Handmade Kuspuk, made by either Easter Henry or Clara Sampson, 1982-1984, Alaskan Inuit, cotton calico, gift of Nanette Arseneault, 1989.18.5. The Kuspuk is […]

Chinese ancestral tablet, c. 1900, rosewood, gift of Becky Till, 1985.16.18. Ancestor worship was and is a familiar practice in […]

Les Deux Bretonnes (Two Breton Women), 1956, Bernard Buffet (French, 1928-1999), oil on canvas, gift of Sheila and Alvin Ukman, 1971.14.1. […]

Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo (most likely from the Wik culture group), 1966, Eucalyptus wood, glue, and ochre, gift of Donald and […]

Indian prayer beads or “Mālā,” c. 1930s, Rudraksha fruit pits, Gift of Judge John Webb Green and Ellen McClung Green, […]

“Montgomeria Comitatus et Comitatus Mervinia,” Joan Blaeu (Dutch, 1596-1673), 1662-1665, hand-colored copperplate engraving, Gift of Jeffery M. Leving, 2014.21.28. To […]

Shtreimel or “hat,” mid-twentieth century, Polish, possibly mink, gift of Catherine Ann Taylor Miller, 1945.2.162. This fur hat is known […]

The Pointer, Adelia Armstrong Lutz (American, 1859-1931), late-19th century, tempera, gift of Irving S. Saxton, 1945.4.1. A native of Knoxville, […]

The Charter Oak, copy after original by Charles de Wolf Brownell, c. 1857,  lithograph, unknown accession, 0000.99.358.38. According to legend, […]

Egyptian rahat or “skirt,” 20th century, leather, glass beads, cowrie shells, gift of Catherine Ann Taylor Miller, 1945.2.134. Marital traditions such […]