24 UMMA Objects
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In this painting, a mischievous demon is depicted in priest’s garb begging for alms.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Ôtsu-e: Demon soliciting alms (Oni no nembutsu)
18th century
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.102
Shoe with a leather sole attached to a cloth lining with metal tacks. The outside of the shoe is covered in multi-colored beadwork; the toe has a pattern of zig-zags in orange, black, and white while the sides and upper flaps have an interlacing pattern in cream, red, blue, and orange. The top of the shoe is bound with red cloth along the edge. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Oba's Slipper (One of a pair)
20th century
Gift of the Honorable Jack Faxon
1998/2.63.1
The small container with lid has a deeply engraved design filled with black enamel. The body has tight, compact, overall decoration of floral motif, with the stupa-shaped gold fitting on the top. Colored glass pieces were inlayed in the fitting.<br />
Thai
Covered Box, silver nielloware container for betel chewing
19th century
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
2005/1.472A&B
Glass and silver stopper.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Snuff bottle with a profile "portrait" of a red-haired European
1900 – 1949
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.114
An agate snuff bottle in the shape of a citron fruit. On the top is the jadeite stoppers.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Agate snuff bottle
1900 – 1949
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.18
Seated figure holding two smaller figures with three more smaller figures in front, all made from a single piece of brass.&nbsp;
Asante (Asante)
Mother and Child Figure
1850 – 1950
Gift of Michael and Phyllis Courlander
2016/1.253

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Folding Coromandel Screen (Six-Panels)
1700 – 1999
Bequest from the Estate and Trust of Elise Reeder Olton
2014/1.619C
Gold-weight in the shape of a rectangle with two sets of eight lines each radiating from a central point. 
Akan (Akan (culture or style))
Gold-weight
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.372
Gold-weight in a rectangular shape decorated with four raised bars.
Akan (Akan (culture or style))
Gold-weight
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.376
This bowl flares out by having a smaller diameter on the bottom and larger diameter along the rim. The outside of the bowl is decorated with red, pink, and yellow peonies with green leaves. The inside of the bowl is decorated with a red rooster. The outside rim of the bowl has two red horizontal stripes, the top rim of the bowl is wavy with many bumps that resemble flower petals, the inside rim is decorated with more peonies. The foot of the bowl it tall.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Small Bowl with Peonies and Rooster Design
1767 – 1799
Gift of Mr. Chung Mo-nan
1956/2.19
A Mongolian snuff bottle consisting of ivory and copper. Carved on the ivory is a pavilion and man with a staff standing in front of it. Incised in the in the copper are balls of turquoise. On top is a copper stopper incised with balls of turquoise.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Mongolian snuff bottle
1900 – 1949
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.86
Open-back shoes with leather soles attached to a cloth-lining with metal tacks. The beadwork on the upper part of the shoe is blue with a British style crown rendered in gold, silver, red, blue, yellow, and green beads. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Oba's Slippers
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.307.1-2
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