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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

figure, called Moai-Kava-Kava; toromiro wood

Moai Kavakava, 18th century

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

G256

Mask, 19th century

Guro

G250

crescent shaped headrest atop a house with four post legs; all on a rectangular base

Headrest, c. 1880

Yaka

G255

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

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

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

Coffin of Lady Tashat, 945-712 BCE

Ancient Egyptian

G250

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

female figure (one of a pair of door posts), wood and pigment, Gabon, Fang or Tsogo, XIXc., Pahouin Group

Female figure, early 20th century

Tsogo

G255

flat rectangular base with horizontal open cylinder above, supporting a wide rectangular top

Neckrest, 19th century

Fiji Islands

G256

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

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

Standing female figure, possibly deble rhythm pounder with tribal scarifications on face and stomach.

Rhythm Pounder, 19th century

Senufo

G250

(one of a pair of door posts), wood and pigment; Gabon, Fang or Tsogo Tribes, XIXc.; Pahouin Group possible lintel supports

Male figure, early 20th century

Tsogo

G255

seated female figure holding a vessel, Kabila figure

Figure, c. 1900

Luba

G250

central spoked wheel shape on rounded base with raised, fluted edges; ends of top headrest fluted, extended downward; carved with repeating triangular motifs

Headrest, 19th-20th century

Nguni or Tsonga

G255

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

comb topped with triangular head with scarifications below eyes; stylized shoulders and breasts

Comb, 20th century

Akan

G254

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

standing nude male figure with feet apart and short arms held closely to body; beard worn in small knob; hair in ponytail; slightly asymmetrical face with closed eyes; long, thick neck; scarifications on neck, body and between eyes and ears on sides of face; thick legs; dark brown patina

Male figure, 19th century

Baule

G255

protruding, frowning lips; tubular protruding eyes; thick, pointed nose; t-shaped forehead ridge; medium brown with lighter brown patina

Mask, first quarter 20th century

Dan

G255

bird mask with short beak with teeth, narrow eye openings; curved row of small protrusions on forehead; top of head inherently rough; dark brown patina

Mask, second quarter 20th century

Dan

G255

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

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

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

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

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

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

%C2%A9 Estate of George Morrison %2F Briand Morrison

Untitled, 1992

George Morrison

G303

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

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

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

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

Seated Figure

Seated Figure, 19th century

Senufo

Not on View
Feast Spoon with Bird Effigy, carved wood, with metal stand, North America, Chippewa

Ladle, c. 1860

Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)

Not on View
Feast Ladle with Bird Effigy, carved wood, with metal stand, North America, Seneca

Ladle, 20th century

Seneca Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)

Not on View
Feast Bowl with Bear Effigy, carved wood, North America, Sioux

Feast Bowl, c. 1850

Chahiksichahiks (Pawnee)

Not on View
ritual divination object in the form of an elephant

Itwomba, 19th-20th century

Kuba

Not on View
fox head handle

%C2%A9 Arthur Black Cloud Sr.

Ladle, 1927

Arthur Black Cloud Sr.

Not on View
ladle with slightly concave bowl, handle carved with animal image

Ladle, 19th century

John Young Bear

Not on View
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

Not on View
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

Not on View
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

Not on View
club with long, thin handle; head shaped like lotus blossom with incised decorations

Dance Club (gugu), 19th century

Fiji Islands

Not on View
long shaft with raised, delineated handle; wedge-shaped head which comes to point; undecorated

Bird-head Club (goporowaramaru), 19th century

New Caledonia

Not on View
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

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

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

G303

Copyright of the artist%2C artist%27s estate%2C or assignees

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

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

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

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

G255

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

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

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

bis pole, mangrove wood, New Guinea, Asmat

Bis Pole, 20th century

Asmat (Bismam group)

G256

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

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

Chest with five painted and studded iron bands; painted blue with organic designs between bands; large c-shaped handles; key has circular top element with teardrop shape with small hole extending from shaft; key in key cabinet MS

Chest, 1777

Ivar Kvalen (Quallen)

G304

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

%C2%A9 Estate of Charles Biederman

Relief, New York, 1936, 1936

Charles Biederman

G377

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

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.

%C2%A91993 Sowah Kwei

Fantasy coffin, 1993

Sowah Kwei

G250

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

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

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

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

seated Buddha; gilt and red and blue paint

Seated Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin), late 11th-early 12th century

Unknown

G200

bichrome puppet with straight arms and legs, incised decoration on torso and hands, arms and legs move when central string between legs is pulled

Divination Puppet, early 20th century

Zande

Not on View
egg-shaped cup with six legs on dome base; three carved bands of small rectangles at top of cup; carved diamond shapes on body

Palm Wine Cup, 19th century

Kuba

Not on View
Round shallow bowl. Brown in color with a floral design carved into bottom. Incised design around rim.

Food Plate, 19th century

Papua New Guinea

Not on View

Mankala game board, 20th century

Akan

Not on View
female figure; no face; six holes along top, each side of headdress; horizontal indentation front bottom of headdress

Mwana nya nghiti, 20th century

Zaramo

Not on View
Standing female figure with large headdress holding child

Mother with Child, 20th century

Lwena

Not on View
scepter topped by a head on a long notched neck of hexagonal section; egg-shaped face with raised scarification on forehead and temples; incised checkerboard coiffure with two carved horns located just above center; reddish brown with a glossy patina

Scepter, late 19th century

Tabwa

Not on View

Figure, 20th century

Asante

Not on View
bow-legged figure with both hands held to chest; decorated face with geometric designs and five piercings in each ear; on top of its head is an oblong hat with tail

Standing Figure, late 19th century

Makonde

Not on View
Square painted mask with cylindrical mouth, spear shaped nose, 10 in. beak protruding from forehead; mask is surmounted by a female figure with bent knees and arms above head holding a vessel on her head

Hornbill mask, early 20th century

Dogon

Not on View

Mask, 1968

Eket

Not on View

Manuscript Cover, 16th century

Tibet

Not on View
neckrest with a head extending out from each short end with slit eyes, narrow noses and oval mouths; sits on four wide legs

Neckrest, Date Unknown

Papua New Guinea

Not on View
Powder Flask, carved wood with black stand

Gunpowder Flask, 20th century

Beembe

Not on View
Wood, with stand (stand is no longer included with object in cabinet [5-2-11] MD). Object is dark brown in color. Man in profile view sitting on spatula. Body is incised geometric designs and has open work carving. Incised areas were possibly filled with white pigment.

Lime Spatula, 20th century

Papua New Guinea

Not on View
Conical base with 4 thin incised rings around edge; shaft supports a narrow top element

Headrest, 19th century

Oromo

Not on View
Mask, pre-1900; from the Astrolabe Bay area

Asa Kate Mask, late 19th century

Papua New Guinea

Not on View
barefooted standing man wearing long pants with cross scarifications on his cheeks, carrying a stool held to the back of his neck with his PL hand; PR arm in front of waist

Man Carrying a Stool, from a shrine group, First half 20th century

Kwaku Benpoh

Not on View
standing female figure with heavy feet wearing a helmet-shaped hat and shirt, both patterned with carved rows of triangles; bent elbows and hands on stomach; attached to wood mount

Figure, early-to-mid 20th century

Chokwe

Not on View
barefooted standing man wearing short pants and a belt with a knife sheath; holding a small cylindrical keg on his head with PR hand and rifle over his PL shoulder, with PL hand on rifle butt

Man Carrying a Rifle, from a shrine group, first half 20th century

Kwaku Benpoh

Not on View

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