Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Ashtray

  Square plate of clear glass with imbedded bubbles; Brown and yellow trim around edge and in center; Central farmer figure

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  Ashtray (Sweden), 1942

  Nearly vertical sides, flattened to form oval. White body, treated with metal oxides: cloudy greenish gray outside, streaky yellow and brown converging into pale blue area at the bottom inside.…

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  Ambassador Ashtray, 1926

  Rectangular form with up-curved sides; thin clear glass.

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  Adinkra Ceremonial Wrapper (Ghana), mid-20th century

  Woman’s cotton wrapper, dyed dark brown and printed with hand-carved stamps in a dark glossy ink. The cloth is divided into a grid of four by seven squares; each square…

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  Wrapper (Ghana), 20th century

  Cotton, dyed dark brown and block-printed in a dark glossy substance, in geometric patterns in groups of three rows, forming rectangles. The motifs are carved on calabashes then stamped on…

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  Textile (Ghana), ca. 1960

  Sample of tied- and stitched-resist patterns, indigo-dyed and partially opened.

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  Ashtray (USA), ca. 1900

  Iridescent gold. Low, curved walls with undulating rim and curved rib on each of the ten undulations. Broad, low foot.

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  Ashtray (USA), ca. 1900

  Iridescent deep blue. Low curved walls with undulating rim; curved rib on exterior of each of the ten undulations. Broad, low foot.

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  Ashtray

  Blue and green

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  Strip (Ghana), mid- 20th century

  Narrow woven strip with bands of pattern, including stair-steps, interlocking squares, and zig-zags, in black, blue, green, yellow/orange, and dark red. Patterns are formed by alternating warp-faced plain weave with…