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- Title
- Thai Walking Buddha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A bronze figure of a walking man. He is wearing a spiked headdress and is holding up his left hand.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.272
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- buddha
- figure (representation)
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- Title
- Indian Bronze Ganesha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- A bronze statue of an Hindu god. The figure has an elephant head attached to a human body.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.270
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- elephant
- figure (representation)
- religious art
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- Title
- Funerary sculpture of a civilian official
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1995/1.79
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with three-color glaze
- Primary Keywords
- figure (representation)
- funerary art
- man
- standing
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- Title
- Seated figure of a woman with bowls (originally part of the furnishings of a tomb)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 386-534
- Accession Number
- 1950/2.11
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with traces of polychrome
- Primary Keywords
- bowls (vessels)
- figure (representation)
- funerary art
- woman
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- 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
- Primary Keywords
- ceramics
- figure (representation)
- sculpture
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- Title
- Sancai funerary sculpture of a military official
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 7th century - early 8th century
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.68
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with sancai (three color) glaze
- Primary Keywords
- figure (representation)
- military officers
- standing
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- Title
- Warrior, one of a pair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 581-618
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.25
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with pale straw-colored glaze
- Primary Keywords
- figure (representation)
- man
- standing
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- Title
- Warrior, one of a pair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 6th century
- Object Creation Date
- 581-618
- Accession Number
- 1997/2.26
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with pale straw-colored glaze
- Primary Keywords
- figure (representation)
- man
- standing
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- Title
- Flywhisk (mpiya, nsea, nfunka or nyese)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Dondo Peoples Congo Republic
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved flywhisk is shape of a woman. Her torso doubles as the whisk handle and is scarified with leaden inlay, which has been worn smooth due to extended use. A red cotton wrap marks the transition zone between the female’s torso and the buffalo hair whisk below. The whisk visually acts as a grass skirt completing the above figure’s body and dress.
- Century
- late 18th - early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.176
- Medium and Support
- wood, lead, cotton fiber, buffalo hair
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- divination
- figure (representation)
- flywhisks
- prestige
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- Title
- Male Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Male figured seated on high-backed stool with hands resting on abdomen; symmetrical scarification patterns on cheeks and temples, also down center of forehead and at base of the nose. Coiffure is high crested and segmented. Figure wears sandals and necklace or amulet around neck. Figure has sheen to patina, pigmented deep brown in contrast to stool. Figure has bore hole in back between buttocks.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1960
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.32
- Medium and Support
- wood, pigment
- Primary Keywords
- blolo bian
- figure (representation)
- mediation
- spirit
- wood (sculpture by material)
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- Title
- Power Figure (nkisi nduda)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yombe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Small wooden figure with naturalistic human face engulfed in layers of multi-media attachments including animal hides, medicine packs, and a turban bound in feathers. Figure holds the tip of a curved piece of wood in its mouth, the other end of which terminates in its clutched right hand. A round mirrior is embdedded in the figure's "belly." The hides and fibers creating the “skirt” are intact, making it unique.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.191
- Medium and Support
- wood, mirror, glass, hide, fiber, feathers, resin, pigment
- Primary Keywords
- divination
- figure (representation)
- mediation
- medicine
- minkisi
- occult power
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- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Ellen Driscoll
- Physical Description
- This is an ink drawing in shades of black and brown. In the center there is a figure of a seated nude woman with her back to the viewer. The top of her head is a swirl of dark black lines. In the upper right corner is a three-masted sailing ship.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1953
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.58
- Medium and Support
- ink, gouche on paper
- Primary Keywords
- figure (representation)
- sailing ships
- sea
- woman
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- Title
- Perfect Future, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Physical Description
- This is a black and white photograph with an elevated point of view. It depicts a thick diagonal white line on pavement with a figure standing on the left beside it. The figure is only partially shown with a dark silhouette, but details of his shoe, placed parallel the to white line, are precise. The figure holds a long thin plank of wood at his side that mimics the diagonal white line.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1939
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.47.4
- Medium and Support
- photograph on fiber paper
- Primary Keywords
- diagonal views
- figure (representation)
- photograph
- shoe (footwear)
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- Title
- Seated figure with tripartite crown
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 10th century
- Object Creation Date
- 10th century
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.134
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- Primary Keywords
- crown
- figure (representation)
- sculpture
- stone
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- Title
- Country Portrait -- Green
- Artist
- Lester Johnson
- Physical Description
- Bust-length portrait of figure in black on green background using thickly applied paint.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1919 - 2010
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.141
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- african american
- bust-length
- figure (representation)
- figures
- portraits
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- Title
- Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori
- Artist
- Madenokôji Fujifusa
- Physical Description
- A male figure is sitting sideways, his face looking toward the front right. He wears a long black cap, a red under-kimono, a grayish-color jacket with geometric patterns, and right gray color pantaloons. He holds a fan, which is peeking from the right sleeve. The painting is accompanied by calligraphy on the right side of the figure. The painting is mounted on gold brocade with strips of purple and gold brocade on top and bottom of the painting.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1295-1380
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1962/1.103
- Medium and Support
- Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll: ink and color on paper
- Primary Keywords
- aristocrat
- calligraphy
- figure (representation)
- poem
- poetry
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- Title
- Ogun Ax (àáké or edùn Ogun)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Carved ax handle is comprised of a kneeling male figure with rounded knob on top of his head, into which narrow end of triangular iron ax blade is embedded.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.73
- Medium and Support
- wood, iron
- Primary Keywords
- blade
- deity
- figure (representation)
- iron
- tools
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- Title
- Strider
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- Large bronze sculptures resembling headless human figures standing with one foot forward. The surface textures are all uniquely irregular and rough, with long vertical striations. All have colored patina, one is gold, one is green, and one is whiteish gray.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.468
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- Primary Keywords
- bronze scu
- figure (representation)
- outdoor sculpture
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- Title
- Salacia
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- Large bronze sculpture resembling a headless human figure. The surface texture is very rough with deep voids and coarse patches of metal. The brown patina has areas with a greenish tinge.
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.467
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- Primary Keywords
- bronze scu
- figure (representation)
- outdoor sculpture
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- Title
- Balzac, The Silhouette--4 A.M.
- Artist
- Edward Jean Steichen
- Physical Description
- This photogravure shows a hazy gray and black outdoor scene. There is a dark cloaked figure depicted in silhouette and a suggestion of trees and vegetation. In the background is a misty gray hillside and expansive sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973)
- Object Creation Date
- October 1908
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.155
- Medium and Support
- photogravure on laid Japan tissue
- Primary Keywords
- figure (representation)
- landscape (environment)
- silhouette
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- Title
- Portrait of Princess Soto'ori
- Artist
- Tosa Mitsuoki
- Physical Description
- Hanging scroll. A female figure is sitting against a blank background. She wears multiple layers of kimono, her hair is black and long, and her face white. She is watching a spider, descending from ceiling; her arms are extending in front as if she is trying to catch it. A screen of white and brown fabric is on her right, and an oil ramp with flame is on the other side. Three rolls of paper are placed in front of her. There are the artist's signature and seal on the left lower corner.
- The painting is mounted on light blue brocade with designs of auspicious characters and objects, including character “longevity,” treasures, and double gourds. The sides are made of golden brocade, but the gold foil is almost worn out.
- Warm holes on the upper right side, some small stains and dark lines on the top and near the face of the figure. Two repaired damages on the lower right corner. Some warm holes on the mounting as well. The wooden scroll bar is black lacquered.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1617-1691
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.262
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk
- Primary Keywords
- figure (representation)
- kimono
- poetry
- princess
- royalty
- tosa school
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- Title
- Nail figure (nkisi nkondi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Vili Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved, standing male figure 40 inches in height. Its shoulders and torso are impaled with iron blades, nails and fragments. The torso is long, arms at side are bent at elbow and hands rest on lower abdomen. The right wrist wears a bracelet with attachments. The legs are truncated, with twisted metal anklet on right foot. The face is naturalistic, the mouth slightly open, the nose long and narrow with slightly flared nostrils. Eyes are almost shaped, may have had inlay that is now gone. The top of the head shows a tiered, "layer cake like" coiffure. The figure has a long and deep crack down the entire length of its left side, from top of the head to the left ankle.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.192
- Medium and Support
- wood, iron nails, blades and fragments, fiber cord
- Primary Keywords
- blades
- figure (representation)
- minkisi
- minkondi
- nails and spikes
- occult power
- ritual
- spirits