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- Waxaklahun; (Mayan Number 18 glyph)
- Native Central American Art ; Pre-contact, -1500 Central American ; Art, Mexican
- 4.5 x 6 x 1'' ; Ceramic; This glyph is a portrait variant of the Mayan number glyph for the number 18. It was commonly used for the calendar count on Classic period stelae and monuments. Several variations of glyphs for numbers were used by the...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Scroll; A gentleman can improve his cultivation if he lives in a room with an orchid for a long time
- Painting, Chinese ; Art, Chinese
- 18'' scroll ; 25'' x 18'' painting ; mounted on silk; This orchid painting represents one of the plants of a group often called the '' four gentlemen'' of Chinese painting. The ''four gentlemen'' are plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Basket made of quinet
- Baskets--Philippines; Basket making--Philippines ; Art, Islands of the Pacific
- 6 x 18 x 14'' ; natural fibers; This basket is made of quinet, the husk from the flower of coconut palm tree. The coconut tree grows in large numbers on large plantations, and can grow up to 30-35 meters high. It has long green leaves that turn...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Bird
- Sculpture ; Art, African ; Africa, South.
- 18 x 4.5'' ; serpentine stone; Mr. Manuhwa is one of the first generation of Shona stone sculpturers to benefit from the workshop school at the Zimbabwe National Gallery and Vukutu. Vukutu was a rural community established in the eastern highlands...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Dundun; talking drum
- Drum ; Musical instruments--Africa, West ; Art, Burkinabe ; Art, Yoruba ; Africa, West.
- 18'' x 7'' drum with wooden mallot; In Yoruba language this drum's name is ''Dundun,'' meaning ''sweet sound.'' It is given this name because of its ability to emulate the exact tonal sounds of the Yoruba language. This varible pitch sound drum...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Twentieth century copy of a traditional Shipibo design
- Textile fabrics--Peru ; Shipibo-Conibo art ; Art, Peruvian ; Art, South American
- 18 x 10'' ; cotton cloth; This cinnamon-colored cotton sample, printed in black, is from the late twentieth century.
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Twentieth century copy of a traditional Peku design
- Textile fabrics--Peru ; Art, Peruvian ; Art, South American
- 18 x 10'' ; cotton cloth; This ivory fabric, printed in brown and black with a traditional Peku design of fish and birds, is from the late twentieth century. The yellow text on the unprinted edge reads: Sanforizado - Mercerizado - Union.
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Turkish bowl : Altin Gini
- Kütahya pottery.; Pottery, Turkish.; Bowls (Tableware)--Turkey--Kütahya İli.
- Pottery; 18 cm. in diameter. The bottom of this bowl shows the signature of the artist and the markings "handmade, Kütahya - Turkey". Kütahya is a small province in northwestern Turkey, in the midst of hill country, clustering about the walls...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Inca mask, Peru
- Masks--Peru.; Inca art--Peru.; Inca pottery--Peru.
- Clay mask; 18 cm. high with 33 cm. fiber extensions. Peru offers a mask-making tradition of great variety, reaching as far back as the Inca. This mask, representative of the Inca culture, includes many embellishments. Colors are used to create...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Cartouche box of King Tut, Cairo Dynasty 18, 1347-1237 BCE
- Tutankhamen, King of Egypt.; Cartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)--Egypt.; Symbolism--Egypt.; Art, Egyptian.; Egypt--Antiquities.
- Wooden box with colored hieroglyphs; 9 x 21 x 10 cm. A cartouche, originally called a "shenu" by the ancient Egyptians, is an oblong, magical rope which was drawn to contain the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that spelled out the name of a king or...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Mayan calendar
- Maya calendar.
- Resin plaster replica; 27 cm. in diameter. The Maya calendar depicted here was called "the Haab", the Maya solar calendar of 365 days. It was divided into 18 months of 20 days each with a period of 5 days left over at the end of the year. This...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Great Sphinx of Giza
- Great Sphinx (Egypt)
- Resin plaster replica; 13 x 8 x 18 cm.
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Straight column replica from the Temple of Vespasian
- Columns--Italy--Rome.; Temples--Italy--Rome.; Architecture, Roman--Italy--Rome.; Roman Forum (Rome, Italy)
- Resin plaster replica; 31 x 18 x 7 cm. Throughout European history, Roman artifacts have been revered. These designer resin columns replicate those excavated almost two centuries ago in the Roman Forum.
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Weapons from throughout Chinese history
- Weapons--China--History.
- 18 weapon replicas : metal ; 16 cm. high mounted on board 17 cm. high x 36 cm. wide. A collection of weapons from the Chou, Sung and Yuan dynasties.
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Bodhisattva Guanyin, Ming Dynasty style
- Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity); Wood sculpture--China.
- 1 statue : wood ; 18 cm. high. on base 4 cm. high.
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Saint Helen, Empress, ca, 1460-63
- Helena, Saint, ca. 255-ca. 330--Art.; Relief (Sculpture), Italian--15th century.; Marble sculpture, Italian--15th century.; Sculpture, Renaissance--Italy.
- 1 relief sculpture reproduction, antique gold hydrostone, 17 cm. high. Reproduced from a marble relief, this work is attributed to Italian Renaissance sculptor Desiderio (Desiderio da Settignano, 1438-1463). He is often confused with Donatello,...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Monster egg
- Blown glass.; Glass blowing and working.; Eggs in art.
- 1 colored glass egg, 28 x 18 cm.This large egg is made by glassblowing. The technique is a glass forming technique that involves inflating the molten glass into a bubble with the aid of the blowpipe. Starting with a small amount of molten glass...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Rabbit mask
- Masks in art, Guro ; Art, African ; Guro (African people) ; Africa, West.
- 18'' tall, 7.5'' wide, 5'' dimensions ; wood; This wood mask is an elongated face covering. Large ears, similar to that of a rabbit, extend above the oval shape. The facial features include horizontal slits for the eyes, a long, slender nose, and...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Lee A. "Buddy" Archer in Italy
- Archer, Lee A., Jr.; Fighter pilots; Mustang (Fighter planes); United States Army Air Forces 302nd Fighter Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American; Italy;...
- Black and white photograph of 302nd Fighter Squadron pilot Lee A. Archer in the cockpit of a P-51C Mustang in Italy. According to the PA Veterans Museum, Archer flew 169 missions and is the only confirmed ace of the Tuskegee Airmen with five...
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Oral history interview with Coral Winsor Barnes : February 18 and 23, 1982.
- Barnes, Coral Winsor, 1900-1995--Interviews.
- CONTENT SHEET: High school teacher; Piatt County Assistant Superintendent of Schools; Country Companies Insurance Agent. Interview: Parkland College beginnings -- Parkland College -- Monticello city council alderman -- Climbing Grand Tetons in...
- Monticello Oral Histories