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A blue chain bowstring surrounds the top outer rim of the bowl. Under the bowstring there are two blue line drawings flanked by inscriptions: on one side of the bowl, a ship sails through stylized waves; on the other side there is a book in the…

Five hand-brushed black characters on the upper part of the outer body form a slogan: "The Revolutionary committee is good" {in Chinese characters - geming weiyuan hui hao]. Each character is framed by a decal or stamp of a purple ring and three…

The exterior of the bowl, at the top of the rim, features a double red bowstring framing a red geometric design broken by a stylized green flower. Beneath the bottom bowstring, four bold outlined Chinese characters read: "Be industrious and thrifty…

The white ground of the bowl is decorated with a dark blue bowstring on the rim. Just below the rim on the exterior wall is a bunch of pine needles, first stenciled in red and then sprayed green, signifying endurance and high principle. Below the…

"Nice knees, "Jeez knees," and "Great gams" are a collection comparing drawn images and photographic images, using the lines and curves of body images to compare and contrast.

The relief sculpture of a Child-god is a particularly fine example of a ‘sculptor’s model’ or ‘votive object,’ a piece appearing to be a fragment but actually a fully realized object in itself. It is probably Harpokrates, Horus the Child, often found…

Abbott has lit the French author and Nobel Prize winner (1947) Andre Gide (1869-1951) so as to highlight the writer's head, face and hands emerging from deep shadow. His look, directly out at the viewer, is equally penetrating and pensive and speaks…

This is unrelated to the building, now known as the Byrdcliffe Theater, built in 1902-1903. This may be a drawing for a planned playhouse on the grounds of Webster's home near Byrdcliffe, ""Avanti, where the family sometimges staged plays.

The masks of the Bapende peoples can be classified into two styles, the western, or Kwilu and the eastern, or Kasai style. This mask, or more properly badge, reflects the Kwilu style. It is a smaller version of the crested mbuya initiation mask and…