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580 Results Found

Image	Title of Work of Art	Artist or Culture of Origin	Date or Style or Period	Materials and Techniques	Accession Number	Collection
	Gourd bottle		2nd century B.C.–1st century A.D.	Ceramic	63.232.55	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Gift of Nathan Cummings, 1963
	Grave marker (sunduk)		19th–20th century	Wood	1990.338a,b	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Gift of Charles and Harriet Edwards, 1990
	Hand Hacha		4th–7th century	Stone	1979.206.1042	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
	Hanging		14th–15th century	Cotton	1979.206.601	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
	Hanging (?) fragment		4th–3rd century B.C.	Painted cotton	1987.394.704	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1987
	Hanging basket		late 19th–early 20th century	Pandanus leaves, fiber, shark's teeth	1983.545.1	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Gift of the American Friends of the Israel Museum, 1983
	Hanging bowl		19th–early 20th century	Wood, fiber	1985.317.18	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Frumkin, 1985
	Harp		19th–20th century	Wood, hide, twine, brass ring	1978.412.412	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1960
	Harpoon Counterweight		2nd–3rd century	Ivory (walrus)	1975.311	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Purchase, The Houghton Foundation, Inc. Gift, 1975
	Harpoon Head		4th–5th century	Ivory (walrus)	1981.358.1	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Rogers Fund, 1981
	Head		12th–15th century	Soapstone	1979.206.296	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
	Head		13th–15th century	Stone	1979.206.611	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
	Head		16th century	Steatite	1978.412.375	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1965
	Head		16th–17th century	Terracotta, sacrificial materials	1991.17.7	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991
	Head cloth		19th–20th century	Barkcloth, pigment	1979.206.1777	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
	Head of an Oba (King)		18th century	Brass	1991.17.2	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991
	Head of an Oba (King)		19th century	Brass, iron	1991.17.3	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991
	Head of an Oba		16th century (ca. 1550)	Brass	1979.206.86	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
	Head of a Queen Mother (Iyoba)		1750–1800	Brass	1977.187.36	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1977
	Head of a Rain God		10th–11th century	Limestone	1978.412.24	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1963
	Head of a Water Deity		15th–early 16th century	Basalt	00.5.44	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Museum Purchase, 1900
	Head Pendant		6th–9th century	Jade (jadeite)	02.18.309	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902
	Head Vessel		8th–12th century	Ceramic	1981.158	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Purchase, The Nelson C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller and Gift of Nathan Cummings, b...
	Headdress		19th–20th century	Wood	1979.206.17	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
	Headdress		19th–20th century	Wood, metal bands	1978.412.435	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1964
	Headdress		19th–20th century	Wood, hide, metal, bone, paint	1979.206.266	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
	Headdress frontal		1st–7th century	Gold	1991.419.40	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection, Gift of Jan Mitchell, 1991
	Headrest		19th–20th century	Wood	1979.206.31	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
	Headrest		19th–20th century	Wood	1999.47.101	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Bequest of John B. Elliot, 1998
	Headrest		19th–20th century	Wood	2001.759.4	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
	Gift of Dr. James J. Strain, 2001

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