Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Model of a processional float for "El Sr. de la Resurreccion de Huamanga" made of orange clay, painted cream, red and brown. Religious praying figure stands atop a loaf-shaped mound built onto four square legs with carrying posts. Festooned with numerous tall candles(?) and ornate structures at each corner.
Three-quarter scale basketry model of a Harley Davidson motorcycle. The front wheel and handlebars (a) are joined to the main body (b) with a rattan peg (c) and can swivel. Motorcycle sits back on a bamboo kickstand and back wheel, leaving front wheel suspended in the air.
Hollow orange clay head of a Canelos Quichuan person has facial tattoos and other details painted in reddish brown and black onto a beige background. There is a large hole in each earlobe surrounded with painted rays, another just above each lobe and in centre of mouth. Figure wears a headdress with two birds at front and the base of neck flares out like a pottery foot.
Hollow orange clay head of a Canelos Quichuan person has facial tattoos, beard and fringed hair-style painted in black onto a cream-coloured background, and one band of the neck tattooed in red. Tiny pinched ears project from the head, as does a pointed nose with painted nostrils. Mouth is painted red and cut out to show tiny individual sharp teeth.
Head and torso of a female with bare breasts, carved from a single piece of wood. Figure wears a pounded bark skirt with brown and beige diamond patterning attached around her waist with a metal floral clasp. A strand of seed beads is wound around her upper torso and yellow green feathers are stuck with wax to her ears and around her neck and head.
Stool or bench carved from one piece of dark wood in the shape of a turtle. Two wide flat legs flare out somewhat beneath a slightly concave oval seat, one with a darker design burned ? into the outside surface. At either end protrudes a pointed knob, one larger than the other, with darker impressions of turtle scales, eyes, and mouth.
Figure of a hunter, carved from one piece of balsa wood stained brown, on a round base. He carries a woven grass bag (part b) over one shoulder, a bamboo quiver full of sticks (c) and wears a woven grass headband decorated with a few yellow and green feathers (d).
Long cotton blouse that is part of a wedding outfit (with 2589/1 b,c,d,e-f,g,h,i-j). It is trimmed with white and pink lace around the collar and the cuffs. The front of the blouse has pleats and a snap-close front.
Blouse that is part of a three part outfit with skirt (2590/2 b) and headwrap (2590/2 c). The fabric has a repeating pattern of blue flowers or pinwheel shapes in the background, and rows of red, blue and white squares with an elephant in blue outline within them, along with text in English. These squares alternate with red text written in Twi. Blouse is sleeveless with a wide neck ruffle, tapering waist and flared bottom. It is lined with white cotton fabric.
Small open gourd with a design of brown painted flowers and leaves encircling the polished exterior wall.