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A work made of stone.

Birdstone, 1500–1000 BCE

Archaic

A work made of wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; two selvages present.

Moqui-Style Sarape, c. 1870

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Southam Street, North Kensington, IH 22, c. mid 1950s

Roger Mayne

A work made of wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; fulled; two selvages present.

Blanket (Navajo design), Early 20th century

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of watercolor, with brush and black ink, on japanese paper.

North Sea Landscape, c. 1920

Emil Nolde

A work made of cotton and wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; twined selvages and heading, overcast finish terminating in tassels.

"Eye-Dazzler" Weaving, 1880/1900

Diné (Navajo)

A colorful geometric shelf with two red drawers and various red, green, pink, blue, yellow, and black panels arranged vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, forming a tiered, anthropomorphic form.

Carlton Room Divider, 1981

Ettore Sottsass

An orange-red ceramic vessel in the shape of an abstract figure with wide-set eyes and short arms, a handle at back.

Single Spout Vessel with Molded Abstract Figure, 1000–1476

Lambayeque

A work made of pastel on white wove paper.

Barn in Blue Haze, 1979

Wolf Kahn

Stoneware coin with golden edges and engraved denomination "20" flanked by two leaves and topped with a German word "sachsen".

North Avenue Market, 1932

Aaron Bohrod

A work made of wool; single interlocking tapestry weave; twined edges.

Wearing Blanket (Phase II), 1850-65

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of graphite, with stumping, on cream laid paper.

North German Girl, c. 1920

Otto Dix

A head-shaped tan and red-orange ceramic vessel with a round, expressionless face atop two squat feet, darker markings around the eyes and down the cheeks.

Abstract Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Painted Face Resting on Feet, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A squat oval-shaped ceramic jar, painted black, with a cylindrical top and two very small handles on either side of the top. Some visible paint loss.

Blackware Jar with Single Spout, 1200–1450

Chimú

Gold knife with figure on handle, round turquoise inlays on crown.

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi), 1100–1470

Chimú

A work made of watercolor, with rewetting, blotting and scraping, over graphite, on thick, moderately textured, ivory wove paper.

North Woods Club, Adirondacks (The Interrupted Tete-a-Tete), 1892

Winslow Homer

A work made of wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; twined selvages and headings.

Blanket or Rug, 1910/20

Diné (Navajo)

A light-brown, kettlebell-shaped vessel with a top spout features a red line drawing of a seated warrior facing right, wearing a stylized patterned dress and holding a weapon.

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Enthroned Warrior Motif, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

Bowl with Mirror Pattern of Birds Framed by Geometric Motifs

Bowl with Mirror Pattern of Birds Framed by Geometric Motifs, 950–1150

Mimbres

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Jar in the Form of a Phallus, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

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