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jade pendent with zoomorphic design, with abstract representation of animal form, possibly a bird. Notchs on the edge and worn relief carvings on the surface indicate that the pendant was probably recarved from a broken jade object from an earlier era.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Zoomorphic pendant
8700 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.95
Pendant in the form of a human figure in a circular shape.
Dogon (Dogon (culture or style))
Pendant
1915 – 1925
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1983/2.159
As one of a pair of delicately carved, ivory statuette-pendants, this female figure stands upright, as opposed to her counterpart whose head and upper body lean slightly forward. Both, however, have a round head with a convex face; large, coffeebean-shaped eyes; a rectangular mouth with prominent lips; a cylindrical neck; and, a coiffure decorated on the back with a cruciform pattern. Additionally, both female figures clutch their breasts in their hands. The statuettes have been pierced through, allowing them to suspend from a string.
Luba (Luba (culture or style))
Power Figure
1845 – 1855
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.220.1
Highly stylized depiction of dragon design with tiger head, lower right portion broken off
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Dragon pendant
8700 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.113
It looks like a rescent, animal&#39;s tooth or fetus. There is a hole and some carved line on the head part.<br /> <br /> This is a comma-shaped bead made from dark green jade. Such crescent moon-shaped beads, referred to as<em> gogok</em>, were used to decorate golden crowns, clothing, and belts. This example, which was attached to other ornaments via the hole in its head, is typical of comma-shaped beads of the Three Kingdoms period. Three parallel lines are incised across the hole, from which four more incised lines radiate upwards.<br /> [Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p.33]
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Comma-shaped Pendant
400 – 599
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1983/1.152

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jade and Rose Quartz Pendants Necklace with Attached Yellow Gold and Fabric Chai
1895 – 1905
Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Thomas M. Spaulding
1968/1.56

Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Shoulder Pendant
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase
1987/2.78

Maori;Polynesian (Maori (culture or style))
Hei Tiki pendant
1885 – 1895
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1986/2.101
Pendant in the form of a pregnant woman holding her stomach. 
Dogon (Dogon (culture or style))
Pendant
1945 – 1955
Gift of Dr. Allen F. Roberts in memory of Sidney H. Roberts
1983/2.143

African (African (general, continental cultures))
Belt pendant in the shape of a hand
1920 – 1930
Museum Purchase
1987/2.72
This small Pende ivory pendant (<em>ikhoko</em>) depicts a delicately carved male head. Stylistically, <em>ikhoko</em> bear many of the facial characteristics of anthropomorphic Pende <em>mbuya</em> masks, after which they have been modeled. In this particular example, the pendant feature an ovoid head, a tall coiffure, a large, bulbous forehead, heavily lidded, closed eyes from which vertical lines extend downward, a wide, up-turned nose, and a pointed chin. Three bands of fine decorative motifs adorn the top of the forehead. The pendant also possesses a pale yellow patina.
Pende (Pende)
Amulet Pendant
1875 – 1885
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.198
This small Pende ivory pendant (<em>ikhoko</em>) depicts a delicately carved male head. Stylistically, <em>ikhoko</em> bear many of the facial characteristics of anthropomorphic Pende <em>mbuya</em> masks, after which they have been modeled. In this particular example, an ovoid head rests atop a columnar neck and features a tall, striated coiffure.  It has a large, bulbous forehead, a V-shaped brow, heavily lidded and downcast eyes, an up-turned nose, a wide oval mouth, and a slightly pointed chin. Fine patterns and lined motifs decorate the neck. The pendant also possesses a pale yellow patina.
Pende (Pende)
Amulet Pendant
1915 – 1925
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.199
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