object

Caryatid vessel (arugba Shango)

DMA Insight

Marcus Collection of Fertility Figures

In Focus

Ear ornament or pendant (mamuli)

object

Violin-Shaped Idol

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Idol

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Idol

Artists & Designers

Akobi Ogun Fakeye (c. 1870-1946)

Cultures & Traditions

Shiva

object

Standing Mother Goddess

object

Conical bowl

object

Funerary urn with cover

object

Bracket with celestial attendant

Cultures & Traditions

Themes in Traditional Indonesian Arts

Cultures & Traditions

Art to Aid Conception and Birth

In Focus

Pillar Figure

object

Shango dance wand ("oshe" Shango)

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Isis and Horus

object

Seated figure

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Pillar figure

In Focus

Woman's ceremonial skirt (tapis), 1983.67

In Focus

An Mbala Maternity Figure

In Focus

Ifa divination tray (opon Ifa) and Ifa divination tapper (iro Ifa)

Cultures & Traditions

Blessings of the Bride in Traditional Indonesian Cultures

object

Doll (akua'ba)

object

Ear ornament or pendant (mamuli)

object

Egg of Brahman or Svayambhu Lingam

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Figure (nazeze-type of yanda)

Materials & Techniques

Tampan

object

Door lock (anuan)

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Divinity

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Marriage bowl

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Standing male figure (pinetau)

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Standing female figure

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Linga

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Standing female figure

Cultures & Traditions

The Art of the Southeast Moluccas

In Focus

Memorial stone or grave marker (penji reti), 2004.58

In Focus

A Yoruba Caryatid vessel (arugba Shango)

In Focus

Henry Moore: A Modernist's "Primitivism"

object

Fertility Goddess