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A work made of wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "sehna knots"; knotted warp fringe.

Carpet (Art Deco), 1925/30

Small, dark colored ceramic vessel with a handle and spout at the top. The front of the vessel looks like a face, with two round forms making the eyes, a long, thin form a nose, and an oval form the mouth. Two ear-like shapes protude from the side of the vessel.

Face Jug, c. 1860

Artist unknown

Round, red-brown bowl with small cracks its black interior. The outer surface is striated with tight horizontal lines and a diagonal pattern.

Bowl with Textured Surface Decoration in Basketry-Like Pattern, 900–1000

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

A work made of nautilus shell and gilded silver.

Nautilus Shell Cup, c. 1600 (mounts altered in the 1800s)

A work made of silver gilt, enamel, and gemstones.

Reliquary Cross with the Arms of the Veltheim Family, c. 1300

A work made of wood and pigment.

Helmet Mask (Kponyungo), 19th to early 20th century

Senufo

A work made of lithograph in black on buff wove paper.

The Musician, from Arts et Métiers, 1838

Bernard Gaillot

Pink and red wax sculpture of a naked person lying on their side in a fetal position.

Blood Pool, 1992

Kiki Smith

A work made of ivory, brass, tempera, and gold leaf.

Casket, 12th century

Blue stained glass windows depicting angels, musicians, trees.

America Windows, 1977

Marc Chagall

A detailed drawing of a room with multiple sitting areas marked by two decorative rugs and various room dividers.

F. H. Bresler Art Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Interior Perspective, c. 1904

George Mann Niedecken

A dark-brown painted sculpture with hints of orange showing through of a slim face with a long neck. The lips are drawn in a pout, the cheeks sunken, the hair pulled back in a swirl pattern and falling down in a slim column.

Head, Mid–late 19th century

Fang

A work made of painted enamel and gold on copper.

Triptych with The Crucifixion, The Flagellation, and The Entombment, c. 1500

A work made of oak.

Desk, 1908

Frank Lloyd Wright

Winter landscape painting with rocky stream lined by orange leafed trees.

Icebound, c. 1889

John Henry Twachtman

A chaotic but happy kitchen scene: A light-skinned woman in a pink dress at left bends to take a turkey out of the oven, while another at right forms a pie near a small girl playing with a kitten. Behind them, a woman selects dishware as yet another carries a basket of ingredients. A fifth woman in the back puts on a fancy hat and coat near a pair of babies reaching out from their twin high chair.

Thanksgiving, c. 1935

Doris Lee

A work made of portfolio cover.

Portfolio Cover for Serigraphs by Students of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1966

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Black bowl with a narrow red base and embossed elements in red, including a floral border at top and bottom and Chinese characters in the middle.

Lacquer Tea Bowl 乾隆禦制雕漆盞, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

A work made of oil and magna on canvas.

Woman III, 1982

Roy Lichtenstein

A work made of glass, paint, silver stain, lead.

The Hanging of Judas, c. 1520

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