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	Browsing item(s) in Monticello Oral Histories\nReplicas and Objects of the Giertz Education Center, Krannert Art Museum\nWilliam R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen\nHistoric Champaign County -- Neighborhoods and Homes\nWatseka Public Library\n results 1-20 of 444 item(s)  page 1 of 23 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Sugriwo shadow puppet 20'' tall ; buffalo hide; This puppet would be used in the Indonesian shadow-puppet theater of Java (Wayang Kilit). The flat puppets are cut from the cured hide of water buffalo, then decorated with intricate... 2. Asmat Sculpture Wood; This sculpture may be from this area of Indonesia. (The slant of the eyes are not correct. They may indicate that the sculpture is from an area closer to China.) Asmat is probably the most well-known... 3. Female doll carrying a container on her head 4. Gong 10'' round bronze with 6'' mallot; Bronze, hand-hammered gongs have been made in a region of China for over 2000 years. Gongs are among the oldest musical instruments on Earth and are unrivaled in what... 5. Ecuador pack mule Wood; This pack mule is hand-carved from native wood in Ecuador. Mules and horses have been used for transportation during much of Ecuador's history, due to the country's terrain. Travel between communities... 6. Female doll with a red hat 7. Sandpainting; Navajo 7.5 x 5.5'' framed ; sand on wood; The Sandpainting originates from Navajo healing ceremonies. In a ceremony that lasts several days, the medicine man builds a Sandpainting and places the patient in the... 8. White robed Guanyin; post 9th century 3'' tall ; possibly ivory; Represents the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Translated as ''one who looks at and listens to the sound of suffering.'' Associated in the 10th century as having the ability to grant children... 9. Kyoto dancing doll This doll represents a traditionally dressed woman of Japan. This resource may be best used with Vidrec 484 (Kimono Dressing) and SK 276 (Japanese Kimono teaching kit with slides). 10. Male doll; with striped hat 11. Ecuador figure ; Art, South American ; Post-contact, 1500- South American ; Costume ; Woodwork WOOD; This hand-carved statue of a pre-Hispanic woman was hand in Ecuador. Even though this statue is very stylized, it is evident that she is wearing a shoulder mantle (Lliclla) over a tunic-like dress... 12. 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... 13. Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Their Daughters : Simulated Lime stone [replica] Akhenaten, King of Egypt; Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt, 14th cent. B.C.; Sculpture, Egyptian; Egypt--Religion; Egypt--Antiquities 10" x 8" x .75" hydrostone (Egypt, early period, 1350 BC). Akhenaten (formerly known as Amenophis IV) introduced a radical, monotheistic religious philosophy in which the sun god, Re-Herakhty, absorbed... 14. Retablo of fabric weavers and dyers Altarpieces--Peru.; Wood sculpture--Peru.; Sculpture, Peruvian.; Santeros.; Weavers in art.; Textile fabrics in art. Wood and fabric; 20 x 5 cm., opened. A retablo or "santero" box was originally used in Europe as a portable alter to be carried into battle during crusades. In Peru it was used by the Spanish conquistadors... 15. Amphora vase Amphoras--Greece.; Pottery, Greek.; Art, Classical--Reproduction.; Greece--Antiquities. This ceramic amphora, 12 in. tall and 5 in. wide, is a reproduction of a vase in an Athens museum. Fully developed by 700 BCE, geometric Greek pottery is characterized by designs painted in black slip... 16. Ancient Roman pot handle Amphoras--Rome.; Pottery, Roman.; Art. Classical--Rome. This unglazed, red terra-cotta pot handle (3" x 3" x 3") was found on a beach by the Red Sea in 1961. This shard is estimated to date circa 700BCE--250 CE. By studying the clay, and the way the handle... 17. Woman bearing an urn Ancient European - 300 B.C. ; Art, Classical (Greek and Roman) ; Women in art ; Sculpture ; Art, Classical (Greek and Roman) ; 1 ; plaster sculpture ; H: 9.5''; The art of the Classical Greek style (479-336 BCE) is characterized by a freedom of movement and expression. It was the first time that the human body was studied for... 18. Tomb carving, Egypt Ankhesenamen, Queen of Egypt--Art.; Hathor (Egyptian deity)--Pictorial works.; Sepulchral monuments--Egypt.; Sculpture, Egyptian.; Art, Ancient--Egypt. The two figures on this plaster-like casting (26 x 14 cm.) are thought to be Tutankhamun's queen, Ankhesenamun, and Hathor, an Egyptian Goddess. Born as Ankhesenpaaten (c. 1348--after 1324 B.C.) and later... 19. Anubis coffin with mummy Anubis (Egyptian deity); Coffins--Egypt.; Mummies--Egypt. 1 coffin replica; bonded marble, gold with colored detail; 20 cm. long 20. East facade of the Parthenon; a full-scale replica in Nashville, Tennesee Architecture ; Mythology ; Art, Classical (Greek and Roman) ; Art ; To 1500 B.C. ; Ancient European - 300 B.C. 4 x 5.5 x 1.5'' ; resin model; This model of the east facade of the Parthenon is in Nashville, Tennesee. This construction is a full-scale replica of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The Pediment at the... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 444 item(s)  page 1 of 23 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next
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