Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Group of eight small obsidian points and chips. a) Largest and most complete projectile point. Long triangular blade with a long rectangular stem. b) Obtuse triangluar blade. c) Triangular blade with a very flat base where it has broken. d) Triangular point with flat area where blade has broken off. e) Triangular point with flat area where blade has broken off. f-g) Two point where there tip of the blade has broken off. h) Small piece of worked obsidian.
Large scale aluminum abstract sculpture. Stands on, and is attached to, a thick, black, oval, stone base. Sculpture itself is made of epoxy powder-coated aluminum, with a brushed silver surface. On three legs stands a large eye in formline design, with two concentric ovals forming the pupil inside a large open space. The sculpture’s lines vary in thickness.
Cotton turban. Garment is thin and very long, made of light, fine fabric. Colour is diagonal lines of red, interspersed with 5 dotted red lines on a mottled yellow and green background. This continues the length of the turban. Ends are brown and red. Edges are finished with tight rolls.
Cotton turban. Garment is thin and very long, made of light, fine fabric with a chevron pattern, dyed in pink, light orange (tumeric dye) and off-white, with a thin, intensely dyed blue line between each section. There is considerable dye transfer between coloured areas.
Man's full-length, quilted, A-line, silk robe or coat, open at the front with no closures, has long tapered sleeves. Warp ikat textile, with red, yellow and purple predominating, on a pinkish background; silk warp and red silk weft, giving the textile a pale pinkish colour; large circular sun motifs, curved motifs called ‘bodom’ and ram’s horns motifs. Trimmed on all edges with dark green, yellow, off-white and orange tablet-woven braid; 16 cm vertical vents at the hemline on each side. The body of the robe is lined with dark red and off-white checked cotton textile; sleeves are lined with printed cotton textile, with red and brown floral designs on an off-white background. The front edges are faced with bias-cut strips of dark red cotton textile; the back edges are faced with bias strips of pastel multicoloured cotton textile. Light weight cotton batting between the outer textile and the lining.
Man’s full length, multi-coloured robe or coat with long tapered sleeves, open in front from neck to the hem, with no fasteners; front right and left edges form a V and do not overlap except at the hemline. Four-colour warp ikat textile, with silk warp and cotton weft; ram’s horn, tambourine and sun disc motifs predominate. All outer edges are trimmed with narrow black, white and yellow braid, applied using loop manipulation method. Lined with machine printed cotton broadcloth, with small off-white circular motifs on a light red-orange background; all edges are faced on the inside with multi-coloured striped cotton strips, cut on the bias.
Concave square plate with rounded corners, on four block feet. Background glaze is yellow-white with navy blue streaks horizontally across plate. Black linear figures on either side of centre. Cluster of cracks in glaze on far edge. Clear glaze on edges of bottom surface. Feet and centre are unglazed light brown clay with a square maker’s stamp in centre.
Bottle shaped vase. Rectangle with two wider faces and two thinner sides. The base is wide, narrowing to a high shoulder which tapers to a small square neck. The vessel is light grey with tiny light brown speckles, the bottle’s neck and sides are painted with a light brown glaze, giving it a bumpy texture. Located on both front and back faces are two stacked light and dark blue circular designs surrounding rounded brown figures with a dark brown dot in the centre. Protruding from the stack on either side are rounded blue chevrons facing outwards from the design, with thicker dark brown chevrons within. Both sides are decorated with a single blue circular design encircling a rounded brown design.
Vase is bulbous and rounded with a wide shoulder narrowing to a short neck with a large lip. The shoulder tapers to a small angular base. The vase is a dark blue-green colour with small brown speckles and finished with a shiny glaze.
Round, wide-mouthed bowl. Bowl flares slightly out from the rim and narrows sharply at the halfway point toward a small round base. The outside surface is a light cream colour, covered in a finely etched pattern outlined with blue and red linear figures. Both the top rim and the halfway point of the bowl are ringed with a thick dark brown line. The interior of the bowl is painted brown and the base is painted red. Both inside and outside have a shiny glaze.