Title: Mezuzah
Date: 1950s
Artist: Ilya Schor
Dimensions: L. 5 11/16 x W. 1 3/4 x D. 1/2 in. (14.4 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm)
Medium: Silver, pierced, engraved; scroll: ink on parchment
Credit Line: Gift of Drs. Ronald and Elizabeth Kanof Levine in honor of JoAnn Pizer-Fox
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Inscriptions: On front of cover, in Hebrew: …impress these My words upon your
very heart…bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead… [Deuteronomy 11:18]
On inside of cover: The Lord ("Shaddai")
Inside compartment: (Hebrew letter "shin": a conventional referent to God)
On back of case: I Schor
Classification: Metal
Department: Judaic
Permanent Collection
Mezuzah
By the Winds Grieved
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 1940s
Artist: John Rembert
Dimensions: 14 x 17 in. (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Medium: Gouache on paper
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed lower right: John Rembert 194[5?]
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
The Citadel, Pisa
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: W. Douglas MacLeod
Dimensions: 8 x 13 1/4 in. (20.3 x 33.7 cm)
Medium: Etching
Credit Line: Bequest of Lady Marcia Cunliffe-Owen in memory of Robert Lee Humber
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Unknown
Signed: Signed at lower right
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
The Ponte Vecchio, Florence
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: W. Douglas MacLeod
Dimensions: 8 x 13 1/4 in. (20.3 x 33.7 cm)
Medium: Etching
Credit Line: Bequest of Lady Marcia Cunliffe-Owen in memory of Robert Lee Humber
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Unknown
Signed: Signed lower right
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Old Man Asleep
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Elias M. Grossman
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Medium: Etching on paper
Credit Line: Bequest of Lady Marcia Cunliffe-Owen in memory of Robert Lee Humber
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Unknown
Classification: Prints
Department: Unassigned
Cathedral Scene
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Herbert Gordon Warlow
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (27.3 x 17.1 cm)
Medium: Etching on paper
Credit Line: Bequest of Lady Marcia Cunliffe-Owen in memory of Robert Lee Humber
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: British
Signed: Signed lower right
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Cathedral Scene
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Herbert Gordon Warlow
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (27.3 x 17.1 cm)
Medium: Etching on paper
Credit Line: Bequest of Lady Marcia Cunliffe-Owen in memory of Robert Lee Humber
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: British
Signed: Signed lower right
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Old Nan
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (21.0 x 19.7 cm)
Medium: Etching on paper
Credit Line: Bequest of Lady Marcia Cunliffe-Owen in memory of Robert Lee Humber
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Unknown
Classification: Prints
Department: Unassigned
Dutch Girl
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Harvey
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (21.0 x 19.7 cm)
Medium: Etching on paper
Credit Line: Bequest of Lady Marcia Cunliffe-Owen in memory of Robert Lee Humber
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Unknown
Classification: Prints
Department: Unassigned
Oil lamp
Bull
Title: Mezuzah
Date: circa 1400–1200 B.C.E.
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: L. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Greek, Mycenaean
Classification: Ceramics
Department: Ancient
Spouted Jar
Title: Mezuzah
Date: circa 100
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Medium: Pottery, unglazed
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Cooper in honor of Dr. Forrest William Clonts
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Roman
Classification: Ceramics
Department: Ancient
Untitled (kiddush cups)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Don Edeler
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 4 in. (11.4 x 10.2 cm)
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Drs. Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Caballistic Talisman
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 39 3/4 x 26 5/8 in. (101.0 x 67.6 cm)
Medium: Reproduction - ink on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Abram and Frances Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Unknown
Classification: Prints
Department: Unassigned
Sepik River Lime Container
Title: Mezuzah
Date: late 20th century
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Medium: Bamboo and paint
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Melanesian, Papua New Guinea
Classification: Wood
Department: Oceanic
Enthroned Christ with the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 19th century
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 31 1/2 x 25 in. (80.0 x 63.5 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas, mounted on panel
Credit Line: Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. William Leonhart
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Russian
Classification: Paintings
Department: Unassigned
Cup
Title: Mezuzah
Date: circa 620–600 B.C.E.
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 x Max. Diam 6 1/2 in. (16.5 x 16.5 cm)
Medium: Bucchero sottile ceramic
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ney Evans
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Etruscan
Classification: Ceramics
Department: Ancient
Apple Blossom Time (VIII)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: H. Winthrop Peirce
Dimensions: 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Louise Hall
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed lower right: H. Winthrop Peirce
Classification: Paintings
Department: American to 1910
Sketch of Boat with Fishing Nets
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Elizabeth Amie Page
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (17.1 x 24.1 cm)
Medium: Oil on board
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Louise Hall
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed lower right: E.A. Page
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Sketch of Sailboat with Cottages in Background
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Elizabeth Amie Page
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (17.1 x 17.1 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Louise Hall
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed lower right: E.A. Page
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Sketch of Boats and Cottages
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Elizabeth Amie Page
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 11 in. (23.5 x 27.9 cm)
Medium: Oil on cardboard
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Louise Hall
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed lower right: E.A. Page
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Mosaic Fragment
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 2nd century
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 2 3/8 in. (17.8 x 10.2 x 6.0 cm)
Medium: Stone (black and white tesserae)
Credit Line: Gift of Charles W. Stanford
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Near Eastern, Antioch
Classification: Natural Substances
Department: Near Eastern
Mosaic Fragment
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 2nd century
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (17.1 x 14.0 x 6.0 cm)
Medium: Stone (pink and white tesserae)
Credit Line: Gift of Charles W. Stanford
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Near Eastern, Antioch
Classification: Natural Substances
Department: Near Eastern
Portrait with eight figures
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (14.0 x 16.8 cm)
Medium: Daguerreotype
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. W.H. Royster
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Unknown
Classification: Photography
Department: Unassigned
Portrait of two women and a child
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Atelier von P. Herzog
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (18.4 x 14.0 cm)
Medium: Daguerreotype
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. W.H. Royster
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: German
Inscriptions: On reverse: Daguerreotyp-Atelier von P. Herzog, Bremen, Wall No. 74A
Classification: Photography
Department: European to 1910
John C. Calhoun (1782-1850)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: originally modeled 1835, carved 1859
Artist: Hiram Powers
Dimensions: H. 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm)
Medium: Marble
Credit Line: Presented to the State of North Carolina by Wharton Jackson Green, 1861; transferred to the North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: At back of bust: H. POWERS/Sculp
Classification: Sculpture
Department: American to 1910
The Big View, Spring
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 1972–1974
Artist: Joseph Fiore
Dimensions: 48 x 42 in. (121.9 x 106.7 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Purchase Fund
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed lower left: Fiore
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Landscape with Waterfall
Title: Mezuzah
Date: circa 1860–1870
Artist: William Charles Anthony Frerichs
Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 48 1/2 in. (72.4 x 123.2 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Leon Prince
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed lower left: W Frerichs
Classification: Paintings
Department: American to 1910
Untitled
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Colin Osborne, III
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (15.6 x 22.5 cm)
Medium: Photography on paper
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Museum Special Gift Fund
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Classification: Photography
Department: Modern
Up From the Woods
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Carolyn Wyeth
Dimensions: (plate) 24 3/8 x 29 3/4 in. (61.9 x 75.6 cm)
Medium: Print-reproduction on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Edwin Gill
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed lower right: Carolyn Wyeth
Inscriptions: At lower left: AP; inscribed lower left: For my great friend - Mr. Edwin Gill withwarmest regards - Frank E. Fowler
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Negro Servants’ Quarters, Hillsborough, N.C.
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 1939–1951
Artist: Louis Orr
Dimensions: (paper) 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Medium: Etching on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Mabel Pugh
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed at bottom right: Louis Orr; signed in plate: Louis Orr
Inscriptions: At lower left: Negro Servant's Quarters, Hillsboro, NC
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
St. Philips Gate, Charleston
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
Dimensions: (paper) 4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in. (12.5 x 9.5 cm)
Medium: Drypoint on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Mabel Pugh
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed in pencil at lower right: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
Inscriptions: At lower left: St. Philips Gate, Charleston (SC)
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Landscape
Title: Mezuzah
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Medium: Oil on copper
Credit Line: Gift of John Kern, Jr.
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Flemish
Classification: Paintings
Department: European to 1910
Landscape with Flowers
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Peter Stebbing
Dimensions: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61.0 cm)
Medium: Oil on Masonite panel
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Underhill
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: British
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Landscape
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Gerrit Hondius
Dimensions: 24 x 30 1/2 in. (61.0 x 77.5 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Paula Hondius
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: At lower left: Hondius
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Still Life
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Gerrit Hondius
Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (74.9 x 60.3 cm)
Medium: Oil on Masonite panel
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Anna M. Brigadier
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Landscape with Cattle
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 19th century
Artist: H.J. Shayer
Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (44.5 x 60.3 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Bequest of James B. Harris
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: British
Classification: Paintings
Department: European to 1910
Jonah Has Pity on the Gourd (Jonah 4:9)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
The Great Fish Vomits Jonah (Jonah 2:11)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Ruth and Naomi (Ruth 1:16)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Moses on the Mountain of Nebo Looks at the Promised Land Before His Death (Deuteronomy 34:1-4)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Joseph in the Pit Receives Food and Drink from Reuben (Genesis: 37:22)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Dialogue Between Balaam and His Ass (Numbers 22:28)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Rachel Weeping for Her Children (Jeremiah 31:15)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
The Meeting of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 33:4)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Abraham Sends Away Hagar and Her Son Ishmael (Genesis 21:10-11)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Noah Blesses the Animals (Genesis 7:15)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Jacob Steinhardt
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (40.0 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Woodcut on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Abram Kanof
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Israeli
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Family Group
Title: Mezuzah
Date: late 19th–mid-20th century
Artist: Bernard Pothast
Dimensions: 28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. R.C. Haberkern, in memory of her husband
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: British
Signed: Lower right: B. Pothast
Classification: Paintings
Department: European to 1910
Landscape with Cottages and Figures
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 19th century
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 34 x 44 in. (86.4 x 111.8 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Jonas S. Rice
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: British (?)
Classification: Paintings
Department: European to 1910
Portrait of a Man
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Frame: 34 x 28 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (86.4 x 73 x 5.7 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Carolista Baum
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Unknown
Classification: Paintings
Department: Unassigned
Head of a Girl
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Ovissi Nasser
Dimensions: 28 x 19 3/4 in. (71.1 x 50.2 cm)
Medium: Silkscreen on paper
Credit Line: Gift of the artist
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Iranian
Signed: Signed lower right: Ovissi 8/70
Classification: Prints
Department: Modern
Beach Scene
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Eleanor Davis
Dimensions: overall: 9 13/16 x 15 11/16 in. (24.9 x 39.8 cm)
frame: 13 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 1 in. (34.3 x 48.9 x 2.5 cm)
Medium: Oil on Masonite panel
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Dahlias
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Eleanor Davis
Dimensions: 16 1/16 x 19 15/16 in. (40.8 x 50.6 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Shadows and Daisies
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Edith Saunders
Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. (61.6 x 46.0 cm)
Medium: Oil (?) on canvas
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Hollyhocks
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Elizabeth Amie Page
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 11 in. (19.7 x 27.9 cm)
Medium: Oil
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Louise E. Hall
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: American
Signed: Signed lower right: E.A. Page
Classification: Paintings
Department: Modern
Janus-Faced Spear Staff
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 39 x 2 x 1 1/2 in. (99.1 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm)
Medium: Wood, metal (not original)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mace Neufeld
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Luba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Diviner’s Slit-Drum (mukoku ngoombu)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: Drum: 13 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 3 in. (34.9 x 7.3 x 7.6 cm)
Striker: H. 8 3/4 x Diam. 5/8 x in. (22.2 x 1.6 cm)
Medium: Wood and string
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mace Neufeld
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Yaka or Suku peoples, Dem. Republic of the Congo
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Staff (Kibango)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 26 7/8 x 1 x 1 in. (68.3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mace Neufeld
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Luba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Janus-Faced Cap Mask
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 7 x 4 in. (23.5 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm)
Medium: Wood, animal skin, human hair, and cane basketry
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mace Neufeld
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Ejagham peoples, Cross River region, NGA or CMR
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Antelope Headcrest (Zazaigo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 9 x 6 1/4 in. (59.7 x 22.9 x 15.9 cm)
Medium: Wood, string, cloth, hair, pigment
Credit Line: Gift of Fred Jamner
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Mossi peoples, Burkina Faso
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Mask (Ogbodo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 11 x 7 1/2 in. (39.4 x 27.9 x 19.1 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of Fred Jamner
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Northeastern Igbo peoples, Nigeria
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Ekpo Society Mask (Idiok Ekpo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. (26.7 x 16.2 x 10.8 cm)
Medium: Wood, paint, and kaolin
Credit Line: Gift of Fred Jamner
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Ibibio peoples, Annang subgroup, Nigeria
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Gold Weights (abrammuo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Akan artists
Dimensions: 16 large, 6 medium, 25 small
Medium: Brass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Mizrahi
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Akan; Ghana
Classification: Metal
Department: African
Ekpo Society Mask (Mfon Ekpo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (25.1 x 19.4 x 12.1 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Mizrahi
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Nigeria, Ibibio, Annang subgroup
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Crest Mask, Antelope (zazaigo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: early–mid 20th century
Artist: Mossi artist
Dimensions: 21 x 7 1/2 x 10 in. (53.3 x 19.1 x 25.4 cm)
Medium: Wood, cloth, cotton cord, paint, and pigment
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Mizrahi
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Mossi; Burkina Faso
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Pole with Head Finial
Title: Mezuzah
Date: early 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 5 in. (34.9 x 12.1 x 12.7 cm)
Medium: Wood, pigment traces, encrustations
Credit Line: Gift of William Shatner
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Long tubular bead
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Medium: Stone; green jade, facet and cut, incised
Credit Line: Gift of Lorin Wiesenfeld
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Costa Rican, Highland Region
Classification: Natural Substances
Department: New World
Cylindrical vessel
Title: Mezuzah
Date: circa 1150–100 B.C.E.
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: H. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Medium: Pottery, orangeware
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fulling
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Middle American, Mayan
Classification: Ceramics
Department: New World
Incensario
Title: Mezuzah
Date: circa 200–600
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 16 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (42.2 x 39.7 x 27.0 cm)
Medium: Terracotta, paint
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fulling
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Mexican, Teotihuacan
Classification: Ceramics
Department: New World
Bowl
Title: Mezuzah
Date: circa 300–900
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: Diam. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Medium: Pottery, pigment
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fulling
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Guatemalan, Petén, Mayan
Classification: Ceramics
Department: New World
Helmet (?) mask
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (37.5 x 26.7 x 13.3 cm)
Medium: Wood, pigment, encrustation
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Harvey Schreter
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Cameroon, Bamileke
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Ekpo Society Mask (Mfon Ekpo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (22.2 x 13.3 x 7.0 cm)
Medium: Wood and paint
Credit Line: Gift of Messrs. Kim and Milt Hammond, Mrs. Linda Scovill, and Jerry Grabush and Herbert D. Hammond
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Nigeria, Ibibio, Annang subgroup
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Twin figure (Ibeji)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: L 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of Messrs. Kim and Milt Hammond, Mrs. Linda Scovill, and Mr. Jerry Grabush and Herbert D. Hammond
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Nigeria, Yoruba
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Masquerade Head, Bird (kono)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Mande artist
Dimensions: 22 x 19 x 9 in. (55.9 x 48.3 x 22.9 cm)
Medium: Wood, pigment, and fiber
Credit Line: Gift of Lewis W. Pate
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Mande; Mali
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Door Lock (Konbalabala)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 15 x 3 1/4 in. (47.6 x 38.1 x 8.3 cm)
Medium: Wood, metal
Credit Line: Gift of Lewis W. Pate
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Mali, Bamana
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Crossbolt for a door
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (50.2 x 34.9 x 6.4 cm)
Medium: Wood, incised, stamped; metal
Credit Line: Gift of Lewis W. Pate
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Mali, Bamana
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Musical instrument (Wasamba)
Title: Mezuzah
Date:
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 5 x 22 x 2 1/2 in. (12.7 x 55.9 x 6.4 cm)
Medium: Wood, gourd, fiber
Credit Line: Gift of Lewis W. Pate
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Mali, Bamana
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Helmet Mask, Composite Creature (kponyungo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: early–mid 20th century
Artist: Senufo artist
Dimensions: H. 12 1/2 x L. 32 1/2 x W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 x 82.6 x 31.8 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Senufo; Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, or Mali
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Handheld Clapper with Bird of Prophecy (ahianmwen-oro)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 19th century
Artist: Edo artist
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 3 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (34.9 x 9.2 x 12.1 cm)
Medium: Cast copper alloy
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Edo; Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Akua’ba Figure
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 6 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (34.3 x 15.6 x 6.0 cm)
Medium: Wood, beads, and string
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Akan peoples, Asante subgroup, Ghana
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Reliquary Guardian Figure (Mbulu Ngulu)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (45.1 x 19.7 x 6.3 cm)
Medium: Wood, brass
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Kota peoples, Gabon
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Antelope Mask (Walu)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 26 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (66 x 19.7 x 14 cm)
Medium: Wood and paint
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Dogon peoples, Mali
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Crest Mask (ciwara kun)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: early–mid 20th century
Artist: Mande artist
Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (48.9 x 10.8 x 11.4 cm)
Medium: Wood, beads, string, and metal
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Mande; Mali
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Female Figure with Bowl (mboko)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: early–mid 20th century
Artist: Luba artist
Dimensions: 17 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (45.4 x 21.6 x 17.1 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Luba; Democratic Republic of the Congo
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Crest Mask (ciwara kun)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: early–mid 20th century
Artist: Mande artist
Dimensions: 12 x 24 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (30.5 x 61.6 x 7.9 cm)
Medium: Wood, beads, string, and metal
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Mande; Mali
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Bush Buffalo Mask
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (45.1 x 22.2 x 19.7 cm)
Medium: Wood, paint, and string
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Bwa peoples, Burkina Faso
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Shrine Figure (Mbëlëkët, Ëlëk, a-Tshol, or Ñach)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 19th or 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (34.9 x 29.2 x 16.5 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Nalu or Baga peoples, Guinea
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Animal Spirit Headdress (Mkpe)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 15 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (39.7 x 15.6 x 9.5 cm)
Medium: Wood, paint, and mirrors
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Nigerian, Igbo
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Foreign Warrior Mask (Samana)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 17 x 6 x 8 in. (43.2 x 15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Medium: Wood and metal
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Dogon peoples, Mali
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Horned Headdress
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: H. 13 5/16 in. (33.8 cm)
Medium: Wood, animal skin, metal, and paint
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Ejagham peoples, Cross River region, NGA or CMR
Classification: Wood
Department: African
Face Mask (Mbuya Muyombo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (42.5 x 22.2 x 19.7 cm)
Medium: Wood, paint, and cloth
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Western Pende peoples, Kwilu subgroup, DRC
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Warrior Mask (Bugle)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 19th or early 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. (26.4 x 14.0 x 10.2 cm)
Medium: Wood and metal
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Dan peoples, Liberia
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Prestige Vessel (kuduo)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 19th century
Artist: Asante artist
Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 x Diam. 7 1/8 in. (26 x 18.1 cm)
Medium: Brass
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Asante; Ghana
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Gong Striker (Lawle)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (29.8 x 3.2 x 8.3 cm)
Medium: Wood and string
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Baule peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Hunter’s Whistle
Title: Mezuzah
Date: early–mid 20th century
Artist: Chokwe artist
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (11.4 x 3.8 x 4.1 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Chokwe; Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Face Mask, Maiden Spirit (kpelié)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: early–mid 20th century
Artist: Senufo artist
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 6 x 3 in. (32.4 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of the Hanes Corporation
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Senufo; Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, or Mali
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Figure (iginga)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: early 20th Century
Artist: Lega artist; Bwami Society
Dimensions: 6 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (15.2 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm)
Medium: Ivory
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Lega; Democratic Republic of the Congo
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Shango Dance Wand (oshe Shango)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Yoruba artist
Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (35.2 x 19.1 x 7 cm)
Medium: Wood, beads, and string
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Yoruba; Nigeria or Benin
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Bird Trophy (Kpono)
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 20th century
Artist: Artist Unknown
Dimensions: 20 x 11 x 4 1/4 in. (50.8 x 27.9 x 10.8 cm)
Medium: Wood
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: Senufo peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Classification: Sculpture
Department: African
Portrait of a Gentleman Wearing a Breastplate
Title: Mezuzah
Date: 1585-1590
Artist: Unknown
Dimensions: 46 1/2 x 33 5/8 in. (118.1 x 85.4 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James MacLamroc
Object Number: 2006.2
Culture: British
Inscriptions: Inscribed, upper right: Colonel George Goring, son of George Lord Goring, Earl of Norwich, obit 1662.
Classification: Paintings
Department: European to 1910
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