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- Simulated Stone Babson House Floral Tile [replica]
- Babson House (Riverside, Ill.); Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924; Prairie school (Architecture); Architecture--Middle West--20th century; Architecture, Domestic--Illinois--Riverside; Architecture--Details; Tiles; Decoration and ornament--Plant...
- 11.75" square x .75" thick hydrostone. Architect Louis Henry Sullivan incorporated this elegant floral decoration in his design for the 1909 Henry Babson House in Riverside, Illinois. In the Babson House, Sullivan integrated Frank Lloyd Wright's...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Nutcracker in the image of a soldier
- Nutcrackers (Implements)--History.; Nutcrackers (Implements)--Germany.; Decorative arts--Germany.
- 1 wooden nutcracker, 20 cm. high. Nutcrackers have been around at least since the time of the ancient Greeks. It is rumored that the Greek philosopher, Aristotle, invented the first lever-operated nutcracker around 330 B.C. Bronze nutcrackers,...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Thosaganth, A Kohn dance character
- Rāmmakīan.; Khōn (Dance drama)--Thailand.; Dolls--Thailand.
- This is the character, Thosaganth, from the Khon performance of Ramakian (The Glory of Rama). Thosaganth is a powerful legendary demon king of mutant giants who has 10 faces and 20 hands. The Ramakian is Thailand's national epic, and is adapted...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Okina Noh mask
- Performing arts ; Art, Japanese ; Masks in art
- 3.5'' ; glazed ceramic; Okina takes its origin from the traditional Genryu style Noh play. This mask of an old man has shaggy eyebrows, eyes that curve with laughter, and numerous wrinkles on the forehead and cheeks. His long white beard...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Tapa bark cloth with turtle design
- Tapa ; Textile fabrics ; Art, Polynesian ; Fijians ; Polynesians ; Islands of the Pacific.
- 12 x 17'' painted bark; Tapa Cloth is a traditional handicraft and art form in the Pacific Islands. The material is the pulpy underbark of the paper mulberry tree, pounded on smoothed logs into paper-thin sheets by village women. The paints in...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Woven wool shawl
- Akbar, d. 1556-1605.; Shawls ; Costume ; Textile fabrics--Asia ; Art--India.
- 3 x 7' wool; The shawl, or shoulder mantle, is worn in India folded across the shoulder, and has been in existence in India in a variety of forms since ancient times, serving the rich and poor as protection against the biting cold. Akbar, ruler of...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Story cloth; Pa'ndau
- Textile fabrics--Asia ; Storytelling in art ; Oral tradition ; Pictorial works ; Art, Lao ; Hmong (Asian people) ; Laotians
- Textile ; 15'' square; A variety of applique and embroidery techniques are combined to create beautiful story cloths that feature aspects of everyday life of the Hmong people. Through their history, many of the oral history traditions of the Hmong...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Birdman tablet; 1310
- Art, Illinois ; Native North American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- North American
- 2.5 x 3.5'' ; ceramic; Cahokias Birdman symbol was found engraved on a four-inch sandstone tablet unEArthed in 1971 in a lobe on the ease side of Monks Mound. Carbon dating of charcoal found at the base of the slump or lobe shows an approximate...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Huishan clay figurines; facial makeups of Beijung (Peking) opera
- Masks in art ; Operas, Chinese ; Performing arts ; Art, Chinese
- Six painted clay masks with embellishments; Beijing (or Peking) opera is a Chinese opera form that dates back to 1790. Regarded by some as the highest expression of the Chinese culture, it is know as one of the three main theatrical systems in the...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Waklahun; (Mayan Number 16 glyph)
- Native Central American Art ; Pre-contact, -1500 Central American ; Art, Mexican
- 4.5 x 6 x 1'' Ceramic; Portrait variant of the Mayan number glyph for the number 16. Portrait varients were often used for the calendar count on Classic period stelae and monuments. Mayan numeration is base 20. The numerical glyphs can be seen as...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- 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
- Kente cloth strip
- Ashanti peoples; Textile fabrics--Ghana ; Textile fabrics, Ashanti ; Ashanti (African people) ; Africa, West.
- 4 x 36'' ; cloth; The Ashanti people from Ghana dye and weave colorful strips of cotton fabric, about three yards long, to make wearable cloth. Single strips are sewn together to make large pieces of fabric. Colors are made from natural dyes...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Ceramic flute
- Flute ; Musical instruments ; Art, South American ; Pottery, Peruvian ; Art, Peruvian
- 2 x 6 x 6'' ; ceramic; This ceramic flute from Quinua, Peru depicts Peruvian women dressed in traditional clothing. Quinua is a town in Peru that is famed for the exceptional ability of its potters. Quina is located 23 miles from the capital of...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Ritual pestle or ''rhythm pounder''
- Senufo peoples; Woodwork ; Sculpture, African ; Ivory Coast Basin (CÃ´te d'Ivoire) ; Art, Senufo ; Africa, West.
- 33'' tall ; wood; This type of stylized human figure sculpture was carved in both male and female form, and was carved as pairs. They appear in performance and in static displays. Some are placed in shrined or sacred forests, while others are...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Bamboo hanging scroll
- Art, Chinese
- 4' x 15'' ; paper and silk on plastic cord; Traditional Chinese painting can be divided into three categories: landscapes, figures, and birds-and-flowers. Landscapes and bird-and-flower paintings demonstrate the central place of nature in Chinese...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Continuous flow painted fan
- Art, Chinese ; Fan painting, Chinese ; Calligraphy, Chinese.
- 14'' folded fan (paint on paper, wood) ; 3 piece stand ; 8 x 4 x 3.5'' wood; This fan represents one of 2 types of fans used in Chinese painting. The first type is of silk, mounted on a rigid frame in a small round or oval shape, and is used by...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Rattlesnake
- Remington, Frederic d. 1861-1909.; Sculpture ; Art, American ; Metal-work
- 6.5 x 7'' cast bronze, mounted on 1 x 3.5 x 8'' green marble; Remington attempted to portray people and events in as natural and realistic a manner as he knew how. He traveled to the western parts of the American continent to paint and sculpt...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Dance Bells
- Dance costume ; Dance--India ; Performing arts ; Art--India.
- 2 strands, each 8'' long with 2 11'' tie strings, each of dark red cord and 25 brass bells; These bells were likely made to be worn around the ankles or wrist by an Indian dancer. It is impossible to determine if dancers in early Indian culture...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Statue with earrings holding a spear and shield
- Art, Islands of the Pacific ; Woodwork ; Human figure in art ; Arms and Armor
- Wood painted black ; three parts: man: 4,5 x 2 x 1.5'' ; spear: 4.5'' ; shield: 1.75 x 1''; Sagada is one of the ten towns in the Cordillera Region of Northern Philippines. The locals of Sagada are called Igorots. Igorots include the 6...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum
- Bowl with geometric design
- Art, Islands of the Pacific ; Woodwork
- Cocowood 2 x 2.75'' round; The Tboli tribe traditionally lives in scattered settlements in the highlands of southwestern Mindanao in the province of South Cotabato. They are thought to have retreated to the safety and isolation of the mountains...
- Art Objects and Replicas of the Giertz Education Center @ Krannert Art Museum