Browse Items (149 total)

Morphology: Oud
Location: Syria
Culture: Arab
Dates: 1900-1968
Description: The oud is a North African and Middle Eastern instrument similar to the European lute and could date back almost 5(comma)000 years based on a cylinder seal from Uruk. The…

Continent: Asia
Location: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Dates: 1900-1968
Description: The Japanese shō is an instrument that was introduced by the Chinese during the Nara period (1710 AD-794 AD). It was modeled after the Chinese sheng. Sound is…

Morphology: Shamisen
Location: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Dates: 1925-1968
Description: The shamisen(comma) or sangen(comma) is a traditional Japanese plucked three-string chordophone. This particular model is called a Ryukyu shamisen or sanshin…

Morphology: Ko-kiu
Location: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Description: The kokyu is typically made of an ebony neck and a body of coconut or wood that is covered with cat or snake skin. It typically has three strings and is played upright. The kokyu is…

Morphology: Transverse Flute
Location: Peru
Culture: Aymara
Dates: 20th century
Description: This is a transverse(comma) or side-blown(comma) flute with six fingerholes. This style of flute is known in the Andean Aymara language as a pitu(comma)…

Dates: 1900-1910
Size: 188 x 131.5 cm; 6 warps(comma) 16 wefts
Description: This rug is made of natural and aniline dyed wools to create shades of red(comma) brown(comma) grey(comma) and tan. This pattern(comma) often called “whirling logs(comma)”…

Location: Colima(comma) Central Pacific coast of Peru
Culture: Chupicuaro (Tarascan)
Dates: 200 BC – 300 AD
Description: Realistically molded terracotta conch shell trumpet with handle for hanging. Conch shell trumpets were used throughout…

Dates: 1920-1940
Size: 200 x 118 cm; 6 warps(comma) 16 wefts
Description: This rug is likely an example of the Chinle Revival style(comma) a regional variation developed beginning in the 1920's that promoted a return to traditional patterns and…

Dates: 1920-1940
Size: 198 x 126 cm; 7 warps(comma) 30 wefts
Description: After a decline in the Navajo rug market during the Great Depression(comma) a revival period(comma) focused in northeastern Arizona(comma) brought back stylized classic…

Dates: 1961-1962
Size: 291.5 x 194.5 cm; 10 warps(comma) 26 wefts
Description: In 1905 Hambleton Bridger Noel established a trading post in the Four Corners area due to the high quality of rugs being produced by Navajo women in the area. The…