Unknown ArtistVase, circa 1910 green glaze11.5″ x 9″ (diameter)FAM.1082 This vase with green glaze was most likely created around 1910. The edged rings reveal a bronze color encircling the vase. A gritty blackness coats primarily the central section of the vase creating a depth to the predominant green color. The […]
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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 […]
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 […]