Accession Number: 1987/2.54
Medium and Support: woven and dyed raffia
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:53
Secondary Keywords: architectural elements; components; components and systems; components by specific context; descriptors; design elements; motifs; natural element motifs; object genres; object genres by material; surface element components; surface elements and surface element components; visual and tactile

Cup with small handle; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Cup with small handle
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: It has a flat base, globular body and straight neck with an everted rim. The color is dark grayish-blue.
Object Creation Date: circa 8th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.310
Medium and Support: stoneware with natural ash glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:31
Secondary Keywords: ceramics; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; pottery (object genre); vessels

Changsha ware bird-shaped water dropper; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Changsha ware bird-shaped water dropper
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 9th century
Object Creation Date: 9th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.311
Medium and Support: stoneware with brown iron glaze
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:31
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; containers; containers by form; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; writing (processes)

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