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    Collection Objects
    Ancient Art

    Lid from an anthropoid coffin

    Date: 
    1038–330 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Wood and stucco, cartinage

    Accession Number: 
    1966.115
    Culture: 
    Egyptian
    Period: 
    Third Intermediate Period/Late Period
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Wooden Bowl

    Date: 
    1800–1850
    Medium: 

    Maple

    Accession Number: 
    1973.43.2
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Incense container (in the shape of a fan)

    Date: 
    n.d.
    Medium: 

    Spotted bamboo

    Accession Number: 
    1982.2.18a-b
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Incense Holder

    Date: 
    Late 17th century
    Medium: 

    Carved bamboo with metal mounts

    Accession Number: 
    1982.2.8
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Brush Pot, with a boy on a buffalo

    Date: 
    16th century
    Medium: 

    Bamboo

    Accession Number: 
    1982.2.4
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Round Box (with lid)

    Date: 
    17th century
    Medium: 

    Huang-hua-li wood

    Accession Number: 
    1982.2.1a-b
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Ming dynasty (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Snuff Container

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2021.2.11
    Culture: 
    Zulu
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Receptacle for Kola Nuts (Olumeye) in the Form of a Pigeon with Kneeling Maternity Figure

    Date: 
    possibly 1900–1925
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1955.61.13
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá, Egba subgroup
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Vessel with Figurative Lid

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood from the Apocynaceae tree family

    Accession Number: 
    1959.72.13
    Culture: 
    Baule
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Vessel supported by female kneeling legs, with three figures seated on the rim

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    1955.61.20
    Culture: 
    Kuba
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Wood
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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