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Wedgwood & Sons Pitcher, ca. 1880

March 27, 2014

Born in Portland in 1807, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bowdoin class of 1825, returned to teach French, Spanish and Italian languages in 1829. A young and successful professor, Longfellow soon accepted a professorship at Harvard College in 1834. By the mid-nineteenth century Longfellow retired from teaching, becoming one of America’s first self-sustaining authors. With the publication […]

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Two Fighting Shaman, 100 BCE–100

March 6, 2014

Western Mexican Two Fighting Shaman, 100 BCE–100 burnished terracotta with applied slip, added ear ornaments (lost) Museum Purchase, Florence C. Quinby Fund, in memory of Henry Cole Quinby, Honorary Degree, 1916 1969.83 Originally, this hollow, hand-molded, and pit-fired ceramic object held food, perhaps chicha (corn beer), and was placed within a shaft grave that contained […]

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Malagan Masks, 19th century

January 23, 2014

Melanesian (New Ireland) Malagan Masks, 19th century polychrome, wood, natural fiber Gift of Harold M. Sewall 1898.67-69 The Malagan ceremony takes place among the tribes of New Ireland, an island off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The ritual is meant to complete the cycle of mourning for those who have died, sending off their […]

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Spiny Lobster, late 19th century

September 20, 2013

Although this object might at first glance appear to be a spiny lobster, it’s actually an intricate ivory model, created in Japan towards the end of the 19th century. With the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the Japanese feudal system was finally eliminated, and Japan emerged as a modern, industrialized country. The Japanese government encouraged artists to […]

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  • Bird’s the Word in Final Gallery Talk April 23, 2014
  • Peruvian Bridge-Spout Vessel, 100–300 April 10, 2014
  • Suzuri-bako (writing case), late 17th–early 18th century April 3, 2014
  • Wedgwood & Sons Pitcher, ca. 1880 March 27, 2014
  • A View from the Arctic March 26, 2014

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Recent Posts

  • Bird’s the Word in Final Gallery Talk April 23, 2014
  • Peruvian Bridge-Spout Vessel, 100–300 April 10, 2014
  • Suzuri-bako (writing case), late 17th–early 18th century April 3, 2014

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