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Museum of Primitive Art
Museum of Primitive Art
1954
Senufo Sculpture from West Africa, Robert Goldwater
Senufo Sculpture from West Africa
Robert Goldwater
Museum of Primitive Art
1964
The Jaguar's Children: Pre-classic Central Mexico, Michael D. Coe American
The Jaguar's Children: Pre-classic Central Mexico
Michael D. Coe
Museum of Primitive Art
1964
Star Wallowing Bull : transformer, Plains Art Museum
Star Wallowing Bull : transformer
Plains Art Museum
Star Wallowing Bull
2015
Nihon no doki: Jōmon Yayoi, haniwa, haji, sueki, Kyoto National Museum
Nihon no doki: Jōmon Yayoi, haniwa, haji, sueki
Kyoto National Museum
1964
The force is with our people, Museum of Northern Arizona
The force is with our people
Museum of Northern Arizona
Art by telephone : an exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art under the sponsorship of the American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, November 1 to December 14, 1969, Jan van der Marck
Art by telephone : an exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art under the sponsorship of the American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, November 1 to December 14, 1969
Jan van der Marck
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1969
Neal Ambrose Smith : C cen u kwes xwuyi (where are you going?), Neal Ambrose-Smith American
Neal Ambrose Smith : C cen u kwes xwuyi (where are you going?)
Neal Ambrose-Smith
Missoula Art Museum
2021
Indigenous futurisms : transcending past/present/future, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Indigenous futurisms : transcending past/present/future
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
2020
Grandguard (Reinforcing Shoulder Defense), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Armor Workshop American, Steel, American, New York
Grandguard (Reinforcing Shoulder Defense)
Multiple artists/makers
1925
Critics' show, Grand Central Art Galleries
Critics' show
Grand Central Art Galleries
1946
The living witness : art in the concentration camps : Museum of American Jewish History, October 18-November 19, 1978, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
The living witness : art in the concentration camps : Museum of American Jewish History, October 18-November 19, 1978
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
1978
Nick Cave : greetings from Detroit, Nick Cave, Chicago
Nick Cave : greetings from Detroit
Multiple artists/makers
2015
La séance continue, Art et liberté (Group of artists) Egyptian
La séance continue
Art et liberté (Group of artists)
Between 1940 and 1949
Nathaniel Mary Quinn : this is life, Nathaniel Mary Quinn
Nathaniel Mary Quinn : this is life
Multiple artists/makers
2018
The architect and the industrial arts : an exhibition of contemporary American design, the eleventh in the museum series, New York, February 12 to March 24, and continued to September 2, 1929, David Silve
The architect and the industrial arts : an exhibition of contemporary American design, the eleventh in the museum series, New York, February 12 to March 24, and continued to September 2, 1929
Multiple artists/makers
1929
When raven became spider, Dunlop Art Gallery
When raven became spider
Dunlop Art Gallery
2017
Òpó (veranda post) with equestrian and female figure, Olowe of Ise Nigerian, Iroko wood, paint, resin, Yoruba peoples
Òpó (veranda post) with equestrian and female figure
Olowe of Ise
before 1938
Female portrait lü me (figure in wood), Zlan of Belewale, Wood, fiber, pigment, cloth, metal, Dan peoples
Female portrait lü me (figure in wood)
Zlan of Belewale
Sonzlanwon
First half 20th century
Standing Vishnu as Keshava, Dasoja of Balligrama, Stone, India (Karnataka, probably Belur)
Standing Vishnu as Keshava
Dasoja of Balligrama
first quarter of the 12th century
Dish with Abraham and Melchizedek, Hans of Landshut German, Free-blown glass with paint and metallic foils, South German
Dish with Abraham and Melchizedek
Hans of Landshut
1498
Hercules and Achelous, Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian Austrian, Ivory, probably Austrian
Hercules and Achelous
Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
probably mid-17th century
The Crucifixion, Master of the Codex of Saint George Italian, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Italian
The Crucifixion
Master of the Codex of Saint George
ca. 1330–35
Bowl, Craven Art Pottery, Earthenware, American
Bowl
Craven Art Pottery
William P. Jervis
ca. 1905–8
Vase, Clifton Art Pottery American, Porcelaneous stoneware, American
Vase
Clifton Art Pottery
1906
Vase, Clifton Art Pottery American, Porcelaneous stoneware, American
Vase
Clifton Art Pottery
1906
Diptych of Kali / Tara, wrathful protectors, Calcutta Art Studio, Chromolithographic on paper, India, Kolkata, West Bengall
Diptych of Kali / Tara, wrathful protectors
Calcutta Art Studio
1885–90
The birth and the building of the DuSable Museum, Eugene Pieter Romayn Feldman
The birth and the building of the DuSable Museum
Eugene Pieter Romayn Feldman
DuSable Museum of African American History
1981
Reproductions of tablets
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford
Reproduction of a steatite libation table
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford
Burgonet, Leonard Heinrich , in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Armor Workshop German, Steel, leather, German, Augsburg
Burgonet
Leonard Heinrich
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Armor Workshop
ca. 1540–50; cheekpieces replaced, 1932
Model T-21 E2 Helmet Prototype, Leonard Heinrich German, Aluminum, American, New York
Model T-21 E2 Helmet Prototype
Leonard Heinrich
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Armor Workshop
1945
Design for footed bowl, Parke Edwards American, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, American
Design for footed bowl
Parke Edwards
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
1913
Gaiety Burlesque, Reginald Marsh American, Etching
Gaiety Burlesque
Reginald Marsh
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1930
Footed bowl, Parke Edwards American, Stoneware, American
Footed bowl
Parke Edwards
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
1913
Footed bowl, Parke Edwards American, Stoneware, American
Footed bowl
Parke Edwards
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
1913
Merry-Go-Round, Reginald Marsh American, Etching
Merry-Go-Round
Reginald Marsh
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1930
Trenton Doyle Hancock : mind of the mound : critical mass, Trenton Doyle Hancock American
Trenton Doyle Hancock : mind of the mound : critical mass
Multiple artists/makers
2019
Virgil Ortiz : revolution / Charles S. King, Charles S. King American
Virgil Ortiz : revolution / Charles S. King
Multiple artists/makers
2021
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Group of Boston 00.348, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Group of Boston 00.348
ca. 360–350 BCE
Saints Bartholomew and Simon, Master of Saint Francis Italian, Tempera on wood, gold ground
Saints Bartholomew and Simon
Master of Saint Francis
ca. 1272
Ewer on stand, Chelsea Keramic Art Works American, Earthenware, American
Ewer on stand
Chelsea Keramic Art Works
Hugh C. Robertson
ca. 1875–80