1897 UMMA Objects
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Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Head of a Woman
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
1985/2.145

Remo Saraceni
Untitled
20th century
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. J. Robert Willson
1983/1.143.1
Wooden helmet-shaped mask with a large central dome. From the front two flat plates form a mouth, with triangular ears on each side while two curved horns extend back. There is a crack along the center of the mask that appears to have been repaired locally with pitch or tar.
Chamba (Chamba (Nigerian))
Mask
1900 – 1974
Museum Purchase
1974/2.27

Thai
Head of a Buddha
15th century
Anonymous Gift
1975/1.67

Thai
Head of a Buddha
15th century
Gift of Doris and Ed Wiener
1977/2.27
Wooden mask with a superstructure of curling horns with blue pigment. The face of the mask is white and the mouth is open with pointed teeth. Attached below the mouth is a panel of fur, possibly monkey fur. The forehead is dark in color while there is blue pigment above each eye. On each side of the head are possible animal figures or horns, while atop the forehead sits another set of horns or hairstyle that points downward, carved with a spiral design. 
Igbo (Igbo (Southern Nigerian style, culture))
Mask
1900 – 1978
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Weston
1978/2.14

Kissi
Pomdo Figure
1900 – 1978
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Weston.
1978/2.16

Thai
Head of a Buddha, with flaming topknot
1600 – 1799
Gift of the Estate of Margaret E. Tracy
1978/2.46

Thai
Head of a Buddha, adorned with a crown
16th century
Gift of the Estate of Margaret E. Tracy
1978/2.47

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Dvarapala (guardian figure) from a Buddhist altar
618 – 907
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1963/1.81
Shiva sits with his consort on a double lotus pedestal.  He has six arms, his right three are in varada mudra [a giving gesture], holds a rosary and an arrow.  His left arms cup his consorts left breast and hold a lotus flower and a bow.  He sits in royal ease, with one leg pendant.  He wears bracelets, armlets, necklaces, earrings, and a sacred thread that stretches form his left shoulder down past his waist.  On his head he wears an elaborate jatamukuta, a crown interlaced with his matted locks.  Parvati sits upon his knee with one leg tucked under her and the other pendant.  She is also adorned with jewelry, but wears a more modest diadem at the front of her head.<br />
Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Uma-Maheshvara, a seated Shiva and Parvati (Uma)
12th century
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.85
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