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A tall cylindrical vessel on mamiform tri-pod feet with an everted, flaring, and direct rim. It has a black burnished body with reddish-buff feet. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Tripod Jar
2200 BCE – 1600 BCE
Gift of www.silkroadtrade.com owners Seung Man Kim, Robert Piao, Daniel Shin and Hemin Quan
2003/2.22
Brass horn with a string of brass and red beads attached to a cork stopper. The top edge and bottom edge of the horn are decorated with incised braided patterns. 
Powder Horn
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.90
This jar has a long, thick, cylindrical&nbsp;neck that&nbsp;abruptly gives way to a rounded upper half, tapering gently to a flat bottom, with two small lugs (ring handles) at the waist.&nbsp;This jar has a spiral design on the top half.<br /> &nbsp;
Majiayao
Storage Jar with two handles and painted spiral design, from Gansu Province, China
7400 BCE
Museum Purchase
1959/2.84
A globular, wide-mouthed jar with two bands of incised and impressed rib-pattern decoration, and two lug handles holding loose rings on the shoulder. A light coating of olive-green glaze covers the top and shoulder. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
475 BCE – 221 BCE
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.93
Brass horn with a pointed tip and a cork stopper decorated with four strands of brass and multi-colored beads. 
Powder Horn
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.91
A short, round clay vessel, wide at the middle while narrowing toward the top and bottom. The top half of the vessel is decorated with  3 alternating human faces and 3 fish, perhaps mudfish.   There are also alternating columns and triangles around the top half, each decorated with various patterns of lines. The neck of the vessel is decorated with horizontal grooves. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Pot
1900 – 1932
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.108
Rectangular box made of fiber and wood with wooden lid. Intersecting lines that form diamond patterns are carved into the top of the lid. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Textile Storage Box
19th century
Gift of Senator Jack Faxon
1983/2.169
A woman kneeling in a rocky landscape. She is near a stream with a vessel for water in her hands. She wears her hair in long braids and a cloth on her forehead.
Edward S. Curtis (American (North American))
Water Baskets—Wishham
1909 – 1911
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
1987/1.206
This Maebyeong is wide at the shoulder and gradually narrow down to the base. The neck is a little long and body is high.<br /> <br /> This is a dark gray, high-fired stoneware maebyeong (prunus vase). The saucer-shaped vessel mouth is joined to a short, flared neck. The body extends downwards in a straight line from the shoulder before flaring slightly near the base. Its wall is not smoothed leaving it uneven. The shoulder has become contaminated by impurities during firing, and the center of the base is slightly recessed. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 84]</p> <br /> &nbsp;
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Maebyeong (Wine Storage Bottle)
918 – 1392
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.211
This image is one of twelve photographs from Brassaï's <em>Transmutations</em> portfolio. In this photograph, Brassaï has drawn on a negative of a female figure using the cliché-verre process. The resulting image portrays a female nude partially abstracted into geometric shapes.
Brassaï (French (culture or style))
Amphora Woman
1934 – 1967
Museum Purchase
1971/2.150.5
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