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Bricks
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Bricks

Maker Indian Artist
Datebefore 20th century
Place of originIndia
MediumTerra cotta
Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (11.4 x 16.5 x 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineMuseum collection, University Gallery purchase, President's Special Purchase Fund
Object numberC-73-173
Collections
Visual Descriptiontwo bricks
A rectangular terracotta brick with a relief carving. It features a structure with a two-tiered, scale-patterned roof. Inside the arched opening, a figure stands with hands clasped. The background is filled with textured foliage.
Pictorial Brick from a Temple Facade
Indian Artist
17th-18th century
A rectangular terracotta brick with a relief carving of a structure featuring a two-tiered, scale-patterned roof. Beneath the arched roof, supported by columns, a standing figure appears in profile with raised arms. The background is filled with textured, foliage-like details, and a geometric pattern lines the bottom edge.
Kṛṣṇa playing the flute: Pictorial brick from a Bengal temple facade
Indian Artist
17th-18th century
Pair of carved and weathered wood guardian oni or demon masks.
Guardian Oni (demon masks)
Japanese Artist
Nambokucho period (1333-1392), 14th century
Carved wooden post.
Post
Igbo Artist
late 19th-early 20th century
A black metal silhouette sculpture featuring a cross with heart and sunburst motifs at the top, two birds perched on a crescent shape below, and a pointed base.
Roof pinnacle with birds
Mexican Artist
undated
Black silhouette of a wrought-iron cross. It features trefoil ends, a central sunburst motif, and two kneeling winged figures positioned on a crescent-shaped bar above a rectangular base.
Roof pinnacle with figures
Mexican Artist
undated
Granary Door
Granary Door
Dogon Artist
20th century
Post in the form of a kneeling female figure holding a vessel to the front, with reverse bearded head below, tall coiffure, cylindrical crown projection, and pigment.
House Post for Palace
Agbonbiofe Adesina
early 20th century
A dark carved wooden cylinder topped with a flat lid bearing a tall conical spike. The middle section features raised carvings of human figures holding objects, resting on a thick base decorated with an interwoven geometric pattern.
Altar with Spike
African, Nigeria, Benin
undated
An arched dark relief of a seated, cross-legged figure flanked by two smaller standing figures. Traces of red pigment mark the central face. Multiple carved tiered towers fill the upper arch over a decorated, patterned base.
Buddhist Shrine
Tibetan
c. 15th century
Three small, tan clay figurines: two seated human figures on the left and right holding rounded pots, and one small dog standing in the center between them.
Two figures holding pots; one dog
Latin American
undated
Small rounded bowl with small base, slightly concave wall rises in low outward arc, with a small inward rounding at rim. 4 closely spaced rings of applied clay pills making regular dot pattern on wall surface. Interior smooth, slightly convex at bottom
Bowl with Applied Band
Quiché Maya Artist
1200-1500

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