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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

standing figure with arms bent at elbows and forearms raised; long dark hair; large flat headdress with stepped edges; three 3-D hairpins on top of heard; tunic and skirt with patterned designs; rectangular eyes; diamond-shaped mouth; brilliant orange (especially on headdress), black, peach, yellow and light blue

Butterfly Maiden Kachina, 1880-1920

Hopituh Shinumu (Hopi)

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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

hanging rack; wire structure with fourteen wood balls attached to projecting wires; wood balls painted various colors

%C2%A9 Eames Office

Hang-It-All, c. 1955 (designed 1953)

Charles Eames; Designer: Ray Eames; Artist: Tigrett Enterprises

G378

four-fold screen/room divider; white ground and white on back; decorated with multicolored printed designs in four rows of musical instruments (primarily lutes), whips, umbrellas, canes, boots, guns, boating equipment (paddles, ropes, anchor), antique lamps, two hat trees with various hats, and keys; eight white casters

Four-paneled folding screen, c.1958

Piero Fornasetti

G378

dark brown face with very large bulging eyes with small pupils; protruding teeth; red lips; large protruding ears; vertical element at top center of head; blue and white crescents on cheeks; hair with zigzag edges

"Igbudu" mask, 1900-1950

Yoruba

G250

paddle-like, large board with crescent shaped "handle" at top; handle covered in dark brown animal hide; rectangular portion has off-white ground and is covered with black text on front and back

Qur'anic board, 1950s

Unknown

G242

wooden board with leather-covered handle at top; designs in black, yellow, green and orange; one side decorated with bird with circular body, five pointed star and triangle with L-shaped element (abstracted bird motif), with text overall at diagonals in background; same types on motifs on opposite side birds with round bodies and turtle with round body and diamond with text in background with similar design to first side

Writing board, late 20th century

Hausa

G242

15 pieces of white wood, 15 pieces of red wood; five elements are formed when assembled

%C2%A9 Daniel Buren %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York %2F ADAGP%2C Paris

Del colore della materia, 1989

Daniel Buren

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abstract form; circular element at bottom with beak-like protuberance; diamond shape above circle with four-sided form above diamond; wedge shape at top; two loops from top of beak to bottom center of four-sided element and up to, but not attached to, wedge; forms broken into smaller geometric shapes with black outlines filled with dark red, black or white pigments

Mask, 1930s

Gurunsi

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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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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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small face mask with white skin; coffee-bean eyes with slit openings; coffee-bean shaped lips with wider line for mouth; rather flat nose; arched thin eyebrows; very small, high ears; hair in cornrows above the ears; scarifications (?) on cheeks and outer sides of eyes

Mask, late 19th century

Lumbo

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standing male figure wearing large headdress, segmented into four sections, with a pointed tip and blue pigment; the base of each headdress segment has straight vertical lines that transition into decorative indentations toward top point; the figure's head, including headdress, is curved and shaped like a banana when viewed in profile; he has no nose or mouth; figure's eyes are circular mounds of wood with a single nail at the center of each; face has many short, carved lines; his ears are set far back on his head and end at point; PL ear has short piece of string/rope strung through it; figure's neck is short and his arms are bent at the elbows; hands rest on prominent stomach; an angular penis is visible between short, columnar legs that have feet carved directly into the base

Standing male figure, 1900-1925

Yoruba

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paint decorated tool chest, featuring figure decoration of a foreign soldier and an American gentleman; lift top with a straight edge, joined to the case by applied shaped cleats, over a straight sided case with two small pull out drawers over a single long pull out drawer; drawers each feature applied turned wood knobs and are divided in the interior; box is covered with a red painted ground, with the front featuring the image of two men facing each other; man on the left is dressed in elaborate costume, including a tall plaid cap with a tassel, a multicolored shirt, white stocking, red shoes and holding a long lance; man on the right is shown in a white coat with red facings, light coral colored breeches and brown knee stockings; man is shown holding a sword in his right hand, pointed in the direction of the soldier; left side of the case is labeled in yellow lettering, "Brads", and the reverse features the yellow and black painted inscription, "Eleazer Daniels, Cabinet-maker Shop"; shop inscription is painted over a figure of an officer wearing a chapeaux-de-bras

Tool chest, 1805-1815

Captain Eleazer Daniels

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Slit Drum (garamut), 20th century

Papua New Guinea

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frosted clear glass with images on each side of children in brightly-colored garments, carrying lanterns and fans, playing drums and cymbals, and dancing with long dragon puppets; green glass (or jade?) stopper top

Snuff bottle with dragon dance scenes, c. 1866

China

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very long, curved-under nose; large upward-slanting black eyes with perforated holes; smiling white mouth with small opening; small "knobs" represent beard; white bird on forehead; high-set ears with two piercings each; red patina on face; brown at top of head; ovoid shape overall

Mask, 1920s-1930s

Papua New Guinea

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roughly rectangular shape, with inward-arcing bottom edge; arc-shaped "handle" at top, covered in tooled and twisted leather (?); one side decorated with text and highly stylized quadruped with long, thin legs, long black tail, very long neck and small head (both red) and wedge-shaped body with a hump; body decorated with various patterns--checkerboard, hatching, arcs and diamonds; black, red and brown colors on side with quadruped; opposite side has text in black and red, two grids with letters and geometric symbol in black with red text

Writing board, second half of 20th century

Hausa

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roughly rectangular shape, with inward-arcing bottom edge; arc-shaped "handle" at top, covered in twisted leather (?); one side decorated with text and diamond designs in black and red; other side decorated with diamonds and stylized birds and patterns in black and red with black text

Writing board, second half of 20th century

Hausa

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wooden board with leather-covered handle at top; one side decorated with design in red, green and black horizontal linear elements with text, diamonds, triangles and half-circles with hatched lines; opposite side decorated with circle with text and lines--abstracted animal?

Writing board, late 20th century

Hausa

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female "pwo" mask; "face" of mask is oval and defined by two large concave eyes, with slits at center, a long thin nose with a wooden bar nose ring at its base, and a mouth that is open, revealing carved teeth (some missing); two small, square ears jut out from either side of face and each ear has a metal hoop earring; top of mask is flat with remains of decoration on its rim; blue designs are painted and carved at forehead, cheeks, and below nose; entire mask is the natural orange brown of the wood from which it was carved; however, eyes appear darker brown, and ears and moth appear somewhat lighter brown; holes line the entire edge of mask

Mask, c. 1930

Chokwe

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maimask dance wand

Mei Mask, 20th century

Iatmul

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human face mask with smiling mouth with red lips and top teeth visible; wisps of hair at sides of face and small fringe of bangs; mouth, irises and nostrils cut out

%C2%A9 Yamaguchi Bidou

Noh Mask of Kasshiki, 2004

Yamaguchi Bidou

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half-conical open base made of bands of graduated sizes (breast of bird); head with large eyes and scrolling beak with headcrest and pair of "ears"; fan of peacock-like tailfeathers; scrolling motifs and wheel-like roundels; brown, red, black, and white; received attached to small wheeled base with metal armature/stand

Processional image of a Large Swan (Velya Annam), 19th century

India

G211

wall hanging/relief; boat-shaped element at bottom with white on right side and red on left side and a cross inside a circle in black pigment at center; loop of thick wire at top with partial grid made of thinner wires; child-sized black three-dimensional hand hanging from loops of wire at top right; bulbous element in brown with encrustations at top attached on lower left with wire

%C2%A9 2015 Ren%C3%A9e Stout

Crossroads Marker with Little Hand, Reaching, 2015

Renée Stout

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helmet mask with yellow-skinned face, with wide nose and large eyes with red around bottom eyelids; three black vertical lines on each cheek; V and L-shaped repeated shapes for eyebrows; white circle surrounded by tiny blue vertical lines at center of forehead; green vertical plank on top of head with a seated puppet on top; puppet has red skin; puppet wears a long-sleeves shirt and pants of similarly patterned cloth--white with brown flowers and lines--and a blue neck kerchief; puppet has black short hair, blue dots for eyebrows and has a white spot surrounded by tiny yellow dots on forehead

Gelede mask with puppet, c. 2000

Yoruba

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growling lion/demon face with gold and red skin, very wide nose and gold teeth; large red tongue; upper palate, irises, nostrils and ear canals cut out

%C2%A9 Yamaguchi Bidou

Noh Mask of Shishiguchi, 2004

Yamaguchi Bidou

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Slipcover for "A City as Once Seen", 2009

Colin Frazer; Publisher: The Press at Colorado College

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small, roughly rectangular mask of bird's head with long bead with four abalone teeth; two small frowning human faces above and below bird's head; lower face also has two hands; human faces have abalone inlay eyes; bird's head has abalone and copper eyes; red, green, black and white pigments; ermine pelt pendants hand down sides and back; ermine pelt around cap; tan and brown plaid fabrics behind mask and on crown; wool, ribbon and printed cotton ties and pendants

Frontlet, c. 1850

Nuxalk (Bella Coola)

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Drum (gama), 20th century

Papua New Guinea

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Kanaga Mask, 20th century

Dogon

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