Dance of Death, leaf from "The Nuremberg Chronicle"

674-3, 6°Kachina dance sash (in two halves); ta-kun-i-kwi-kya-tsi-napa, or kâkâthléom (TK); cotton, wool, pigments; l. 102 cm. (without fringe), w. 26.5 cm.; ca. 1880.‖ The oldest ...

Fan of paper and silk, girl and vines, designed by George Barbier, Paris, France, 1911. Decorated fan of printed and hand-coloured paper and painted silk. The sticks and guards are...

"The dances of the Balenge people are similar to those I have previously described from the people of Bangveolo, as is clear from the following description from my book From Cape t...

BORDSPLATY Consisting of a bottom plate (plateau) with a mirror glass, two flower bowls with artificial bouquets, two fruit bowls with glass bowls, six confectionery bowls with gla...

362-187Hopi woven belt, faja (TK); wool; l. 239 cm., w. 9 cm.; ca. 1880.\Such belts were usually used by women to secure their dress, but on ceremonial occasions men adopted these ...

Boett of gold, dial of enamel, work with s. k. Spindle and Percussion. Decor engraved and in broken pattern. Ground shell slightly convex, with a vulst-shaped outer edge. In the mi...

"Sometimes both men and women use dance belts of the appearance, which appears from pl. 62: fig. A. The depicted dance belt consists of a coarse fiber cord, which is intended to be...