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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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