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Album, Woodblock Prints
Album bound in heavy brown paper with a wooden spine. The binding exhibits a star-motif.
The album holds 48 pages of woodblock prints. Most of the prints are attributed to one of the late great print masters of the Edo period (1603-1868), Utagawa…
The album holds 48 pages of woodblock prints. Most of the prints are attributed to one of the late great print masters of the Edo period (1603-1868), Utagawa…
Basket
Basket with lid. Manufactured by coiling technique using raffia threads.
The elements are a stiff core of one or more fibers and a softer strip for sewing. The spiral course of the foundation is conspicuous, but the core itself is entirely hidden…
The elements are a stiff core of one or more fibers and a softer strip for sewing. The spiral course of the foundation is conspicuous, but the core itself is entirely hidden…
Basket
Basket with pointed lid, black design on outside of basket.
Basket
Small twined basket with two handles. Smoke discoloration, tears, misshapen. Glassell collection. Inherited by family.
Belt
A leather belt with a geometric beadwork design.
Tags: Beads, Clothing, Ethnology, Imagery, Leather, North America, Personal Objects, United States
Boat, Miniature
Natural reed boat with reed sail and female figure inside.
Boat, Model
Small reed model boat depicting life-size ones utilized on Lake Titicaca.
Tags: Art, Bolivia, Communication, Distribution and Transportation, Ethnology, History, Imagery, Plants, Reed, South America, Tourism, Water
Bowl
Blackware bowl. Short, broad body with incurving rim, flat base. Exterior highly polished. Matte black design motif on upper third of body, consisting of four stepped triangles running diagonally from rim to nattor band above body midpoint.…
Bowl
Light blue ceramic bowl with dark blue design. Exterior: two stylized dragon-like figures with legs, horns, mane, and forked tail. Two designs between dragons. Two pencil-thin lines around top, one around base, two lines on the foot. Interior: two…
Tags: Asia, Blue, Ceramics, China, Containers, Distribution and Transportation, Ethnology, History, Imagery, Porcelain
Bowl
Porcelain bowl. Exterior: Brown slip, bottom designed with two circles containing five Chinese characters. Interior: Light blue; rim has a band with floral and geometric design done in matte finish (may be missing applied glaze decoration) in…
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Gown, Commencement
Black commencement gown, approximately 4 ft. long (just above ankle length). Tapered arms. 2 fasteners (metal) at top. Arms ruffled at shoulder. …