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Bowman riding a horse both set on a hollowed spherical support. Radio carbon dated to 945-1235 A.D. — Equestrian figure, about 1450
Djenne

G250

Mask, Guro — Mask, 19th century
Guro

G250

figure, called Moai-Kava-Kava; toromiro wood — Moai Kavakava, 18th century
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

G256

Three figures as a support for a round top. PL figure is holding drum, center figure is on a horse and PR is female with a child on her back. Figures on irregularly shaped base. — Divination tray, mid 20th century
Yoruba

G254

carved wood cup with straight handle; rounded cup has beaver and canoe carved on bottom; tapering two-part handle carved with scroll at end and rows of triangles — Belt Cup, c. 1830
Wendat (Huron)

G260

paddle-shaped with small hole in one end; back side smooth and curved; front side flat and carved with incised decoration of hatched lines forming irregular rows of diamonds; reddish brown — Ceremonial Bull Roarer, c. 1900
Aborigine

G256

large bowl with 2 scrolling handles with openwork triangles; 4 circular feet; geometric band carved at lip — Prestige Bowl (purukei), c. 1900
Admiralty Islands

G256

Mende Society Mask, wood and raffia, Mende Tribe, Sierra Leone, Africa, XIX c. Msmt.s of helmet only. *Med.Raffia ?- Poss. Human Hair! — Sande mask, second quarter of 20th century
Mende

G254

Coffin of Lady Tashat, Ancient Egyptian — Coffin of Lady Tashat, 945-712 BCE
Ancient Egyptian

G250

wood slit drum- "V" designs carved along edges of sides; diamond design at end of slit; four curved legs; barrel shape extensions on ends — Slit gong, about 1940
Lobala

G254

standing male figure playing a small xylophone-like instrument held at his stomach; man's hair styled in rows of braids; man wears a necklace or collar; small facial features — Male figure, 17th-18th century
Dogon

G254

low stool with short spool legs; back of seat decorated with carved repeated diamond band; low curved horizontal backrest; medium brown patina — Low chair/stool, Date Unknown
Kran

G250

top carved with stylized standing woman in front of shield shape, decorated with zigzags and lines on front, and triangles, zigzags and lines on back; geometric openwork top section flanked by smaller female figures — Hairpin, mid 20th century
Kwere

G254

branch or root resembling a stem of natural lingzhi fungus; large head, raised middle and smaller foot sections connected by two sections of thinner body — Ruyi (scepter), 18th-19th century
China

G217

ovoid piece of wood with flat ends; carved with two lines of text in URC, tree branch at left, two fish and grass in LRC — Suanzhi (paper smoother), 1850
Yue Hongqing

G217

wooden figure stands with arms outstretched and legs slightly bent inside a rectangular frame with minimal decoration; figure has round head, with a simple, smooth headdress; his eyes are oval, his nose angular, and his triangle-shaped mouth small and slightly open; figure's neck is long and wide, his torso is a round cylinder, and his genitalia are exposed; the figure is footless--his legs disappear into the frame; the entire piece is a dark reddish brown, the natural hue of the wood — Framed male figure, early 20th century
Holo

G250

vertical carved figural sculpture with slight lean in posture; rounded head with collar-like ring around neck; PR arm longer than PL arm; knot in wood in torso where bellybutton would be; slight platform around bottom; affixed to black metal stand through bottom — Figure, 1900-1950
Moba

G250

four pairs of nude caryatid figures with upraised arms and bent knees, supporting thick seat; figures have tall hairstyles and large bellies; vertical support column at center; thick base; dark finish — Stool, 16th-17th century
Dogon

G250

stool with case in the form of a standing woman with her arms upraised, holding seat of stool; woman has abstracted, elongated face with half-circle eyes and oval mouth with regular, gritted teeth; short hair in arcing ribs; lozenge-shaped breasts, pointing outward; elongated neck with four ribs (necklaces?); raised elements (scarifications?) on lower back; thick legs; flat feet with separated toes; medium to dark brown patina — Caryatid stool, c. 1910
Master of Lusambo or workshop

G250

four horizontal panels with multiple figures in various poses: standing, riding bicycles, riding animals, seated; incised horizontal bars divide panels — Palace door, early 20th century
Dada Areogun, a.k.a Areogun of Osi-Ilorin

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club with long, thin handle; head shaped like lotus blossom with incised decorations — Dance Club (gugu), 19th century
Fiji Islands

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long shaft with raised, delineated handle; wedge-shaped head which comes to point; undecorated — Bird-head Club (goporowaramaru), 19th century
New Caledonia

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fox head handle — Ladle, 1927
Arthur Black Cloud Sr.

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Seated Figure — Seated Figure, 19th century
Senufo

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Tendai Priest (Patriarch) Portrait of one of the eight high priests of the Tendai Sect of Buddhism in Japan. Kamakura. 1185 to 1392 A.D. Single wood construction; no restoration. — Figure of a Monk, 9th-10th century
China

G200

Feast Spoon with Bird Effigy, carved wood, with metal stand, North America, Chippewa — Ladle, c. 1860
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)

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standing female figure; wood; from a 'Karan-Wemba' mask, with heavy encrustation and showing faint lines of body scarification, wood (type unknown) — Standing Female Figure, late 19th century
Mossi (?)

G250

ritual divination object in the form of an elephant — Itwomba, 19th-20th century
Kuba

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Feast Ladle with Bird Effigy, carved wood, with metal stand, North America, Seneca — Ladle, 20th century
Seneca Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)

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Feast Bowl with Bear Effigy, carved wood, North America, Sioux — Feast Bowl, c. 1850
Chahiksichahiks (Pawnee)

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ladle with slightly concave bowl, handle carved with animal image — Ladle, 19th century
John Young Bear

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ceremonial paddle, carved with an all-over design of interlocking lozenges which are arranged in bands on the paddle; the handle ends in a knob decorated with a rim of bottle-horned beasts' heads in full relief; the carving was done with a sharks tooth — Ceremonial Paddle, 1820-1840
Austral Islands

G256

Collage of flat pieces of found, weathered wood--some with paint traces; circles, rectangles, and wedges in irregular organic forms; blues, tans, white, and various wood tones — Untitled, 1992
George Morrison

G369

Standing female figure, possibly deble rhythm pounder with tribal scarifications on face and stomach. — Rhythm Pounder, 19th century
Senufo

G250

diamond-shaped head; upper part decorated with five fields of zigzags in various patterns; smooth handle with hole for hanging on bottom — Battle Club, c. 1820
Tonga Islands

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flat rectangular base with horizontal open cylinder above, supporting a wide rectangular top — Neckrest, 19th century
Fiji Islands

G256

crescent shaped headrest atop a house with four post legs; all on a rectangular base — Headrest, c. 1880
Yaka

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organic lattice work at sides and top; circular opening formed when lattice pieces joined; banded feet; three standing figures within medallion at top center — Moon Gate, 1728
China

G216

Two piece construction with top section attached to a ringed staff; figure seated on a small stool on top of a bowl-shaped element with four-sided element inscised with geometric patterns below — Staff, 19th-20th century
Swahili

G254

box with two removable tiers and lid on a base fastened by a long pin through the lid — Two-tier picnic box, 18th century
China

G216

short stool with curving seat; 4 thick, outward-turned legs with teardrop shaped feet — Chief's Stool (no'oanga), 1800-1825
Cook Islands

G256

small comb with rounded top — Comb, c. 100 BCE -c. 200 CE
China

G215

small comb with rounded top — Comb, c. 100 BCE -c. 200 CE
China

G215

door (keyhole on L edge) with scroll and foliate inlaid design; floral forms in corners. Architecture - Fragment — Bookcase door panel, c. 1866
Owen Jones; Manufacturer: Jackson & Graham

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comb topped with triangular head with scarifications below eyes; stylized shoulders and breasts — Comb, 20th century
Akan

G254

comb with 3 teeth topped with 2 faces; one on top of the other; each face has closed eyes and large, protruding turned-up nose — Comb, mid 20th century
Yaka

G254

seated female figure holding a vessel, Kabila figure — Figure, c. 1900
Luba

G250

small comb with rounded top — Comb, c. 100 BCE -c. 200 CE
China

G215

small comb with rounded top — Comb, c. 100 BCE - c. 200 CE
China

G215

crescent upper platform with double flat-supporting columns attached to an oval base; carved square design with four curvilinear appendages on upper platform; carved design with "Celtic knot" appearance on exterior of columns — Headrest, Date Unknown
Unknown Somali

G254

axe-like weapon on wooden staff; head etched on each face with scrolling foliage against a stippled blackened ground; axe-blade with the crossed staves of Burgundy impaling a coronet and dividing the letters "FAR"; head with open socket and four side-straps; wooden haft (probably original) — Halberd, 1527–47
Austria

G340

bis pole, mangrove wood, New Guinea, Asmat — Bis Pole, 20th century
Asmat (Bismam group)

G256

Dance Mask; Carved in the round from a single piece of lightweight wood. Interior hollow. Features remarkable in that they resemble Greek and Sicilian works of the 6th Century B.C. The back of the mask, carved in terrace and striated patterns, contrasts with the smooth lateral contours of the face. — Helmet mask, 19th century
Luba

G250

large door; carved jambs, lintel and central post on door; two complete rows remaining of large iron fasteners on door surface; only two remain in lower row; iron chain, plate and securing pin at top right center of door; four pins along center post on door — Door, mid 19th century
Swahili

G242

Citwamo Ca Mangu (Throne), Moxico School — Citwamo Ca Mangu (Throne), 20th century
Moxico School

G250

polychrome wood statue of a Confucian scholar standing, holding a book (?) downward at waist toward the viewer, wearing a long flowing blue robe, red waisted skirt with black belt and a black hat — Attendant to a King of Hell, 19th century
Unknown Korean

G206

box with knob feet painted red with blue, black and gold decoration; central decoration is three rings, with a crossed axe and staff; three rings and eye on either end — Odd Fellows ceremonial ark, 1856
United States

G331

reclining male and female figures engaged in sexual intercourse; man wears headdress with two birds; body and face markings in white, brown, orange and yellow — Plaque, mid 20th century
Abelam

G256

ovoid shape, with two handle-like protrusions on long sides; rust-red and brown; rim and handles painted with running geometric designs — Wine Cup, 2nd century BCE
China

G215

Coffin representing a rock lobster with five pairs of jointed limbs, two long antennae, which are hinged, and two paired feelers on top. It is painted a green color with six white and black stripes around the body, orange and white paint at sides, and light-purple painted anntenae. The upper body is covered in spines and has a rough texture. — Fantasy coffin, 1993
Sowah Kwei

G250

wood frieze carved with birds whose eyes are made of green turbo shell opercula; painted serpents wind their way across the relief; covered with lime and painted in red, black, and white pigments; carved for use in the Malanggan rites when it would be placed in a special hut with other sculptures — Malagan Frieze, 19th century
Unknown

G256

standing figure with panpipes encircled by serpents and birds; wood with opercula inserts and pigments; carved for Malanggan rites — Malagan Figure, c. 1890
Unknown

G256

carved wood, standing male figure; hair bound in a topknot; inlaid paua shell eyes; larger scale head, face adorned with tattooing; arms akimbo and large hands spread over abdomen; raised disc belly button; erect penis; raffia loin cloth in separate vitrine — Post Figure (poutokomanawa), c. 1840
Ngāti Kahungunu Māori

G256

Chief's chair, Asante — Chief's chair, 19th century
Asante

G250

pieces of wood painted with enamel in light blue, bright yellow and white in a geometric design; painted relief — Relief, New York, 1936, 1936
Charles Biederman

G377

long cylinder, ends conical shaped; alligator stands along top facing drum surface; sets of triangular shapes adorn sides and bottom, used to support drum when rope is strung through; low relief carving over body and alligator painted with black field and white recesses — Hand drum (kundu), 20th century
Iatmul

G256

knit brow, upper eyelid overhanging thin slit eyes, dark vertical smears on the cheeks; half-open mouth with one row of filed teeth; smooth face; traces of kaolin at the teeth, the hairline and around the nose; black, smooth, vertical crescent-shaped coiffure; black stripe down the forehead and on the eyebrows; red color on the lips; hole in each ear; hole at top of coiffure on each side (2nd hole on PR side) — Mask, late 19th century
Yombe

G250

Door Panel, Mamluk dynasty, wood carved with geometric and arabesque patterns, inlaid with ivory. Panel has modern mount and is set in seperate base which has four small decorative wood panels inset. Remounted 1984. — Door Panel, 14th century
Egypt

G242

4-part plaster and wood model with front columned entry flanked by 2 small porches with columns; colonnades on both sides; curved back with small porch at center — Model of original scheme for the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, c. 1912
McKim, Mead, and White

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Seated figure, resting PR elbow on raised PR knee, PL leg bent and on ground and PL arm behind, hand resting on ground; wearing bracelets, long necklaces and elaborate crown — Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva in the Water-Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin), 12th century
China

G200

seated Buddha; gilt and red and blue paint — Seated Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin), late 11th-early 12th century
Unknown

G200

Nkisi Nkonde (nail fetish); a fetish figure in wood; the surface is covered with a variety of accoutrements: nails, reed, shells, bone, wood, string and clay; the 'magic' receptacle in the abdominal area bears a mirror — Power figure, early 20th century
Kongo

G250

comb ornament, lions and birds; three lions playing in tendril-like vine; reverse, one lion and doves with vine, all one piece; repousse and stamping, gold, wooden comb. — Comb, 7th-10th century
China

G208

rectangular piece of petrified wood — Wrist Rest, 18th-19th century
China

G217

dark brown; rectangular block above face containing metal floral nail in center surrounded by four smaller, plain metal nails; three similar plain nails on face; three rounded elements on each side of head--hair; horizontal stripes on face on either side of nose; vertical stripes carved over temples on forehead; protruding lips — Do mask, second quarter of 20th century
Ligbi

G242

helmet in the form of a man's head, with a small triangular face; hooked nose; openings under nose and at eyes; stylized ears; short, pointed black beard; high rectangular black eyebrows; looped, beehive-like headgear with five buckle-like elements in blue, black, white and red; beanie-like top of headgear with knob; rather bright polychromy — Gelede mask, mid 20th century
Yoruba

G254

wedge-shaped; flat bottom, curved top; front and back slightly convex; front and sides incised with vertical lines and diagonal hatching; small protrusion on front with string loop; medium-brown patina; waxy surface — Headrest, Date Unknown
Sidama

G254

folding design with hinge in center--can be unfolded into X shape or folded flat into paddle shape; saddle-like, when unfolded, with handle with ovoid-shaped serrated metal spatula at end; each side of seat carved with star-asterisk designs in regular geometric grid; medium patina — Coconut-grater stool, mid 20th century
Swahili

G254

curved bottom and top sections; bumpers at ends of rocking part and back of seat; stick with red ball at top at front; light varnish overall — Hobby horse, 1950s
Gloria Caranica; Manufacturer: Creative Playthings

G379

diamond design, each with convex button in center; large round handle with radiating curvilinear design behind; wood slats and strapping on back; locking bar on wood side — Door, one of a pair, 17th-18th century
China

G217

diamond design, each with convex button in center; large round handle with radiating curvilinear design behind; wood slats and strapping on back — Door, one of a pair, 17th-18th century
China

G217

rounded bottom section with tapering thin wedge base with D-shaped vertical metal ring and twisted wire loop; hole in bottom — Headrest, Date Unknown
Pokot

G254

wooden cross with ornate carvings on both sides; long stem with a square base; one side of square base has smaller squares carved within base with four leaf-like patterns in center, the other side differs with more ornate carvings as well as a diamond shape in center; bottom of cross extends beyond square base and geometric carvings in ornately scalloped base; top of stem has two 'arms' protruding below cross with geometric patterns carved into them; diamond shape with carvings just above arms; cross has concave limbs with protruding buds, all caved with ornate latticework and thin lines; diamond shape carved in center of cross with four small circles in each corner — Hand cross, 17th century
Ethiopia

G254

rectangular board with protruding carved arrow at top; text from Qur'an written in ink on either side of board, surrounded by delicate border; one side has decorations of square spirals across C; the other side has geometric zigzag pattern — Qur'anic writing board, mid 20th century
Nigeria

G242

white and black, red trim; five teeth inside opening between eyes; red protrusion above head, curving downward; front of body (above head) X design below zigzag; back of body checkerboard pattern; U-shape at top — Plank Mask, c. 1960
Bwa

G254

organic, curving, turned wood-like form with central open spaces; reddish finish — Pulse, 2003
Tony Cragg

G380

Y-shaped twig with strung beads wrapped around branch; brown and tan beads and faceted red beads; beads encrusted with soil — Staff, 1900-1950
Ethiopia

G242

Y-shaped twig with copper-colored wire wrapped around areas of branch; pointed squared-off conical metal cap at opposite end (iron or bronze?) — Staff, 1900-1950
Ethiopia

G242

standing nude female figure, in dark wood; geometric linear pattern carved on torso, back and chest; small, nude child hanging on back of the figure — Maternity figure, first quarter 20th century
Dan

G250

tall, narrow wooden board with two-pronged base, rounded, carved top; widely spaced, horizontal lines of writing on each side of board — Qur'anic writing board, mid 20th century
Somalia

G254

two-sided wooden shield; one side has concentric linear pattern with brown and red alternating triangular shapes lining sections alternating a negative space of white pigment; tiny hole in center with a wooden arm shield at one end; the other side has mostly white pigment with two rows of lines with triangle patterns on one end in red pigment; thin dark line in between triangle rows; thin red line intersects with triangle lines, outlining a center hole; dark wooden border around outer perimeter — Carved wooden dance shield (ndomi), mid 20th century
Kikuyu

G250

bird form, with long neck, long beak and protruding eyes; leaf-like wings; brown with white pigments on wings, eyes and mouth — Bird Headdress, 19th-early 20th century
Cameroon

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helmet mask; larger head at bottom with smiling face with teeth showing, long nose, full cheeks, almond-shaped eyes, small ears set high on head and forward toward face, with earlobes pierced and piercing at top of PR ear; lower head has smooth black hair; smaller head and upper torso on top of lower head, wearing red shirt with notched collar; top figure has short smooth black hair; almond-shaped eyes, wide nose, ears with piercings at top of each; blue pigments on hair of lower head around edges of top small torso and head; peach-colored skin — Mask, mid 20th century
Temne

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helmet mask; larger head at bottom with smiling face with teeth showing--gap between front teeth, long nose, full cheeks, almond-shaped eyes, small ears set high on head and forward toward face, with earlobes pierced; lower head has short black hair in a sort of cornrow/plaited style, delineated with incised zigzags, triangles and parallel lines; smaller head on top of lower head, with smiling face with teeth showing, almond-shaped eyes; high, forward-set ears with piercing in lobes and piercing at center back of PR ear; black hair of smaller head styled in three twisted ponytails--two on either side of head, one on back of head, with smooth parallel lines on hair on head; yellow and red fasteners at top of each ponytail; peach-colored skin — Mask, mid 20th century
Temne

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wooden, with round top that has scalloped edges, and curved, divided sections in white, red and black pigments with scattered round holes; two thin pieces of wood at bottom of round section that connects a triangular shape with black, white and red pigments; curved ridge at top of triangle (headpiece) on back; two metal mending plates on each thin wood piece on back side — Mask, 1930-1940
Nafana

G250

Wall mounted sculpture with two rows of wood strips flowing downward to the floor; in three sections; each section is a square frame with a cross brace, with the ends of long strips of wood stapled to the top edge and to the cross brace — Waterfall, 1993
Truman Lowe

G302

seated figure of Mary with long, thick brown hair, wearing rich robes of gold, blue and red, holding nude baby Jesus on her lap, breastfeeding; Jesus' brown hair is styled in ringlets close to his head — Virgin of the Milk (Virgen de la leche), c. 1500
Circle of Gil de Siloe

G340

standing female figure wearing short pleated yellow skirt, belt with tan disks, silver blouse, red and black bolero jacket, silver shoes, and silver necklace with flower or star pendant; woman has long black hair and wide eyes; body intertwined with one snake, another snake around woman's neck; attached black metal mount — Mami Wata figure, 1950s
Igbo

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Standing female figure. Linear markings on body, scarification on face. Elongated neck. Cloth loin cloth. — Figure, late 19th-early 20th century
Bamana

G250

Gope board, Unknown — Gope board, 18th century
Unknown

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