SJSU Art History and Visual Culture
VRL Image Database

Woodwork Works:

 

Islamic
Alcove Door
1690, Linden Museum, Stuttgart

 

Oceanic
Archer's Shield
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Islamic
Astrolabe-Quadrant
1480-1481, private collection

 

Oceanic
Atkom Archer's Shield
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Native American
Bentcorner Dish
before 1850, American Museum of Natural History, New York

 

Native American
Bentcorner Dish
c. 1860, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria

 

Oceanic
Betel Nut Mortar
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Betel Nut Mortar
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Islamic
Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira
c. 1490, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

   

Islamic
Ceiling Panel from the Palace of Haft Dast
c. 1597-1629, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

 

Oceanic
Ceremonial Bowl in the Form of a Dog
before 1929, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Native American
Ceremonial Pipe (Opwagan)
before 1825, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem

 

Oceanic
Club (‘Akau Tau)
c. 1700-1800, private collection

   

Oceanic
Club (Fa‘alaufa‘I)
c. 1800-1900, private collection

 

Oceanic
Club (Kotiate Parāoa)
c. 1750-1850, private collection

 

Oceanic
Club (Wahaika Rākau)
c. 1700-1800, private collection

 

Oceanic
Dance Shield
before 1930, Museum der Kulturen, Basel

 

Oceanic
Design Board for Barkcloth (Upeti)
c. 1800-1900, private collection

 

Islamic
Door Panels
c. 1300-1350 (with modern frames), Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 

Islamic
Door with Lotus and Palmette Motifs
c. 800-900, Benaki Museum, Athens

 

Oceanic
Female Figure
before 1860-1879, Museum für Völkerkunde, Leipzig

 

Italian
Hall Chair (Sgabello)
c. 1580-1600, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 

French
Hercules Club
c. 1790-1795, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 

Oceanic
Kena Lime Spatula
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Kena Lime Spatula
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Kena Lime Spatula
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Ladle
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Laua Shield
before 1900, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Laua Shield
before 1900, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Lidded Bowl
c. 1850-1900, Musée d'Ethnographie de Neuchâtel

   

Oceanic
Mask (Possibly for Kepang Performances)
before 1891, American Museum of Natural History, New York

 

Islamic
Minbar from the Kutubiya Mosque
1125-1130, Badi Palace Museum, Marrakesh

 

Oceanic
Neckrest (Kali)
c. 1700-1850, private collection

 

Islamic
Pair of Carved Doors
c. 750-800, Benaki Museum, Athens

 

Islamic
Pair of Doors
c. 800-900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 

Islamic
Pair of Doors
c. 1400-1500, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam

 

Italian
Pair of Doors
c. 1575-1600, private collection

 

Islamic
Qur’an Stand
c. 1270-1280, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin

 

Native American
Rattle
c. 1860, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria

 

Native American
Rattle
c. 1850, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

 

Native American
Raven Bowl
c. 1850, Museum of Vancouver

 

Byzantine
Reliquary Box with Stones from the Holy Land
c. 500-600, Musei Vaticani, Rome

   

Oceanic
Samban Hook with Two Heads
before 1966, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Shield
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Shield
before 1969, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Shield
before 1977, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Shield for a Man of Rank
before 1929, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Tattoo Chisel (Uhi Matarau)
c. 1800-1850, private collection

 

French
Tea Service (Nécessaire)
1717-22, Musée du Louvre, Paris

   

Oceanic
Teget Debating Stool
before 1959, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Oceanic
Throwing Club (I Ulu Kobo)
c. 1750-1850, private collection

 

Oceanic
Wachu Ceremonial Drum
before 1938, Musée Barbier-Muller, Geneva

 

Native American
War Club
before 1839, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem

 

Oceanic
War Shield
before 1919, South Australian Museum, Adelaide

 

Oceanic
War Shield
before 1939, private collection

 

Oceanic
War Shield
before 1972, private collection

 

Oceanic
War Shield
before 1938, Australian Museum, Sydney

 

Oceanic
War Shield
before 1960, private collection

 

Oceanic
War Shield
before 1927, private collection

 

Oceanic
War Shield
before 1900, private collection

 

Oceanic
War Shield
before 1900, private collection

 

Oceanic
War Shield
before 1900, private collection

 

Derek Bencomo [American, born 1962]
Hula Vessel #4
1997, private collection

 

William Arthur Smith Benson [English, 1854 – 1924]
Charm of Orpheus Music Cabinet
c. 1889, private collection

 

Liv Blåvarp [Norwegian, born 1956]
Necklace
1993, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

 

Lars Jenssen Borg [Norwegian, 1652 – 1710]
Font House from Ringsaker Church
1704, Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo

 

Jimmy Carter [American, born 1924]
Shaker Style Bench
before 2004, Museum of Design, Atlanta

 

Wendell Keith Castle [American, born 1932]
Ghost Rider
2010, private collection

 

Virginia Dotson [American, born 1943]
Night Music #95092
1995, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte

 

John David Ellsworth [American, born 1944]
Signature Bowl #4
1989, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte

 

Wharton Esherick [American, 1887 – 1970]
Fireplace and Doorway from the Library of the Bok House
1936, Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

Ron Fleming [American, born 1937]
Alhambra
1997, private collection

 

David Groth [American, born 1950]
Seed Pod
1997, private collection

 

Michelle T. Holzapfel [American, born 1951]
Querus
1998, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte

 

William Hunter [American, born 1947]
Convergence #808
1988, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte

 

Bud Latven [American, born 1949]
Spiral Impact 3
2007, Museum of Arts and Design, New York

 

Melvin Lindquist [American, 1911 – 2000]
Buckeye Root Burl Vase
1983, private collection

 

Melvin Lindquist [American, 1911 – 2000]
Natural Top Hopi Bowl
1986, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte

 

Melvin Lindquist [American, 1911 – 2000]
Turned and Carved Sculptural Vase #4
1988, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte

 

Christian Ferdinand Morawe [German, 1865 – 1931]
Clock, Model 2421
1901, private collection

 

Christian Ferdinand Morawe [German, 1865 – 1931]
Clock, Model 785
1899, private collection

 

Philip Moulthrop [American, born 1947]
White Pine Mosaic Bowl
1993, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte

 

Dale L. Nish [American, born 1932]
Sandblasted Vessel #2
1989, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte

 

Alexandre Noll [French, 1880 – 1970]
Pitcher and Tray
c. 1950, private collection

 

Michael James Peterson [American, born 1952]
The Kimona
1992, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte

 

Michael James Peterson [American, born 1952]
White Coral Bird Vessel
1996, private collection

 

Attributed to Tom Price [Native American, 1857 – 1927]
Rattle
c. 1880, National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.

 

Pablo Reinoso [Argentine, born 1955]
Spaghetti Wall
2006, private collection

 

Charles Rohlfs [American, 1853 – 1936]
Carved Box
1901, private collection

   

Hap Sakwa [American, born 1950]
Open Vessel
1990-1995, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

 

Albert Schulze [German, first active c. 1920], from a design by Kurt Schwitters [German, 1887 – 1948]
Box for Sophie and Paul Küppers
1921, Museum August Kestner, Hanover

 

Isaac Elwood Scott [American, 1845 – 1920]
Frame
c. 1880, Glessner House Museum, Chicago

 

Michael Shuler [American, born 1950]
Monterey Pinecone Vase
1997, private collection

 

Bob Stocksdale [American, born 1913]
Ziricote Bowl
1984, private collection

 

Philip Webb [English, 1831 – 1915]
Table
c. 1870, private collection

 

Zain Hasan Sulaiman Isfahani [Islamic, first active c. 1360]
Stand for a Qur'an Manuscript (Rahla)
1360, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York