Unknown artist (Tongan)Tapa Cloth (ngatu), early 20th century mulberry fiber, pigment, arrowroot binder33” x 22.5” Tapa (or ngatu) is a kind of barkcloth made from paper mulberry trees in the islands of the Pacific Ocean. To create the cloth, artists strip the outer layer of mulberry bark from the inner […]
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Unknown Fulani (Fulbe/Peul) artist (Mali)Yellow amber beads, 20th century yellow amber, fiber stringL.1.2010.4 Amber offers unique, compelling insight into earth’s history and ecological development. Constituted of fossilized resin from prehistoric trees, amber often encases and preserves the detritus of forests and insects from over 40 million years ago. It’s a repository […]
Winslow Homer (US American, 1836 – 1910)Gathering Berries, 1874 wood engravingGift of Chris Welles Feder in memory of Irwin Feder, 2018.218.379 1/8” x 13 5/8” “[Winslow Homer’s] prints trace developments in his compositional strategies and preferred subjects—domesticity, leisure, and manual labor, all set against idyllic New England landscapes—that continued even after […]