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A wooden doll with two tiers made up of a head and body with no arms, legs or feet. Painted on the head is a face, hair, and a red headdress. The body has red and tan horizontal stripes on the top and bottom of the body with a cluster of red poppies in the middle.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kokeshi Doll
1925 – 1975
Gift of Harold W. Stevenson, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus in Psychology
2021/1.132
A wooden doll with two tiers made up of a head and body with no arms, legs or feet. Painted on the head is a face, hair, and red headdress. Painted on the body are red and black decorations.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kokeshi Doll
1925 – 1975
Gift of Harold W. Stevenson, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus in Psychology
2021/1.136
A wooden doll with two tiers made up of a head and body with no arms, legs or feet. Painted on the head is a face, hair, and red headdress. Painted on the body are red and green horizontal stripes on the top and bottom of the body, in the middle of the body are poppies.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kokeshi Doll
1925 – 1975
Gift of Harold W. Stevenson, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus in Psychology
2021/1.137
Wooden circular staff with a circular human face in the middle of the shaft. The bottom of the staff contains concentric rings that form a point at the base. The top of the staff has a black and white checkered pattern that wraps around the staff. Animal hairs stick out the top of the staff. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Flywhisk
1915 – 1925
Museum purchase made possible by the Betty J. Lockett Memorial Fund
1986/2.93
A tall chest with four main cabinet doors, two on top and two on bottom, and four smaller drawers on the top. Each door is fitted with brass hinges and accent pieces. The wood is multi colored, light brown and dark brown.<br /> <br /> Produced to store clothes, chests were generally kept in the lady&rsquo;s quarter (<em>anbang</em> ) of a house and used by women. The front panels are made from persimmon wood, while the top, sides and back are made from pine wood. The top panel is made from a single piece of wood with moldings attached to give a sleek design. The side panels extend to the back, and the back panel was joined to the side panels at a perpendicular angle. The top and side panels are joined by three tenons and mortises. The rail of the first and second levels are attached to the side panels by mortise-and-tenon joints. The borders of the doors on the first level are inlaid with blacklines. Rim decoration <em>ogeumte</em> has been added to the part under the lower crossbar which is supported by a
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Chest
1795 – 1805
Gift of Ellen Johnston Laing
2017/2.125
A wooden doll with two tiers made up of a head and body with no arms, legs or feet. Painted on the head is a face, hair, and a red headdress. The body is painted to look like it is wearing a red and yellow kimono with stripes red, black, and purple in the middle for the obi. You can see where the kimono begins and ends at the top and bottom of the body.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kokeshi Doll
1925 – 1975
Gift of Harold W. Stevenson, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus in Psychology
2021/1.135
A wooden doll of three tiers made up of a head and body with no arms, legs or feet. The top of the doll is the head with a face, hair, and headdress of yellow and different shades of red painted on it. The second and third tiers make up the body and have yellow, black, and red decorations for clothing.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kokeshi Doll
1925 – 1975
Gift of Harold W. Stevenson, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus in Psychology
2021/1.129
A wooden doll with two tiers made up of a head and body with no arms, legs or feet. Painted on the head is a face, hair, a red and purple headdress. The body is painted to look like it is wearing a tan kimono with red, black and purple stripes in the middle for the obi. You can see where the kimono begins and ends at the top and bottom of the body.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kokeshi Doll
1925 – 1975
Gift of Harold W. Stevenson, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus in Psychology
2021/1.130
A wooden doll of three tiers made up of a head and body with no arms, legs or feet. Painted on the head is a face, hair, and a yellow, black, and red headdress. The second and third tiers make up the body and have yellow, black, and red decorations.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kokeshi Doll
1925 – 1975
Gift of Harold W. Stevenson, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus in Psychology
2021/1.138
Container made by turning a single piece of wood on a lathe. Lid is crowned with mushroom-shaped knob, and shoulder is formed around mouth to support lid. Decorated with sets of double concentric circles at two places of the upper surface of the lid and at one place on the side. Around the body is carve two sets of double circles. Container is painted with red ocher.<br /> <br /> These containers were made by turning single pieces of wood on a lathe. Their lids are crowned with mushroom-shaped knobs, and shoulder is formed around the mouth to support the lid. Plate 345 (UA2004.60) is decorated with sets of double concentric circles at two places of the upper surface of its lid, and at one place around its side. Also around the body are carved two sets of double circles, and the container is painted with red ocher. Meanwhile, the lid and the body of plate 346 (UA2004.61) are ribbed. A letter resembling the Chinese character &ldquo;mok (木: wood or tree)&rdquo; is written in ink on the base of this container.
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Incense container
19th century
Gift and partial purchase from Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp, purchase with funds from Elder and Mrs Sang-Yong Nam
2021/1.160

Mark H. Campbell
The Judgement of Paris # 2 of 3
2008
Gift of Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
2008/1.169
A short, long wooden chest with a papered front. The metal fittings on the chest are vert dark, and the front latch is attached to the chest with a circular piece of metal, and the latch itself is a thin piece of metal placed vertically. A small metal handle is located below this. The wood is a dark red color, and the papered front depicts flowers, with the predominant color being yellow. Orange is also used in some of the flowers, and on the circular shapes spaced along the bottom of the image. The outlines of the flowers and other images are painted in black.<br /> <br /> This chest is papered over wooden frame. It has been repaired following partial damage to the rear hinges, the base, front panel and the paper decoration on the left and the right. The wooden frame is joined by butt joints and not miter joints, following the trend which was popular during the Japanese annexation of the Korean Peninsula. The box is therefore assumed to have been produced at this time, then repaired later. None of its orig
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Wedding Chest with Papered Front
1900 – 1950
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.313
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