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Title
Phulkari Shawl with Stylized Floral Patterns arranged in 54 squares
Artist
India, Eastern Punjab
Physical Description
This piece of brick red cloth is covered with geometric patterns in tones of red, greenish yellow, white and orange. Along the top and bottom edges (if the piece were vertical) are border grids made up of 6 squares with triangular patterns of thread inside them. The main body of the phulkari is a 6 by 9 square grid, each box housing a stylized floral pattern made from embroidery.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1st half of 20th century
Accession Number
2005/2.10
Medium and Support
silk embroidery on homespun cotton cloth
Date Added/Updated
2015-05-15 10:50:53
Secondary Keywords
associated concepts
descriptors
design elements
fiber and fiber products
fiber products
geometric concepts
geometric figures
materials
materials by form
materials by physical form
mathematical concepts
people and culture
plane figures
polygons
scientific concepts
textile materials
textile materials by form
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Title
Crucifixion
Artist
Artist Unknown, Italy
Physical Description
Wooden scultpure of the body of Jesus Christ as it would appear crucified on a cross.
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1600-1699
Accession Number
2009/2.10
Medium and Support
wood
Date Added/Updated
2015-05-15 10:46:52
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
design elements
events
executions
motifs
people and culture
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Title
Sea Shells on a Table
Artist
Hamaguchi Yôzô
Physical Description
The upper two-thirds of the brint are dominated by black, while the lower area depicts a variety of seashells on a checkerboard black and white cloth.
Artist Life Dates
1909-2000
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2010/2.31
Medium and Support
black and white litho print on paper
Date Added/Updated
2015-02-20 15:39:05
Secondary Keywords
british renaissance-baroque architecture styles
british renaissance-baroque styles
combination inorganic/organic animal material
combination inorganic/organic material
descriptors
design elements
european
european styles and periods
geometric patterns
materials
materials by composition
objects we use
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
people and culture
photographic prints
photographic prints by color
photographs
photographs by form
positives
renaissance-baroque regional styles
renaissance-baroque styles
renaissance-baroque styles and periods
shell and shell material
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Joyce on a Sunday
Artist
David Francis Donovan
Physical Description
A woman's back with long hair staring out at a body of water.
Object Creation Date
May 3, 1998
Accession Number
2014/2.156
Medium and Support
black and white photograph on paper
Date Added/Updated
2015-02-20 15:34:41
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
design elements
objects we use
ornament areas
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Garden
Artist
Billie Mercer
Physical Description
Garden scene with wooden picnic benches, leaves on trees above.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.145
Medium and Support
black and white photograph on matte paper
Date Added/Updated
2015-02-20 15:34:21
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
design elements
objects we use
ornament areas
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Sheep on a Snow-covered Field, North of Holland
Artist
Leonard Freed
Physical Description
Sheep in the middle of a field covered in snow. The sky above is all white.
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
2014/2.343
Medium and Support
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated
2015-02-20 15:33:54
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
associated concepts
descriptors
design elements
earth sciences concepts
mammals
ornament areas
people and culture
physical sciences concepts
precipitation
scientific concepts
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena
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Title
Equivalent (Nude/Fist)
Artist
Jerry N. Uelsmann
Physical Description
A grouping of two images, the one on top, a woman's body folded over and below, a hand in a fist shape, both displaying the same overall shape.
Artist Life Dates
(Detroit, Michigan, 1934 - )
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
2012/1.227
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
Date Added/Updated
2015-02-20 15:33:06
Secondary Keywords
arms
biological components
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
motifs
objects we use
the human body
upper body
visual works
visual works by subject type
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Title
The Orchard, Grantchester
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
Trees in a field with tables and chairs below.
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.159
Medium and Support
toned black and white photograph on paper
Date Added/Updated
2015-02-20 15:25:53
Secondary Keywords
buildings and the land
descriptors
design elements
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
landscapes (environments)
natural landscapes
objects we use
ornament areas
plants
settlements and landscapes
support furniture
tables (support furniture)
tables by function
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
woody plants
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Gold and tan in color, interlocking diamond shapes with grass fringe on the sides.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.86
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:19:41
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Marriage of Reason and Squalor
Artist
Frank Stella
Physical Description
This print shows a black horizontal rectangle in the lower left portion of an off-white background. The rectangle is divided in half and each side has a pattern of stripes that create the appearance of inverted u-shaped forms stacked one on top of the other.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Object Creation Date
1967
Accession Number
2010/2.25
Medium and Support
lithograph on Paper
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:19:07
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
visual arts
abstraction
artistic concepts
associated concepts
concepts in the arts
descriptors
design elements
forms of expression
objects we use
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
people and culture
planographic prints
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan squares with interlocking multiple sized triangles. The edges are tan and hemmed.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.90
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:17:45
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Dark tan chevron stripes on a light tan background. The lighter tan is textured and is in a notched "V" pattern.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.81
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:16:34
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Interlocking diamonds in beige and off-white. Tan hemmed edges.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.94
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:15:51
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan background with dark brown and white trimmed diamond pattern throughout. The sides are all hemmed with a tan fabric.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.87
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:14:05
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Background is dark brown and over the top is a large interlocking square pattern with smaller squares. The insides of the larger squares are half dark brown and half tan.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.92
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:14:02
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan background of four separate rectangles, hemmed edges throughout. One side is diamonds, one is an interlocking "V" pattern, one is joined diamonds and the other is "S" shapes pattern.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.89
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:13:33
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Varying diamond and triangle patterns in tan and brown. Hemmed edge.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.95
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:12:23
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Two pieces of fabric connected by a seam in the center. Two separate diamond patterns, both in dark brown and tan.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.91
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:12:20
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Three panels, all the same background color sewn together. Interlocking triangles on both sides are dark brown and yellow diamonds in center mixed with brown.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.84
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:10:55
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan with light beige and dark brown diamond design. Edges are hemmed in tan.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.93
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:10:37
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan and dark brown design in four separate squares - interconnected forms, smaller horizontal diamonds, medium sized diamonds and large diamonds.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.88
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:08:25
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Kara Walker
Physical Description
White glazed porcelain pitcher with black silhouette faces in profile, one on each side.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1969
Object Creation Date
2013
Accession Number
2014/2.2
Medium and Support
print on porcelain
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:08:06
Secondary Keywords
image form
containers
containers by form
descriptors
design elements
objects we use
vessels
visual works
visual works by form
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Back in tan in color and textured with dark brown and lighter brown diamnd shapes. There are four sections and a long brown running stripe. All the edges are hemmed.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.85
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:07:46
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Dark brown rectangled with two rounded edges on one end. Interlocing triangles of tan and brown. Textured and braided designs.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.83
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
Date Added/Updated
2014-11-11 15:06:44
Secondary Keywords
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
design elements
object genres
object genres by material
patterns (design elements)
patterns by specific type
Title
Goldweight in a geometric shape
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight with a base in the shape of a pentagon, bearing two undecorated bars.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.440
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:05:12
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with a geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base with a geometric pattern consisting of 3 half circles and 1 spiral in the center and rows of edged teeth on two sides.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.411
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:04:42
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight in triangular shape
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a triangle, bearing undecorated lines along the edges of its shape and across the middle, with a small protrusion in the middle of the triangle's base.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.490
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:04:22
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Square goldweight or lid of a gold dust box, hollow in the back, with a geometric pattern with 2 spirals in the center and a row of edged teeth along 2 of the sides.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.487
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:04:16
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base, with a geometric pattern consisting of rectangular forms in the center and a single undulating line along the two long edges.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.486
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:03:40
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with a geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base bearing three undecorated bars.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.422
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:02:38
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with a geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with a geometric pattern on top.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.394
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:01:39
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with a geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight with geometric pattern consisting of a double "star" form.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.372
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:01:05
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with a geometric pattern with an "N" or "Z" form in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.484
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:01:02
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Rectangular goldweight with geometric pattern consisting of lines and "edged teeth".
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1986/2.144
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:00:26
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
visual and tactile
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a geometric pattern with squares and triangles in the center and edged teeth along two edges.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.500
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 13:00:14
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a rectangle, bearing a geometric pattern with a zigzag line along one side and edged teeth along the other.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.491
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:59:45
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight in shape of swastika
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a solid, undecorated swastika form.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.384
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:59:13
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
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Title
Bowl
Artist
Fanny Nampeyo
Physical Description
A shallow stoneware bowl banded with a design in the traditional Southwest style. The bowl is tan embellished with patterns in shades of black and reddish brown.
Artist Life Dates
1900-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1930
Accession Number
1984/2.11
Medium and Support
stoneware
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:58:21
Secondary Keywords
ceramics
containers
containers by form
descriptors
design elements
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)
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
the americas
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Title
Illustration Proof without text of A.M. David's "Statuaire" for Aloysius Bertard's book "Gaspard de la nuit:fantasies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot"
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
Two rectangular friezes: one horizontal, one vertical. In the larger horizontal section, there is a man's head inside a triangle with two angel heads on the sides, with an elaborate border. In the vertical section, there are two angel heads blowing air out of their mouths.
Century
Early 20th century
Object Creation Date
1904
Accession Number
2013/2.549
Medium and Support
woodcut on paper
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:58:17
Secondary Keywords
abstract expressionist
animals and creatures
associated concepts
descriptors
design elements
earth sciences concepts
international post-1945 styles and movements
legendary creatures
motifs
natural element motifs
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by state or condition
physical sciences concepts
post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
scientific concepts
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena
Title
Goldweight in a geometric shape
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a solid rectangle with a geometric pattern of lines and incisions along its four long sides and an incised "X" form on the two short sides.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.382
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:58:02
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern with two spirals
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square, with a geometric pattern of 2 spirals in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1986/2.136
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:57:55
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight in a geometric shape
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of four flat cubes with a geometrical pattern consiting of individual "stars", each attached to two other cubes at two of the corners.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.410
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:57:44
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with a geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a rectangular base bearing a geometric pattern of four shorter bars, attached to a longer bar on top.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.427
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:57:12
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with a geometric pattern derived from a swastika form.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.402
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:56:27
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight with a square base bearing a geometric pattern of a solid, undecorated "X" form encased in a solid, undecorated square with two small protrusions in the middle of two of its sides.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.480
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:56:23
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a geometric pattern derived of the swastika form.
Century
possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1986/2.143
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:55:53
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
design elements
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight in geometric shape
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a a solid, undecorated triangle with a differently-colored, filled-up hole in the middle and flat circles protruding from the three corners.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.493
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:55:49
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with two solid bars on top
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with two solid, undecorated bars on top.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.501
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:55:18
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square, with a geometric pattern, consisting of variously sized triangles in the center and edged teeth along two edges.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.479
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:55:14
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern with XX in center
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square, with a geometric pattern with a double "X" form in the center and edged teeth along two sides.
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1986/2.137
Medium and Support
brass
Date Added/Updated
2014-08-15 12:54:47
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
descriptors
design elements
geographic and political locations
goldweights
motifs
visual and tactile
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