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Body mask, Jakapit, Mulberry fiber, rattan, sago palm leaves, wood, pigment, Asmat people
Body mask
Multiple artists/makers
mid-20th century
Body mask, Asmat artist(s), Mulberry fiber, rattan, sago palm leaves, wood, pigment, Asmat people
Body mask
Asmat artist(s)
mid-20th century
Bronze cuirass (body armor), Bronze, Greek, Apulian
Bronze cuirass (body armor)
Greek, Apulian
4th century BCE
Body mask, Asmat artist(s), Mulberry fiber, rattan, sago palm leaves, wood, bamboo, cassowary bone, cassowary feathers, feathers, coix seeds, pigment, Asmat people
Body mask
Asmat artist(s)
mid-20th century
Bwanga bwa bwimpe (female power figure), Luluwa artist and mpaka manga (ritual specialist), Wood, ivory (?), applied organic matter, Luluwa peoples
Bwanga bwa bwimpe (female power figure)
Luluwa artist and mpaka manga (ritual specialist)
19th–early 20th century
Bwanga (power object), Luluwa artist and mpaka manga (ritual specialist) (?), Wood, horn, seeds, cowrie shells, shotgun shells, teeth, metal, fiber, pigment, tar(?), Luluwa peoples
Bwanga (power object)
Luluwa artist and mpaka manga (ritual specialist)
19th–first half of 20th century
Body as Shell, Alwar Balasubramaniam Indian, Sandstone
Body as Shell
Alwar Balasubramaniam
2011–15
Body sherd, Pottery
Body sherd
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
body surface, Red quartzite
body surface
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Glass jug with indented body, Glass, Roman
Glass jug with indented body
Roman
4th–5th century CE
Bottle with a Globular Body, Glass, greenish; blown, applied decoration
Bottle with a Globular Body
19th century
Critics' show, Grand Central Art Galleries
Critics' show
Grand Central Art Galleries
1946
Terracotta flask with ring-shaped body, Terracotta, Cypriot
Terracotta flask with ring-shaped body
Cypriot
850–600 BCE
Gilded wax on a reconstructed body of ancient linen, Gilded wax on a reconstructed body of ancient linen
Gilded wax on a reconstructed body of ancient linen
400–250 B.C.
Minoan body sherd, Pottery
Minoan body sherd
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Minoan body sherd, Pottery
Minoan body sherd
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Minoan body sherd, Pottery
Minoan body sherd
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Minoan body sherd, Pottery
Minoan body sherd
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Body with garment, Indurated limestone
Body with garment
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, Siliceous indurated limestone
Body with garment
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Bottle with a Globular Body, Glass, blue; free blown, folded foot, applied decoration
Bottle with a Globular Body
19th century
Eye idol, Gypsum alabaster
Eye idol
ca. 3700–3500 BCE
The Lightning Testimonies, Amar Kanwar Indian, Eight-channel digital video installation, black-and-white and color, sound, 32 min., 31 sec.
The Lightning Testimonies
Amar Kanwar
2007
body with garment pleats, Red quartzite
body with garment pleats
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body of a sphinx, Greenish faience
Body of a sphinx
664–525 B.C.
Body fragment of Nefertiti, Indurated limestone
Body fragment of Nefertiti
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleating, Indurated limestone
Body with garment, pleating
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Akhenaten body with garment, Indurated limestone
Akhenaten body with garment
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleating, Siliceous indurated limestone
Body with garment, pleating
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
body with garment, pleating, Siliceous indurated limestone
body with garment, pleating
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleating, Siliceous indurated limestone
Body with garment, pleating
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body, with pleated garment, Indurated limestone
Body, with pleated garment
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with kilt gathers, Indurated limestone
Body with kilt gathers
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleats, Indurated limestone
Body with garment, pleats
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with pleated garment, Siliceous indurated limestone
Body with pleated garment
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleating, Siliceous indurated limestone
Body with garment, pleating
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body, miscellaneous part, Aten cartouche, Indurated limestone
Body, miscellaneous part, Aten cartouche
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Art Students, Louis Lang American, Oil on canvas, American
Art Students
Louis Lang
ca. 1871
Vase, Chelsea Keramic Art Works American, Earthenware, American
Vase
Chelsea Keramic Art Works
Hugh C. Robertson
ca. 1877–84
Engraved Lamp Stand with a Cylindrical Body, Brass; cast, engraved, and inlaid with black compound
Engraved Lamp Stand with a Cylindrical Body
probably late 16th or early 17th century
Untitled (Human Mask), Pierre Huyghe French, Single-channel video, color, sound, 19 min.
Untitled (Human Mask)
Pierre Huyghe
2014
The Cathedrals of Art, Florine Stettheimer American, Oil on canvas
The Cathedrals of Art
Florine Stettheimer
1942