The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 9 (May, 1969)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 27 | NUMBER 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 9 (May, 1969)

Chow, Fong, Robert Goldwater, and Alexandrine St. Claire

1969

28 pages

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

"Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas"
Robert Goldwater

"A Forgotten Record of Turkish Exotica"
Alexandrine St. Claire

"Accessions from the Florance Waterbury Collection"
Fong Chow

Met Art in Publication

Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander — Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara)
mid to late 19th century

Female figure (’otua fefine), Whale ivory, Ha'apai Islands — Female figure (’otua fefine)
Early 19th century

Weaving Peg (Turuturu), Wood, Maori people — Weaving Peg (Turuturu)
Late 18th–early 19th century

House Post Figure, Wood, Sentani people — House Post Figure
19th century

Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri), Fang-Betsi artist, Wood, metal, palm oil, Fang-Betsi — Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri)
Fang-Betsi artist
19th century

Head (Bwami), Ivory, Lega peoples — Head (Bwami)
19th–20th century

Seated Figure, Ceramic, pigment, Olmec — Seated Figure
12th–9th century BCE

Female Figure (Tetepeku), Wood, paint, Abelam people — Female Figure (Tetepeku)
19th–early 20th century

Mask (Mai), Wood, paint, nassa shells, cowrie shells, pig's tusks, fiber, Sawos people — Mask (Mai)
early to mid-20th century

Male Poro Figure (Pombia), Wood, Senufo peoples, Tyebara group — Male Poro Figure (Pombia)
19th–mid-20th century

Headdress (Ci Wara): Female Antelope, Wood, metal bands, Bamana peoples — Headdress (Ci Wara): Female Antelope
19th–early 20th century

Vessel with ritual scene, Recuay artist(s), Ceramic, slip, Recuay — Vessel with ritual scene
Recuay artist(s)
200–700 CE

Shield cover, Chimú artist(s), Silver, Chimú — Shield cover
Chimú artist(s)
1350–1470 CE

"Smiling" Figure, Ceramic, Remojadas — "Smiling" Figure
7th–8th century

Female Figure, Wood, paint, Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) — Female Figure
19th century

[Wohlgerissene und geschnittene Figuren ... ], Melchior Lorck Danish, Woodcut — [Wohlgerissene und geschnittene Figuren ... ]
Melchior Lorck
ca. 1619–26

Figure of Harpy, Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze, molded and applied decoration — Figure of Harpy
12th–early 13th century