Male figure with strips of hide (Nkisi)
Male figure with strips of hide (Nkisi). Kongo, 19th century. Wood, hide, glass, mirror. Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expeditions 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1455.
Exhibitions
Agents of Faith
Votive Objects in Time and Place
Past Exhibition
September 14, 2018 – January 6, 2019
September 14, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Rudyard Kipling, author. (1888)
John Lockwood Kipling and the Mayo School of Industrial Art, illustrators.
Rudyard Kipling, author; John Lockwood Kipling and the Mayo School of Industrial Art, illustrators. In Black and White. Allahabad:A. H. Wheeler, 1888. Bryan Diamond.
From the Exhibition:
John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London
Exhibitions
John Lockwood Kipling
Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London
Past Exhibition
September 15, 2017 – January 7, 2018
September 15, 2017 – January 7, 2018
Desk chair (1805-08)
Georges Hoentschel
France
Mahogany, gilt bronze, cut satin-velvet upholstery
34½ x 23½ x 25½ in. (87.6 x 59.7 x 64.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.53). Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From the exhibition:
Exhibitions
John Lockwood Kipling
Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London
Past Exhibition
September 15, 2017 – January 7, 2018
September 15, 2017 – January 7, 2018