Exchange: F19 Kivelson - HISTORY 196 - World-Wide Witchcraft: Witch-Belief and Witch-Hunting in Global Perspective

F19 Kivelson - HISTORY 196 - World-Wide Witchcraft: Witch-Belief and Witch-Hunting in Global Perspective

This imposing, anthropomorphic Songye <em>nkisi</em>, or power figure, stands upright and features an assemblage of man-made, vegetal, and animal components. Most strikingly, a large antelope horn protrudes vertically from the figure’s head, and two animal teeth have been affixed to the corners of its mouth giving the appearance of fangs. Bearing wide, alert eyes, this fearsome figure is enswathed by civet and monkey skin. Horns, including a smaller one inserted into a larger one, have been tightly strapped around the figure’s chest. Also attached to the figure are seed pods, an ax blade, and glass beads. A medicine bundle carrying feathers and a horn hangs behind the figure's back.

Songye
Power Figure
wood, civet and monkey skin, woven vegetable fiber, feathers, seed pods, animal teeth, antelope horns, glass beads, metal
24 7/16 in x 11 13/16 in x 9 13/16 in (62 cm x 30 cm x 25 cm)
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
You will not escape
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 1/8 in x 5 5/16 in (20.64 cm x 13.49 cm);8 3/8 in x 5 13/16 in (21.27 cm x 14.76 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
All will fall. (Todos caerán)
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 7/16 in x 5 5/8 in (21.43 cm x 14.29 cm);8 in x 5 1/16 in (20.32 cm x 12.86 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced) (Ya van desplumados)
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 1/4 in x 5 1/8 in (20.96 cm x 13.02 cm);8 1/2 in x 5 15/16 in (21.59 cm x 15.08 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
The sleep of reason produces mosters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);7 7/16 in x 4 11/16 in (18.89 cm x 11.91 cm);8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in (21.59 cm x 14.92 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Who would have thought it! (Quien lo creyera!)
etching, burnished aquatint and burin on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 1/16 in x 5 7/8 in (20.48 cm x 14.92 cm);8 in x 5 1/8 in (20.32 cm x 13.02 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
There is plenty to suck (Mucho hay que chupar)
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);7 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in (19.68 cm x 12.38 cm);8 in x 5 15/16 in (20.32 cm x 15.08 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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From a rocky promontory which juts out from the left edge of the frame, a blasted hardwood tree reaches to the horizon, surrounded by an ocean, seen on the right and in the background. A few birds are visible in the air.

Warren Lombard
The Old Witch
drypoint on paper
6 in x 8 in (15.2 cm x 20.32 cm)
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Alfred H. White

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Käthe Kollwitz
'Bauernkrieg' (Peasant War Cycle). Losbruch (Outbreak)
aquatint and etching on paper
22 1/16 in x 28 11/16 in (56.04 cm x 72.87 cm);27 15/16 in x 32 ⅛ in (70.96 cm x 81.6 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Ian Hugo
Untitled (Mountain Magic)
etching on paper
15 1/16 in x 12 1/2 in (38.26 cm x 31.75 cm);15 1/16 in x 12 1/2 in (38.26 cm x 31.75 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation

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A female figure in orange dress is in a green forest. She is looking behind her towards a demon who is emerging from some shrubs.

Indian
Demon Frightens Nayika in the Forest
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
10 1/16 in x 5 7/8 in (25.56 cm x 14.92 cm);19 7/16 in x 14 5/16 in (49.37 cm x 36.35 cm)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Trials (Ensayos)
etching, aquatint and burin on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);7 7/8 in x 4 13/16 in (20 cm x 12.22 cm);8 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in (20.64 cm x 16.51 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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