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"A la recherche du temps perdu" : on being an ebony-carver in Benin

Title:
On being an ebony-carver in Benin
Author:
Ben-Amos, Paula  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1976
Topic:
Wood-carving, Bini  Search this
Bini sculptors  Search this
Tourism and art  Search this
Call number:
N5311 .E73X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_753581

"A matter of must" : continuities and change in the Adugbologe woodcarving workshop in Abeokuta, Nigeria / Norma H. Wolff

Author:
Wolff, Norma Hackleman 1933-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Adugbologe family  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Abeokuta
Date:
2013
Topic:
Art workshops (Organizations)  Search this
Wood-carving, Egba  Search this
Sculpture, Yoruba  Search this
Yoruba woodcarvers  Search this
Art patronage  Search this
Call number:
N8520 .A39 2013
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1006730

"Articular craftsmanship" : verbal art of New Orleans' master buildings

Author:
Westbrook, Laura R  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Louisiana
New Orleans
Date:
2002
Topic:
Architects and builders  Search this
Bricklayers  Search this
Carpenters  Search this
Lathers (Building trade)  Search this
Plasterers  Search this
Roofers  Search this
Cabinetmakers  Search this
Woodworkers  Search this
Call number:
TH25.N4 R35 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_807433

"Cape Caution Indians, where the George S. Wright was lost"

Creator:
Maynard, Richard, of Victoria, British Columbia  Search this
Collection Collector:
Allen, George V.  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph (7 x 3.5 in.)
Culture:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Stereographs
Place:
Cape Caution (B.C.)
Scope and Contents:
Men, women, and children are sitting on the ground. Cedar shavings on the ground indicate wood carving had recently taken place.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09859600
Other Title:
Victoria, British Columbia
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31c79470d-371f-47ef-9b62-0daac7f96703
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-90-1-ref898
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"Carve wood" : the vision of Jesse Aaron / Donald Van Horn

Author:
Van Horn, Donald  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Aaron, Jesse 1887-1979  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Florida
Date:
1978
Topic:
African American wood-carving  Search this
African American wood sculptors  Search this
Self-taught artists  Search this
Call number:
GR1 .S72
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1108643

"Cataloging and Classification of Specimens" in the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle

Creator:
United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this
Subject:
Elliott, Henry Wood 1846-1930  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1878
1878 (copied 1950s)
Topic:
Wood-engraving  Search this
Local number:
SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B31A_F15_001]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_403147
Online Media:

"Cataloging and Classification of Specimens" in the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle

Creator:
United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory  Search this
Subject:
Elliott, Henry Wood 1846-1930  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1878
1878 (copied 1950s)
Topic:
Wood-engraving  Search this
Local number:
SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B31A_F15_002]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_403148
Online Media:

"Colons" / binoche et godeau, commissaires-priseurs associés ; experts, M. André Schoeller, Mme Clémence de Bieville

Author:
Binoche et Godeau  Search this
Expert:
Schœller, André  Search this
Biéville, Clémence de 1961-  Search this
Host institution:
Hôtel Drouot  Search this
Physical description:
56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Auction catalogs
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
1990
Topic:
Wood sculpture, West African  Search this
Colonists--In art  Search this
Colonial agents in art  Search this
Wood-carved figurines  Search this
Polychromy  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Colons  Search this
Call number:
NB1277 .B56 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1041307

"Copied for the W.P.A." : Juan A. Sanchez, American tradition and the New Deal politics of saint-making / by Thomas L. Riedel

Author:
Riedel, Thomas L  Search this
Subject:
Sanchez, Juan A. 1901-1969  Search this
Federal Art Project (N.M.)  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 146 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
New Mexico
Date:
1992
Topic:
Santos (Art)  Search this
Wood-carvers  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Call number:
NK9798.S26 R54 1992a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_528769

"Crystal forms" : an exhibition of stone/wood carvings and ceramics / by Oladapo Afolayan & Ibude Ikechukwu

Author:
Afolayan, Oladapo 1960-  Search this
Ikechukwu, Ibude 1958- -  Search this
Nigeria National Museum (Lagos)  Search this
Subject:
Afolayan, Oladapo 1960-  Search this
Ikechukwu, Ibude 1958-  Search this
Physical description:
13 p. : ill., ports. ; 19 x 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1994
1994]
20th century
Topic:
Sculpture, Nigerian  Search this
Pottery, Nigerian  Search this
Call number:
NB1099.N53 A37 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_557713

"Decorative wood" : the proceedings of the symposium held at the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, U.K. : 31st March 1984 / edited by Deborah Carthy, Colin McWilliam

Title:
Proceedings of the symposium Decorative wood
Author:
Carthy, Deborah  Search this
McWilliam, Colin 1928-  Search this
Scottish Society for Conservation and Restoration  Search this
Physical description:
50 p. : ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1984
[1984?]
Topic:
Wood--Preservation  Search this
Woodwork--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Furniture--Repairing  Search this
Call number:
TA424 .D296 1984
TA424.D296 1984
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_332030

"History in the making" : National Museum of African Art, Saturday, November 2, 1996

Title:
Teacher workshop
Memory : Luba art and the making of history
Author:
Jenke, Veronika  Search this
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
1 portfolio ([18] leaves) ; 31 cm. + 1 sheet of 7 col. slides
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
1996
[1996]
Topic:
Sculpture, Luba--Study and teaching  Search this
Wood-carving, Luba--Study and teaching  Search this
Art, Black--Study and teaching  Search this
Art, Luba--Study and teaching  Search this
Art and history--Study and teaching  Search this
Art, African--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_697216

"Okimono" Wood Carving Tortoise On A Rock

Donor Name:
First Japanese Trading Company  Search this
Culture:
Japanese  Search this
Object Type:
Carving
Place:
Japan, Asia
Accession Date:
6 Jan 1892
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
025235
USNM Number:
E94939-0
See more items in:
Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b73a680f-0ac3-4466-95bf-f3b640346d0f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8488762
Online Media:

"Spanish Colonial Wood Carving in New Mexico, 1598-1848" (1958) (Accession 10-084)

Collection Creator::
National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History  Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 1
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-086, National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History, Curatorial Records
See more items in:
Curatorial Records
Curatorial Records / Box 1
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa07-086-refidd1e190

"The decadents," / by Jūzō Suzuki and Isaburō Oka; translation by John Bester

Author:
Suzuki, Jūzō 1919-2010-  Search this
Oka, Isaburō 1914-  Search this
Physical description:
95 p. col. plates. 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Date:
1969
[1969]
Topic:
Ukiyoe  Search this
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Wood-engravers  Search this
Call number:
761.52 .S9
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_861103

Званцев, М. П. (Михаил Петрович)

Author:
Zvantsev, M. P (Mikhail Petrovich)  Search this
Physical description:
162 pages illustrations 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Russia (Federation)
Nizhegorodskaia oblastʹ
Date:
1969
19th century
Topic:
Wood-carving  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_493236

'People will no longer be people but will have markings and be animals' : investigating connections between diet, myth, ritual and rock art in southern African archaeology / Thembi Russell

Author:
Russell, Thembi M  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Lesotho
Maloti Mountains
Drakensberg Mountains
Date:
2017
Topic:
Wood-carving, San  Search this
Rock paintings  Search this
San iconography  Search this
Elands in African art  Search this
Call number:
DT365 .A992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1085175

(Animal Group), (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Wood, carved
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Mt. Angel Towers 1 Towers Lane Near north wing front entrance Mt. Angel Oregon 97362
Topic:
Animal--Squirrel  Search this
Animal--Raccoon  Search this
Object--Other--Container  Search this
Control number:
IAS OR000257
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_325953

(Base of Flagpole with Bas-Reliefs), (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Penning, Thomas  Search this
Medium:
Stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Flagstaff
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Woodstock School of Art Route 212, P. O. Box 338 Studio 4 Woodstock New York 12498
Topic:
Occupation--Craft--Smithing  Search this
Occupation--Craft--Woodworking  Search this
Occupation--Craft--Textile Worker  Search this
Recreation--Sport & Play  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAS NY001336
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_341851

(Bear), (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Lutter, A. J.  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: wood, carved; Base: wood
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Place:
Kansas
Hutchinson
Date:
Summer 1994
Topic:
Animal--Bear  Search this
Control number:
IAS KS000434
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_330597

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