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Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Jizo Bosatsu (?)
1945 – 1955
Gift of Mrs. Caroline J. Plumer
1991/1.70
This is an abstract print, vertically oriented, with a multicolored background of yellow, orange, blue, and shades of black and brown. There are three large blue oval shapes towards the center with soft black lines and shapes over the colors.
André Masson (French (culture or style))
Composition
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase
1957/2.21

Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Stool/Backrest
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase
1987/2.70

Figure of Woman Sitting Nursing Baby
1945 – 1955
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Pinsof
1983/2.176
Cone-shaped cap with flattened top. The cap is stitched with black linear uneven chevron patterns. The bottom of the cap contains four symmetrically positioned flaps. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Titleholder's hat
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1985/1.163

Lobi (Lobi)
Anklet with figures on opposing ends
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase
1985/2.53

Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Belt ornament in the shape of a shell
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1987/2.48

Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Belt ornament in the shape of a beetle
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1987/2.49

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Rubbing of Folk Carving: Fudô Myôo, Seated with a Lasso and Sword
1945 – 1955
Gift of Mrs. Caroline J. Plumer
1991/1.72

Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Beaded Miniature Hat
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1985/1.164
It is a grayish purple silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with purple, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The dark purple scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, pale and blue green, and black colors. The half bottom of the family crest is also dyed with pink. There are mix of tropical flowers and foliage including four kinds of orchids, gladiolus, ferns, and ginger in red, yellow, green, purple, black and white hue. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
Minagawa Gekka
Summer crested kimono with orchid design on purple crackled ground (hibiware)
1945 – 1955
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.359

Sir Cecil Beaton
Portrait of C. Beaumont the Ballet Authority
1945 – 1955
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet
2004/1.141
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