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Baulé (Baule (culture))
Ape Deity (M'Botumbo)
1900 – 1971
Museum Purchase assisted by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.30
Black and white drawing of organic forms vaguely resembling human figures flowing into one another in a room-like space. On the right hand side of the grouping stands the most recognizably humanoid figure.
Arshile Gorky (American (North American))
Study for 'Image in Xhorkom'
1931 – 1941
Gift of Mrs. Florence L. Stol
1964/2.41

Charles François Daubigny (French (culture or style))
Le Lever du soleil
1850
Museum Purchase
1961/2.23
This painted miniature Shahnama page was made by the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460 in Baghdad, Iraq. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene depicts <em>Gaiumart the First Shah</em> from the Shahnama, the Persian book of kings. 
Iranian (Iranian)
Gaiumart the First Shah, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
1455 – 1465
Museum Purchase
1963/1.40
Landscape with minute figure standing on the banks of a lake among trees and boulders in the foreground and mountains in the distance; blue sky with dark storm clouds on left and white cumulonimbus cloud on right.
William M. Hart
The Adirondacks
1843 – 1853
Museum Purchase
1979/2.136
Wooden mask in the form of a stylized human face. Large, round eyes sit below a prominent forehead. The ears are small semi-circles on each side of the head and the mouth is open to reaveal teeth. Human hair and natural fibers form the mask's headdress and beard. 
Mask
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.343
A red, lacquer basket with an interior nesting basket. Designs and text are painted in black on the basket and the lid.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Basket
20th century
Gift of Ellen Johnston Laing
2018/2.75A-C
A brass bracelet with a design of central concentric circles edged by triangles. On each side are incised horizontal grooves. Much of the design on the bracelet has worn away. 
Bracelet
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.45
A large brass bracelet with a central spiral surrounded by small raised circles. The rest of the bracelet is decorated with alternating rows of straight and diagonal lines. There is a small piece broken off near the top right side. 
Bracelet
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.46
A brass bracelet in the shape of a flattened double cone. There is no decoration on the bracelet, but much of the surface is scratched. 
Bracelet
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.48
Blanc de chine miniature penjing tree with base container and four right angled feet. The tree has three main branches with leaves and flowers at the base of the tree.
Miniature Penjing Tree
1662 – 1722
Promised gift of William C. Weese, M.D., LSA ‘65
PG2020.2.35

Herbert Bayer (Austrian)
Corona
1900 – 1969
Museum Purchase
1969/1.117
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