Art of the Ancestors Top Features of 2023
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Mask | Orang Ulu Peoples
© Borneo Cultures Museum | Malaysia
a, b: Anchor axes, Gê, Eastern Brazil, before XVIIth c.
a. Stone (probably diorite), wood, natural fibers
Dimensions: 56 x 20 x 3 cm
Sotheby’s Paris, 18 June 2014 Lot 1
CJ collection, Athens
© Sotheby’s
b. Stone (probably diorite), wood, stone, natural fibers, shells, gum
Dimensions: 79 x 11,5 x 4 cm
British Museum Am1949,22.178
Oldman Collection n.902 before 1949 and in collection of Sir A. Lamb of Beaufort Park, Bath, formerly
Published in McEwan (2009:58)
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Detail of a Door Lintel | Pare
© The Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated man and woman
Culture: Jalisco
Date: 100 BCE–200 CE
Department: Indigenous American Art
Classification: Sculpture
Material and Technique: Ceramic and slip paint
Dimensions: Overall: 16 1/16 x 18 5/8 x 11 5/16 in. (40.8 x 47.3 x 28.734 cm)
Location: Ancient Art of the Americas - A. H. Meadows Galleries, Level 4
Object Number: 1973.58
Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McDermott, the McDermott Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated
© Dallas Museum of Art
Shadow Puppets (Wayang Kulit) of the Five Pandavas, from the set Kyai Nugroho
Maker: Ki Kertiwanda
Maker: Ki Bekel Prawirasucitra
The Dr. Walter Angst and Sir Henry Angest Collection
2018.130.1.102
© Yale University Art Gallery
Wooden Bowl in the Form of a Human Head
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Fox Headdress or Back Ornament
© Linden-Museum, Stuttgart
Zoomorphic Mask
© The Trustees of the British Museum
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