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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 161-180 of 444 item(s)  page 9 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: 161. Guatemalan worry dolls Toys ; Post-contact, 1500- Central American ; Art, Central American 6 dolls made of wire and thread, in oval box; In the highland villages of Guatemala, they tell the story of the Worry Dolls. As the sun sets and you prepare for bed, you should not take your worries with... 162. Hagi-yaki tea bowl Hagi pottery.; Pottery, Japanese. Pottery bowl; 8 cm. high x 16 cm. in diameter. Hagi ware (Hagi-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery most identifiable for its humble forms and use of translucent white glaze. It originated in the early... 163. Hair comb Combs ; Decorative arts ; Art, Kenyan ; Art, African ; Africa, East 7.5 x 2.5'' ; dark wood; This comb is a good example of the way in which utilitarian objects may be attractively designed. It is carved in an aesthetically balanced and pleasing fashion. Combs with tines... 164. Hand embroidered table covering, India, early 20th century Embroidery--India.; Tablecloths--India.; Table setting and decoration--India. Tablecloth; 56 x 56 cm. This richly embroidered cloth features predominently orange, gold, and yellow motifs on a black cloth, further embellished with silver disks inserts around the border. 165. Hand painted clapsticks; Aborigine Musical instruments--Australia ; Art, Aboriginal Australian ; Art, Australian. 2 10.5'' wood sticks, painted; Clapsticks traditionally accompany the music of the didgeridoo. They create a clear, distinguished sound. To play the clapsticks, cradle one stick loosely between the palm... 166. Hand-made weaving in yellow and black of four cockrels Textile fabrics--Ecuador ; Otavalo textile fabrics ; Art, Ecuadorian ; Post-contact, 1500- South American 7.5 x 8'' cloth ; 50% cotton, 50% wool; The birds on this woven mat are cockrels. Many Andean weavers use animals that are familar to them: chickens, condors, guinea pigs, llamas, and alpacas. However,... 167. Hand-made weaving; geometric design in white, red, yellow, and brown Otavalo textile fabrics ; Textile fabrics--Ecuador ; Art, Ecuadorian ; Post-contact, 1500- South American 7.5 x 8'' cloth ; 50% Cotton, 50% Wool; Otavalo, Ecuador is inhabited by a civilization that first appeared on the coast of Ecuador over 1,500 years ago, and spread from the coast into the highlands. Otavalo... 168. Hand-painted cup with decorated handle Pottery ; Art, European 3.25 x 3'' with 1.5'' handle; The straight sided cup is decorated with a blue floral design. The handle, painted with blue, is topped with a sculptural design. 169. Har-wodj Har-wodj--Statues.; Statues--Egypt.; Votive offerings--Egypt.; Osiris (Egyptian deity); Hathor (Egyptian deity); Neith (Egyptian deity); Egypt--Antiquities. Polystone replica of an Egyptian statuette, ca. 663-332 BCE; 9.5 x 3 x 5 in. The hieroglyphics at the front of this statuette tell us why it was orginally made. It was an offering to the god Ptah-Soker-Osiris... 170. Heart-shaped sandalwood box with attached lid, India, late 20th century Wooden boxes--India.; Wood sculpture, Indic.; Sandalwood--India.; Sandalwood trade--India. Sandalwood box; 9 cm. high x 11 cm. wide. This box, made from Indian sandalwood, is carved with a landscape scene of the area. Sandalwood is the name for several fragrant woods from southeast Asia. Indian... 171. Hercules/Bacchus; circa 2nd century A.D. Hercules ; Bacchus.; Sculpture ; Art, Classical (Greek and Roman) ; Art ; 100 - 199 ; Ancient European - 300 B.C. ; Bacchus ; Hercules ; Art, Classical (Greek and Roman); ; Ancient Mediterranean Tour H: 8'' ; plaster; This shaft end of joined heads of divinities, called a double-herm, was used as a household monument. Hercules (the son of Zeus and Alcmene) and Bacchus (god of wine) were worshipped... 172. Hösig di basket, Panama Waunana baskets--Panama; Embera baskets--Panama ; Basket making--Panama Palm fiber basket; 27 cm. in diameter. The Wounaan and Emberá are indigenous peoples of the Darién Rainforest of eastern Panama who refer to their fine traditional coil-construction palm-fiber baskets... 173. Hocho Music ; Art, African ; Africa, South. 3 matamba goards ( 1.5 - 2'' round) on a 9'' wooden stick; This is a rattle (or shaker instrument) used to mark rhythm, and is played in pairs, like maracas, holding one in each hand. Fixed to each stick... 174. Hopi bowl Hopi pottery.; Pottery--Arizona.; Pottery--West (U.S.); Pottery craft--Arizona.; Pottery craft--West (U.S.) Pottery bowl; 6 x 9 cm. This traditional Hopi bowl has symbols pertinent to the Hopi way of life, much of which is related to rain for the Hopi's arid land. This bowl may be decorated with a variation... 175. Horse with elaborate saddle blanket, Nepal. Wood sculpture, Nepali.; Horses in art. Hand carved wooden horse, 21 cm. high, with an elaborate saddle blanket, highly polished, mid 20th century. 176. Hoyrup pattern glazed ceramic round container with a lid, ca. 1960s Pottery--Denmark--20th century.; Battles in art. Lidded container, 7 cm. high. This glazed container has an all green landscape design of houses, people with animals, boats on water and trees. The lid appears to be decorated with a battle scene of 8... 177. 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... 178. Human figure sculpture Sculpture, Shona ; Shona (African people) ; Art, African ; Africa, South. 6.5'' x 1'' ; Serpentine stone; This 2-D sculpture of a human figure, and others like this, are often referred to as ''Shona Sculpture,'' but are not created by only Shona tribe members from Zimbabwe.... 179. Ibeji figure Sculpture, Yoruba--Nigeria.; Yoruba (African people); Twins--Nigeria.; Twins--Nigeria--Death. 1 sculpture :$bwood, brown and indigo ;$c27 cm. high in case 41 x 16 x 15 cm. +$e1 card. Among the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria it is very common to have twins. Ibeji figures may be carved to represent deceased... 180. 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... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 161-180 of 444 item(s)  page 9 of 23 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next
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