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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

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

figure, called Moai-Kava-Kava; toromiro wood

Moai Kavakava, 18th century

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

G256

Mask, 19th century

Guro

G250

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

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

Headrest, c. 1880

Yaka

G254

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

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

bis pole, mangrove wood, New Guinea, Asmat

Bis Pole, 20th century

Asmat (Bismam group)

G256

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

Citwamo Ca Mangu (Throne), 20th century

Moxico School

G250

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

G250

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

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

MS

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

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

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

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

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
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

fox head handle

%C2%A9 Arthur Black Cloud Sr.

Ladle, 1927

Arthur Black Cloud Sr.

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Morrison,'Collage IX Landscape',wood,U.S.XXc

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

Collage IX: Landscape, 1974

George Morrison

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ladle with slightly concave bowl, handle carved with animal image

Ladle, 19th century

John Young Bear

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Feast Bowl with Bear Effigy, carved wood, North America, Sioux

Feast Bowl, c. 1850

Chahiksichahiks (Pawnee)

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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 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

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

club with long, thin handle; head shaped like lotus blossom with incised decorations

Dance Club (gugu), 19th century

Fiji Islands

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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

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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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

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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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

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

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

ritual divination object in the form of an elephant

Itwomba, 19th-20th century

Kuba

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

Neckrest, 19th century

Fiji Islands

G256

seated female figure holding a vessel, Kabila figure

Figure, c. 1900

Luba

G250

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

Seated Figure

Seated Figure, 19th century

Senufo

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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

short stool with curving seat; 4 thick, outward-turned legs with teardrop shaped feet

Chief's Stool (no'oanga), 1800-1825

Cook Islands

G256

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

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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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

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

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

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

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

Figure, arrived with own plexi base

Standing Female Nude, 1908

Elie Nadelman

G367

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

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

organic, curving, turned wood-like form with central open spaces; reddish finish

%C2%A9 2003 Tony Cragg

Pulse, 2003

Tony Cragg

G380

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

Helmet Mask, wood and hair, full head tilted slightly upwards, fully scarified face and geometrically shaven head.

Mask, 1950s

Makonde

G254

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

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

Library and Rock Garden

The Studio of Gratifying Discourse, 1797

Unknown

G216

made in 1949 for the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Maquette of the Grand Salon of the Hôtel de la Bouexière, 1949

Robert Carlhian

G317

rooster with PL leg raised; three long curling tailfeathers; beak slightly open; oval wood base

Cock or Chanticleer, c. 1918

William Hunt Diederich

G304

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

tea service, Federal Style, consisting of teapot and lid, stand for teapot, tea caddy with hinged lid, fitted with lock and key, stand for teacaddy, covered sugar urn, cream pitcher, shell-shaped tea scoop, tea or punch strainer, pair of sugar tongs with shell-shaped ends; fluted design with engraved and pricked swags and medallions containing the monogram of John and Mehitable Templeman and all bearing Revere hall mark; teaspoons

Sugar bowl, from a tea service, 1792

Paul Revere, Jr.

G350

Modello for Neoclassical design, wax on wood panel, French/Italian, XVIIIc no painted number, frame loose

Modello for a neoclassical design for boiserie decoration, 18th century

Francesco Bolgiè

G314

half of a gourd with flat portion of wood; gourd carved overall with geometric designs; radiating half-circle door on one side

Dome-shaped Cricket Carrier, Date Unknown

China

G217

coffee pot, vase-shaped with long spout and 'S' scrolled handle; base of spout decorated with leaf motif; engraved crest on body: body engraved on one side with a crest composed of a heart-shaped shield charged with a lion Rampant, ensigned by a cock and draped with delicate sprays of flowers

Coffeepot, c. 1770-1780

Benjamin Burt

G350

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

The Plague in Rome, 1869

Jules Elie Delaunay

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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

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, 19th century

Asante

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

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

mirror with relief gold frame with foliage and putti; removable top section with fruit, putti and foliage

Mirror on a stand, from a toilette service, 1683

William Fowle; Retailer: Fowle & Wotton

G350

Mandala of colored sand on wood; Yamantaka (Conqueror of Death) is represented at the center by the blue 'vajra'; consists of a series of concentric bands; outermost represents burial grounds with a landscape and animals; moving inward are a circle of flames, a circle of 'vajras' and a circle of lotus petals; these bands circumscribe a quadrangle with gates at the four compass points; innermost square divided into triangular quadrants and an inner circle is divided into nine units containing symbols which represent various deities; attributes of the five senses are depicted in the four outside corners

Yamantaka Mandala, 1991

Monks of the Gyuto Tantric University

G277

painted and giltwood, plaster, marble and iron

Grand Salon from the Hôtel de la BouÍxière, c. 1735

France

G318

The Wu Family Reception Hall, early 17th century

China

G218

Historical. Charles I, King of England. A helmeted Britannia, wearing violet drapery, holds steady the golden crown which England and Scotland, in red and yellow draperies, suspend above the head of the Infant Charles I. Two putti above support an escutcheon with the arms of the United Kingdom lightly indicated, and a putto below holds a torch to a heap of armor, spears, and dull red banners which the union makes no longer necessary.

The Union of England and Scotland (Charles I as the Prince of Wales), 1633–34

Peter Paul Rubens

G313

6-sided building bank with marquetry veneer, forming bricks, windows and designs in different colored woods on all sides; building is on a 6-sided platform

Marquetry box still bank, early 20th century

United States (probably)

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half-spherical cover and container; container turns inside flat round lip, carved through with concentric circles on top and partial circles at rim on bottom

%C2%A9 Hans Weissflog

Saturn Box, 1993

Hans Weissflog

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Manuscript Cover, 16th century

Tibet

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Anonymous, 'Head of an Angel', wood, Flemish XVIIc cat. card dims H 14-1/4'; mount attached

Head of An Angel, c. 1690

Netherlands

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crescent shape; tapered to one side; light wood finish; bird designs on both sides above teeth

Woman's Comb, 20th century

Miao

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chevron shape; tapered to one side; light wood finish; bird design on both sides above teeth

Woman's Comb, 20th century

Miao

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side chair with oval ribbon back, loose wood seat, red velvet seat cushion, Guatemalan Chippendale

Side chair, 19th century

Guatemala

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wall bracket; decorative spindle at top, lotus blosson at bottom; section that extends from wall terminates in dragon's head with open mouth

Bracket, one of a pair, Date Unknown

China

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square wood building on wood base with marquetry veneer siding, doors and 2 windows; removable roof with coin slot beneath; sliding rear panel

Square building with marquetry veneer still bank, 20th century

United States (probably)

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barrel; natural wood; separates into 2 halves; coin slot in top

Barrel still bank, 20th century

United States (probably)

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tubular shape with flat foot; incised overall with curving and cross-hatched designs; rectangular opening at top with lid piece (b) in darker wood

Moravian box still bank, c. 1756

United States

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oval, wood; 5 dials and 3 other knobs on top; coin slot on top; braid (2 rows) on side; top rotates to open on peg next to 3 dials when combo is properly set

Five-dial combination box still bank, c. 1960

United States

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square oak bank; each side is an individual panel with interlocking ends; coin slot parallel with top panel and at center

"Puzzle Box" still bank, 20th century

United States (probably)

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plain dark wood box with panels on top, sides and ends; coin slot in end panel

Money box still bank, 20th century

United States (probably)

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wall bracket; decorative spindle at top, lotus blosson at bottom; section that extends from wall terminates in dragon's head with open mouth

Bracket, one of a pair, Date Unknown

China

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Window from Frank Lloyd Wright Little House, wood and glass

Window from the Little House, c. 1915

Frank Lloyd Wright

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on wood base

%C2%A9 Archivo Pietro Consagra

Chorus, 1958

Pietro Consagra

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Door with stained glass window (left) from Frank Lloyd Wright Little House cat. card dims 77-1/4 x 21-3/8'

Door with stained glass window (left) from the Little House, c. 1915

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Window bench top from Frank Lloyd Wright Little House, wood stored on side; cat. card dims 2-1/2 x 225 x 19'

Window bench top from the Little House, c. 1915

Frank Lloyd Wright

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dark wood cover for double miniature landscape album set; sliding side door closure; inscriptions incised on cover and bottom

Cover for double album set, 1723

Fang Shishu

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container with ovoid-shaped vessel of medium-toned wood; six "legs" extend upward from bottom of container, tapering to ends; "legs" are medium and light tones; cone shape at center, underside of cover

%C2%A9 Michael J. Brolly

Container with cover, c. 1989

Michael J. Brolly

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five carved wooden blocks, each with a different stage of woodblock print process; blocks mounted to wooden frame; at bottom center is the finished print of a baby's face enveloped in its mothers arms; mother is wearing green kimono with pink and white motif

%C2%A9 Micah Schwaberow

Print blocks (gendai hanga), second half 20th century

Micah Schwaberow

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printing block; five rectangular areas, each with a figure and text; three standing women, one standing man with a shield (?), seated figure behind a box (?); hanging hardware attached

Woodblock for printing, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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carved on both sides; recto: two rectangular area with text, each containing an image of a blooming potted plant; verso: one rectangular area at left with text and an image of a blooming potted plant; dark patina

Printing woodblock, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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biomorphic shapes; curved design; curved tines

%C2%A9 Estate of Ruth Greenberg

Fork, from a two-piece set, 1980s

Ruth Greenberg

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biomorphic shapes; spatulate blade

%C2%A9 Estate of Ruth Greenberg

Knife, from a two-piece set, 1980s

Ruth Greenberg

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abstract sculptural piece of organic form; two golden brown ovoid shapes surrounded by shiny dark brown swirling elements; dull brown between; textured overall with tiny indentations

%C2%A9 Michael Lee

Tsunami, 2001

Michael Lee

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organic, asymmetrical form; roughly triangular-shaped vessel with three "legs"; two large holes, four smaller holes; medium brown tones with irregularly-shaped dark-brown knots

%C2%A9 Derek Bencomo

Gift from the Sea, 1999

Derek Bencomo

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plain wood bowl with tall, steep sides; small, flat foot; light brown with crackle patina

Bowl, c. 1955

James Prestini

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light-colored round vessel with curved vertical flutes; four tapering black legs, each with circular cutout; domed cover with pointed black finial

%C2%A9 Harold Irving

Covered vessel, c. 2003

Harold Irving

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monkey crouching on a tortoise shell, apparently trying to pry at the shell; tortoise's head and exterminates are pulled in

Monkey sitting on a turtle, late 18th-19th century

Naoyuki

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carved wooden disk with incised markings on underside; raised knob-like square with carved cross and geometric border; carvings on underside contain various symbols within a grid like pattern

Carved stamp, late 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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turtle with head and legs drawn entirely into shell; black cord attached at bottom

Drawn back turtle, late 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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carved tortoise with retractable, movable head; legs are pulled in and do not move

Retracted turtle, late 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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turtle wrapped in a snake's coils

Snake curled around a turtle, late 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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netsuke in shape of a turtle with square shell; hexagonal designs on shell; underside is male figure with elongated, bald head, long beard; opening folds of robes

Jurojin as a turtle, late 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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large turtle with three smaller turtles climbing over it, and each other

Turtles climbing over each other, late 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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small netsuke of a turtle with its head tucked mostly in, carrying a much smaller turtle on its back

Turtle carrying a baby, late 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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basket with two turtles; one turtle is trying to climb out, the other is climbing on top; a third, smaller turtle is visible through a portion of the basket's side

Basket with two turtles, late 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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oblong turtle with head mostly tucked into shell; two larger holes on underside

Retracted turtle, late 18th-19th century

Unknown Japanese

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wooden oval plate with carvings around outer edges; looping design in center, resembling a figure 8, with intricate carvings on sides and center

Oval plate (otcike), late 19th-early 20th century

Unknown Ainu

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small platform with apron carved on all 4 sides with scrolling design; decorative feet; 2 incised areas for bowls on top

Stand, for pair of bowls, 19th century

China

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wood drum beater

Drum beater [from a shaman costume set], late 19th-early 20th century

Unknown

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round, wooden carved plate, with raised edges, like a shallow bowl; carvings of swirling and looping shapes, with smaller intricate carved designs on face of bowl; carved hexagon shapes on outside of bowl

Round plate (otcike), late 19th-early 20th century

Unknown Ainu

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carved wooden stick, slightly curved toward PR; three segmented sections, separated by a series of carved horizontal lines; raised bump in top section; minor amount of carvings on backside

Ceremonial stick (ikupasuy), late 19th-early 20th century

Unknown Ainu

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Large wooden ladle with short handle and loop at the end; handle has two pointed protrusions near bowl; bowl has flat bottom

Ladle, early 20th century

Grandmother Old Bear

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bear head handle

%C2%A9 Luke Kapayou

Ladle, 20th century

Luke Kapayou

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round bowl with tall, inward-curving sides; handle has two triangular cutouts; incised arch and line design in dots on bottom of bowl, dots around edge of handle and top cut out on top of handle

Ladle, 18th-early 19th century

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)

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kneeling male figure wearing a hat with 5 crosses, hair in a ponytail and holding an axe in his PR hand; 4 sided bottom section has rectangular well

Snuff tablet, 600-1000

Tiwanaku

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rounded at one end, flat at opposite end; flat end carved with star shape; zigzag rows, rows of hatched diamonds and other incised geometric designs

Drumstick, late 19th-early 20th century

United States

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4 flattened sides at center; rounded ends; pair of incised rings at each end with tapering section to flattened sides; incised zigzags below rings

Drumstick, late 19th-early 20th century

United States

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Coca leaf bag (ch'uspa), 1965-1975

Bolivia

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Woodblock, carved wood, used for printing paper amulets depicting the Bishamonten, God of Good Luck

Woodblock of Bishamonten, c. 1780

Unknown Japanese

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Spoon, similar to 28.102 except for upper head on handle carving. The wide toothless mouth may indicate the frog, or the turned down corners and high rounded forehead may indicate the shark, probably not the latter. Perhaps no special animal is meant.

Spoon, 19th century

Tlingit

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round, with rounded ends; slightly larger end with incised crosshatching; rows of incised rings taper near center; band of crosshatching below rings

Drumstick, late 19th-early 20th century

United States

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human head handle, 20th century

%C2%A9 John Young Bear

Ladle with Human Head Handle, 20th century

John Young Bear

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fork with four broad prongs and carved handle. It represents on top a head of a hawk with its beak turned down over a human mouth and ears on top to indicate it is an animal, and below another bird with very small beak resembling an owl. On the back are carved the tails of the birds, and below the lower head are its feet.

Fork, 19th century

Tlingit

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round, flat "spoon" with bear head at top of handle

Ladle, c. 1860

Meskwaki (Sac and Fox)

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Small totem with knob at top and long point at bottom, carved between with figures. From top down they are a man holding a frog by its hind legs, an eagle with down curved beak and wings and tail carved on back of pole, bear with large mouth full of teeth and round nose turning suddenly into forehead, flicker with long pointed beak and wings and tail carved on back of pole, frog with head down. late 19th century.

Small Totem (Speaker's Stick), late 19th century

Tlingit

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Large wooden ladle carved in shape of horn spoon with sea-monster on handle. he has the killer-whale's head with long face and teeth and the bears' body. The eyes are set with mother-of-pearl. He is represented as sitting carefully balanced on small projection from the bowl of the spoon.

Ladle, late 19th century

Tlingit

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Fork of blackened wood with long handle with carved figure of sea-monster with killer-whale head and bear body and very large ears. The killer-whale is known by his very long snout. The eyes are inlaid with bone? and the pupils painted black. The crevice of the mouth is painted red.

Fork, late 19th century

Tlingit

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four-legged animal with short, stumpy tail; short ears; incised eyes

Quadruped, before 1500

Inuit

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four-legged animal with large hole through body

Quadruped, before 1500

Inuit

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large, spatula-like bowl; bird's head at end of handle

Ladle, Date Unknown

Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)

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man with open mouth wearing a hat shaped like 1/2 of a nutshell and a short cloak and holding a scroll in his proper right hand and a tiered staff

Shinto priest, late 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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seated doglike animal with chin, chest and proper right leg resting on a ball; open mouth with another small banll inside

Netsuke [Shishi and ball], 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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bear-like animal with proper left front paw on stomach and proper right paw raised above head; mouth open exposing teeth

Netsuke [Tanuki], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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lotus pod with five movable seeds

Netsuke [lotus pod], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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monkey seated on a rock holding a large peach with its arms; head turned, looking over proper right shoulder

Netsuke [monkey with a peach], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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top side carved with smiling mask with protruding cheeks and forehead; bottom side carved with female genitalia and hand

Netsuke [Okame mask], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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smiling man with bulbous earlobes and large belly holding a bag on his head with his proper left arm

Netsuke [Hotei], late 18th century

Unknown Japanese

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man with pointed beard, long horizontal slits for eyes and a frowning mouth

Netsuke [Noh mask], 19th century

Deme Sukemitsu

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toad with bulging chin, bumpy back and inlaid eyes

Netsuke [toad], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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toad sitting on the sole of an overturned sandal

Toad sitting on a straw sandal, 19th century

Kokei

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man leaning against large bell slung over his war club, which rests on his proper left shoulder; a long curved sword attached to his belt extends over proper left side of bell

Netsuke [Benkei carrying the Bell of Miidera], 19th century

Sanko

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wind god's head and shoulders, proper left arm and proper right leg emerging from a large bag

Netsuke [Futen], mid 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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one man standing behind another; back man is holding the front man's neck; 2 holes on back oil thief

Two men standing behind each other, late 19th century

Masano (of Ise)

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tiger with front legs up onrocks; shoulders sticking up; head down, teeth out; hole beneath front legs; other #'s J148

Tiger and rocks, late 19th century

Masano (of Ise)

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three chestnuts with one flower

Three chestnuts, late 19th century

Masano (of Ise)

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man sitting in front of a jar with his hands to his head

Seated man, late 19th century

Masano (of Ise)

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rat curled into a ball holding his tail; black eyes; other j#81

Curled rat, second half 19th century

Suzuki Masanao

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one of pair of Onis (Buddhist demons); wood and polychromed; seated, holds hatchet (possibly later? 19th century)

(Oni with hatchet), 16th-17th century

Unknown Japanese

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one of pair of Onis (Buddhist demons); wood and polychromed; seated, holds scroll and carries pack on back

(Oni), 16th-17th century

Unknown Japanese

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Itajime, a wood board for clamp resist dyeing

Woodblock for printing, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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lion-dog with proper right front paw on a ball with moving part inside

Netsuke [Shishi with brocaded ball], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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fox head with movable jaw, lips curled back showing teeth; orange thread on back

Fox mask with moveable jaw, 19th century

Tenka Kazutomo

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standing man with a box tied around his waist and a closed umbrella over his proper left shoulder

Netsuke [peddler], early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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one of a pair of auspicious folk art figures: Daikoku and Ebisu; man with hammer and sack

(Daikoku, from a pair of Daikoku and Ebisu), 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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carved figure wearing a robe, holding a sphere with a pointed top in PL hand and a staff in PR hand (detachable); small house-like light grey wood attachment at top of head; figure is dark brown; 2 wooden stakes at bottom for attachment to base

Uhōdōji, the Divine Rainmaking Boy, 13th century

Unknown Japanese

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helmet mask with large eyes and pursed lips; spool-like ears; parallel vertical lines on face; 6 small holes on bottom edge

Odumado Mask, 19th-20th Century

Igala

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(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

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Standing female figure with large headdress holding child

Mother with Child, 20th century

Lwena

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Paddle-shaped object; small protrusion on widest end; decorated with incised hatched diagonal bands separated into three sections

Spear Thrower (woomera), 19th-20th century

Aborigine

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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

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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

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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

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Mother and Child wooden sculpture; mother has pot on her head; figures create a "V" shape; figures are connected at hip;

Mother and Child, 20th century

Lobi

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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

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barefooted standing man wearing short pants and wedge-shaped hat with a lizard on front; PL hand cupped at waist; PR arm outstretched

Male Figure, from a shrine group, First half 20th century

Kwaku Benpoh

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Small standing figure with protruding belly, bent knees and very large, flat feet supporting neckrest on its head; unfinished surface

Neckrest, c. 1900

Beniki Master

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Bald, standing figure on top of straight staff; incised rings with row of zig-zags below near top

Staff, 19th-20th century

Pare

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Standing Female Figure, wood, African (Zaire)

Standing Female Figure, 19th-20th century

Zande

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Thick shaft with two pairs of lobes; standing female figure with long hair on top, standing on three-leafed platform

Staff, 19th-20th century

Zaramo

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One band of incised geometric designs on shaft with squared-off section at top; topped with two faces, facing opposite directions; both faces have scarification on the forehead

Staff, Date Unknown

Luba

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Heavy shaft with head on top; three long slits below reveal a loose piece of wood inside which rattles when staff is moved; carved lines on section below head; three ribbed lobes on shaft

Staff, Date Unknown

Benin

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Staff with head on top; head has very high ears, uneven eyes, hairstyle sticking up in front with a bald, pointed back of head; staff decorated with incised rings and diagonal lines

Staff, Date Unknown

Gogo

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Staff with figures and animals on pole topped with a man in European dress on wood base

Staff, 20th century

Kongo

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Staff with band motif and head with blackened headdress

Staff, Date Unknown

Lwena

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Slightly curving shaft with heavy ball on top

Staff, Date Unknown

Maasai

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elongated body; very long, thin legs; arms slightly bent at elbows; pointed face; encrusted patina

Standing Female Figure, 20th century

Lobi

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carved head; uncarved on back and top; incised tattoo decorations overall; flat chin; broad nose; PL ear missing

Head, 18th century

Māori

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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

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winged-bird motif shape; 3 peg feet and 1 v-shaped foot; linear edges carved with zigzag design; dark patina

Ceremonial Bowl, 19th century

Fiji Islands

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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

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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

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very small, teardrop-shaped face; small smiling mouth; narrow eyes with half-circles beneath them; small nose; C-shaped ears; elaborate hat or hairstyle with top element with four vertical protrusions; strap-like element around back and sides of head hold down four vertical elements; hair/hat decorated overall with incised designs of radiating arcs, grids; lines, radiating squares and triangular shapes; dark brown patina

Helmet mask, Date Unknown

Mende or Southern Bullom (Sherbro)

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very small, teardrop-shaped face; small features--small slit eyes; deep vertical lines beneath eyes on each cheek; triangular incised patterns under chin; ribbed rings around neck; geometric deeply-carved hairstyle or hat, with arc on top of head and triangular patterns on sides of head; thick horizontal band of triangles behind head from ear to ear; medium to dark brown patina

"Humoy" helmet mask, Date Unknown

Mende or Southern Bullom (Sherbro)

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diamond-shaped face; spiraling ears; flat eyes--no eye openings; diamond-shaped open mouth with uneven teeth and tongue; deeply incised ribs form hairstyle, with ridge at top of head and around hairline in front; perforated rectangular element beneath chin; flaky patina with encrustations of white and tan; heavy--thick top section

"Humoy" helmet mask, Date Unknown

Southern Bullom (Sherbro)

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small skull-like face; very elongated; slightly curved, forming slightly crescent profile; round peg-like protruding eyes; long snout-like open mouth with teeth; plate-like protruding cheeks; vertical line at center of forehead; dark brown patina

"Passport" mask, Date Unknown

Liberia

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small human face; slightly concave, forming a slightly crescent-shaped profile; incised band around top of head from ear to ear; vertical line at center of forehead; closed, half-circle shaped eyes; wide, frowning lips; medium brown patina

"Passport" mask, Date Unknown

Liberia

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small human face; slightly concave, forming a slightly crescent-shaped profile; braid-like band around top of head between ears; vertical line on forehead; slightly frowning mouth with protruding, thick lips; closed eyes; medium to dark brown patina

"Passport" mask, Date Unknown

Liberia

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rectangular with four legs; projections sticking out both short ends, one holds an open bowl, the other appears to be stylized and elongated animal head; body contains 12 carved out round compartments

Gameboard (ma kpon), 2nd half of 20th century

Son of Nuopie

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standing male figure carved from wood; knees are slightly bent and he holds an object against his midriff; thick strands of hair pull away from his forehead, giving the impression of a headdress; shallow carvings indicate oval eyes and a thin mouth; nose is square and protrudes slightly; two ears rest high up on either side of the figure's head; his chest is bare, besides a grid-like pattern carved into the right side of his chest--this pattern is also present on PL shoulder blade; carvings in his pubic region lead down to his exposed genitalia; figure's feet are square and create the base; flower carving on upper PR arms; the piece is a dark brown with slight sheen

Standing male figure, early 20th century

Beembe

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standing female figure has round head, long nose, round, sunken eyes, oval mouth, and a chin that protrudes far beyond the cheeks; the top of her head is divided into seven patterned rows; a patterned collar with distinct edges rests around her neck at the base of head; body is cylindrical with high, pointed breasts and arms bent at the elbow; shoulders appear pulled back; the figure's hands meet at her midriff and appear to hold a square object with a hole in the middle; her legs are thick and bend at the knees; she has very large feet that rest flat against the base; figure's PR leg and foot are noticeably thicker than PL counterparts; a carved hole represents her genitals; piece is natural hue of wood--a dark brown--with fading in the indentations

Standing female figure,