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- Basketry & quilts the African American folk art tradition from 1790-1860 : a touch kit.
- African American folk art--Study and teaching; African American quilts; Basket making--United States; Baskets--United States; Kente cloth.
- The decorative tradition of African American art is explored in this hands-on kit. African American folk art tradition from 1790-1860 is influenced by the African heritage and the American experience. This kit includes information on baskets,...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Bill Paul, American Red Cross, in Italy
- Davis, Benjamin O. (Benjamin Oliver), 1912-2002; United States Army Air Forces 332nd Fighter Group; American Red Cross; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American;...
- Black and white photograph of 332nd Fighter Group commander Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Bill Paul of the American Red Cross in Italy. The photograph is signed on the right: "Bill Paul ARC-Phila. Pa."
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Bill Paul, American Red Cross
- Davis, Benjamin O. (Benjamin Oliver), 1912-2002; United States Army Air Forces 332nd Fighter Group; American Red Cross; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American;...
- Black and white photograph of 332nd Fighter Group commander Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Bill Paul, American Red Cross, taken in an unknown location. The inscription reads: "Bill Paul, ARC Phila. Pa."
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Gift basket
- Basket making ; Ethnic American Collection ; Women Artists ; Native North American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- North American
- 3'' round ; 2.5'' high ; grey pine needles ; waxed linen thread and tumbled stones; This basket is made by an artist of Cherokee descent living in California. It is made using the coiling technique, with grey pine needles that come from the...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- American Red Cross Women, Italy
- ; United States Army Air Forces 332nd Fighter Group; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American; Italy; Photographs
- Black and white photograph of two young women from the American Red Cross, which provided services to the 332nd Fighter Group.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Monkey hanging from a limb
- Sculpture ; Woodwork ; Native Central American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- Central American ; Art, Central American
- Cocololo wood ; 6 x 6.5 x 2''; This carving is likely made from cocobolo, a fine wood found in Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. Cocobolo is the most dense and strongest of all rosewoods, a rather generic term for exotic wood. Cocobolo is...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Sea turtle
- Sculpture ; Woodwork ; Native Central American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- Central American ; Art, Central American
- Cocololo wood ; 6.5 x 5.5 x 2''; For about 30 or 40 years the Embera-Wounaan, the indigenous people who inhabit the remote rainforest that span the border between Panama and Colombia, have being carving sculptures depicting the animals that live in...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Dolphin
- Sculpture ; Woodwork ; Native Central American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- Central American ; Art, Central American
- Cocololo wood ; 3 x 3.5 x 2.5''; For about 30 or 40 years the Embera-Wounaan, the indigenous people who inhabit the remote rainforest that span the border between Panama and Colombia, have being carving sculptures depicting the animals that live in...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Tagua (tah-gwa) nut sea turtle
- Sculpture ; Native Central American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- Central American ; Art, Central American
- Tagua nut ; 2 x 1.5 x 1''; Tagua nuts are exquisitely carved by the Embera-Wounan artisans in the Darien Jungle in Panama. They are carved into sculptures depicting their surroundings, such as this sea turtle, commonly found in the waters along...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Basket
- Embera baskets ; Waunana baskets ; Baskets--Panama ; Basket making--Panama ; Native Central American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- Central American ; Art, Central American
- Palm fibers ; 3.5 x 3''; Women of the Wounaan and Ember tribes make elegant baskets from the fibers of the natural plant and chunga palm, which grow in the Darien rain forest of Panama.The fibers of the natural plant are used for the foundation,...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Stone mask
- Native Central American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- Central American ; Masks in art ; Art, Central American
- Soapstone ; 6.5 x 8.5 x 2''; This mask, carved of brownish soapstone, has a design carved and etched in a border of approximately 1.5'' around a face. The mask resembles a tribal design. Two chips are visible, one on the upper left side, and one...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Ceremonial Center at Tikal
- Art ; Conservation and Restoration ; Ancient Americans Collection ; Native Central American Art ; Pre-contact, -1500 Central American ; Art, Central American
- 3.5 x 5.5 x 2'' ; soft stone rock replica from Running Press Discovery Kit; This model is of the ceremonial Center at Tikal, Guatemala. The original ruins are of a great metropolis that was discovered deep in the jungles of Northern Guatemala, on...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Raven spirit rattle
- Music ; Native North American Art ; Ethnic American Collection
- 12'' ; wood ; leather ; hand-painted; Carved from yellow and red cedar capture the form and spirit of the raven and other animals that inspired Northwest Coastal art and mythology. They also represented the shaman's powers and belief in...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Juniper basket; Cherokee
- Basket making ; Ethnic American Collection ; Native North American Art ; Women Artists ; Post-contact, 1500- North American
- 5'' round, 5'' tall ; round reed ; juniper seeds; This basket was made by an artist of Cherokee descent living in California. It is double-walled weave twined of round reed. Black walnuts were used to dye the darker reed, with a few rusty nails...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Guatemalan Toucan mask
- Masks in art ; Sculpture ; Ethnic American Collection ; Folk art ; Art, Central American
- 13'' x 6'' x 4'' ; painted wood; Handcarved folk art masks from Guatemala celebrate their creators' artistry, vitality, and whimsy. Folk festivals and dances, which serve as high points of community life, show an awe-inspiring array of masks,...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Creature with Pinecone : Simulated Cathedral Stone [replica]
- Sculpture, American--19th century; Architecture, American--19th century; Decoration and ornament
- 5" x 7.5" x 6" hydrostone (American, 19th-century). This wonderful possessive figure clutching a pinecone combines elements of both man and pig. Inspired by an architectural element of a building at the University of Pennsylvania and reminiscent...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Vejigante mask
- Masks in art ; Ethnic American Collection ; Native Central American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- Central American ;
- papermache mask; Mask worn by vejigante masqueraders during the carnival held each year in February. Since 1858, men and boys have dressed in the traditional clown-like costumes and papier mache masks, resembling devilish animals. They gaily...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Charles Hall and P-40 Warhawk, North Africa
- Hall, Charles; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Fighter pilots; North Africa; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of pilot Charles Hall in the cockpit of a P-40 Warhawk in North Africa. Hall was the first African American to shoot down an enemy plane during the war.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Charles Hall and William R. Thompson in 4th of July Parade, Pittsburgh, 1945
- Hall, Charles B.; Thompson. William R., 1916-2006; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; Pittsburgh (Pa.); Parades; Fourth of July; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial...
- Black and white photograph of (left to right) the mayor of Pittsburgh, with Charles Hall and William R. Thompson of the 99th Fighter Squadron during the Soho Community Association Independence Day program, 1945. Hall was the first African American...
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen
- Charles and Maxine Hall
- Hall, Charles B.; Hall, Maxine; Fighter pilots; United States Army Air Forces 99th Pursuit Squadron; United States Army Air Forces 99th Fighter Squadron; Tuskegee Airmen; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War,...
- Black and white photograph of Charles Hall, the first African American to shoot down an enemy plane in World War II, and his wife Maxine, occasion and location unidentified.
- William R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen