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Body mask, Jakapit, Mulberry fiber, rattan, sago palm leaves, wood, pigment, Asmat people
Multiple artists/makers
mid-20th century
Body mask, Asmat artist(s), Mulberry fiber, rattan, sago palm leaves, wood, pigment, Asmat people
Asmat artist(s)
mid-20th century
Bronze cuirass (body armor), Bronze, Greek, Apulian
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
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
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
Luluwa artist and mpaka manga (ritual specialist)
19th–first half of 20th century
Body as Shell, Alwar Balasubramaniam  Indian, Sandstone
Alwar Balasubramaniam
2011–15
Body sherd, Pottery
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
body surface, Red quartzite
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Glass jug with indented body, Glass, Roman
Roman
4th–5th century CE
Bottle with a Globular Body, Glass, greenish; blown, applied decoration
19th century
Critics' show, Grand Central Art Galleries
Grand Central Art Galleries
1946
Terracotta flask with ring-shaped body, Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
850–600 BCE
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
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Minoan body sherd, Pottery
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Minoan body sherd, Pottery
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Minoan body sherd, Pottery
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Body with garment, Indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, Siliceous indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Bottle with a Globular Body, Glass, blue; free blown, folded foot, applied decoration
19th century
Eye idol, Gypsum alabaster
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.
Amar Kanwar
2007
body with garment pleats, Red quartzite
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body of a sphinx, Greenish faience
664–525 B.C.
Body fragment of Nefertiti, Indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleating, Indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Akhenaten body with garment, Indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleating, Siliceous indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
body with garment, pleating, Siliceous indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleating, Siliceous indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body, with pleated garment, Indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with kilt gathers, Indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleats, Indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with pleated garment, Siliceous indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body with garment, pleating, Siliceous indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Body, miscellaneous part, Aten cartouche, Indurated limestone
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Art Students, Louis Lang  American, Oil on canvas, American
Louis Lang
ca. 1871
Vase, Chelsea Keramic Art Works  American, Earthenware, American
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
probably late 16th or early 17th century
Untitled (Human Mask), Pierre Huyghe  French, Single-channel video, color, sound, 19 min.
Pierre Huyghe
2014
The Cathedrals of Art, Florine Stettheimer  American, Oil on canvas
Florine Stettheimer
1942