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Monticello Oral Histories
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Replicas and Objects of the Giertz Education Center, Krannert Art Museum
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Cork sculpture enclosed in a round frame and glass
Sculpture ; Art, Chinese
6'' round x 2'' ; wood, glass, and cork; This ''picture'' shows 6 cranes in a grasslands scene. The crane represents luck and long life in many Asian cultures. The certified label on the bottom of the...
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Corner column replica from the Temple of Vespasian
Columns--Italy--Rome.; Temples--Italy--Rome.; Architecture, Roman--Italy--Rome.; Roman Forum (Rome, Italy)
Resin plaster replica; 35 x 21 x 14 cm. Throughout European history, Roman artifacts have been revered. These designer resin columns replicate those excavated almost two centuries ago in the Roman Forum....
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Coyote girl
Native North American Art ; Art and religion
4 x 6'' ; sand on board ; mounted in frame to 5.5 x 7.5''; The Navajo divide their beings into three categories. The first are the Yetis, or supernatural beings, who have more power than humans. This painting...
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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...
85.
Creed of Shogun printed on Kozo rice paper
Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.; Calligraphy ; Art, Japanese ; Edo, Tokugawa (1615-1867) Japan ; History (of Non-Art General Nature)
10 x 12'' ; paper; Since the seventh century, Japanese farmers in the mountain villages have been creating paper. The materials are the vegetable fibers taken from the bark of bushes, not from any rice....
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Crocodile
Woodwork ; Art, Brazilian
wood ; 11 x 3 x 1.25''; For Indians of Brazil, the role of a hunter is traditionally very important. The cocodile would have been hunted for food. The skins would have been used for costumes or for ceremony....
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Cuerda seca plate
Pottery--Spain.; Pottery craft--Spain.; Plates (Tableware)--Spain.; Enamel and enameling--Spain.
Colored enamel and gold on pottery; 17 cm. in diameter. This is a Spanish handmade plate with unique enamels and 24K gold made in Spain by artisans, following the antique cuerda seca technique, just the...
88.
Cuzco belt
Costume ; Arts, Ancient ; Post-contact, 1500- South American ; Textile fabrics--Peru ; Art, Peruvian
46'' long ; 2'' wide yarn; This narrow woven belt includes 7 traditional designs. They include a house, 2 human forms, 2 jars, and likely 2 birds. The two shades of brown yard create the designs, while...
89.
Dan mask Pende mask ; Baule mask.
Masks, Dan--Côte d'Ivoire.; Masks, Pende--Congo (Democratic Republic); Masks, Baule--Côte d'Ivoire.; Dan (African people)--Religion--Rituals.; Pende (African people)--Religion--Rituals.
3 masks :$bwood, col. ;$c20-38 cm. high in case 54 x 66 x 16 cm. +$e1 card. For the Dan of Côte d'Ivoire, masks are mythical bush spirits, owners of the land, who uphold the authority of the elders....
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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...
91.
Dancing lizard
Metal-work ; Art, Central American ; Art, Haitian.
12 x 15'' ; painted steel; Haitian artists are known for their flat metal sculptures (called cutouts) made from recycled steel oil drums. The colorful designs usually reflect the daily life on Haiti. The...
92.
Daruma
Daruma.; Ethnic American Collection ; Art, Japanese
5 x 4 x 4'' ; painted Papier Mache; Daruma, the familiar Zen monk, has become a symbol for perseverence and resilience by Japanese popular culture. The eyeless, usually rounded bottom, Daruma is given...
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Death and Father Time
John Foster ; Increase Mather.; Art ; 1600 - 1699 ; Art, American ; Sculpture ; Stories in Art
1 ; plaster replica; The original of this replica, one of the earliest and finest gravestones cut in 1681 by the Stonecutter, marks the grave of John Foster, a true Renaisance man, who died at age 33....
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Degas dancer; (1880-1881)
Degas, Edgar ; Maria Van Goethem; Degas, Edgar; Sculpture ; Human figure in art ; Art ; 1800 - 1899 ; Art, French
14'' tall, 5.5'' square base ; Bronze-tone Polystone; In 1878, Degas began charcoal figure studies of 10 year old Maria Van Goethem for his wax sculpture, ''Little Fourteen-year-Old Dancer.'' Using wax...
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Detail of Egyptian tomb wall; dignitary with long staff
Art ; 1500 B.C. - 000 ; Art, Egyptian ; Sculpture
11.5 x 11.5'' ; plaster; From a wall of an Egyptian tomb chapel. The two columns of inscription at the top are too fragmented to offer much of a clue to the contents of the complete text. The figure, probably...
96.
Digeridoo
Didjeridu ; Musical instruments--Australia ; Art--Australia
37 x 2.5'' ; wood, stained, cracked, not suitable for playing; The digeridoo is believed to be the world's oldest wind instrument, dating back thousands of years and originating as a musical instrument...
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Digeridoo
Didjeridu ; Musical instruments--Australia ; Art--Australia.
37 x 2.5'' ; wood, painted; The digeridoo is believed to be the world's oldest wind instrument, dating back thousands of years and originating as a musical instrument of the North Australian Aborigine....
98.
Dionysius
Dionysius.; Ancient European - 300 B.C. ; Art, Classical (Greek and Roman) ; Sculpture ; Art, Classical (Greek and Roman) ;
H: 9'' ; ; plaster; Probably a Roman copy of the Greek God, Dionysius, who was said to have discovered wine, which is symbolized by the grapes in his hands. The long legs, arms, and torso, along with the...
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Dogwood arrow with lightening groves (No point)
Arms and Armor ; Ethnic American Collection ; Native North American Art
25.5'' long ; wood ; feathers; Shaft cut from dogwood sapling during winter 1996 and heated to straighten, and treated with linseed oil to preserve. These can be made in approx. 1/2 day. Lightning grooves...
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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...
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