The Collection at the BMA

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Native American man with hands on hips wears patterned shirt, beaded vest, felt hat, and cartridge belt around hips, stands against background of blue sky and green grass.

Turn of the Century Dandy

Full-sized Kiowa cradle; buffalo hide beaded in a background of turquoise with stylized floral and triangle designs in colors of red, white, dark green, cobalt, and greasy yellow. Inside of cradle lined in mattress ticking. Separate hide pieces attached at the top of cradle and beaded with two diamond designs of the same colors as the cradle is tacked down to the boards with red painted round brass buttons and hide dangles with metal cones. Cradle is attached to thick boards with upper half painted in blue, red, and yellow and brass tacks following the color designs.

Cradleboard

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Untitled

Highly detailed, carefully delineated panoramic view of Mount Etna viewed from the ruins of the ancient Greek theatre of Taormina, with the crumbling walls of the theatre visible on the far right.

View of Mount Aetna

Vase

A woman is shown in profile looking left.

Profile of a Young Woman

In this painting, Jesus has returned to earth and divided a sea of humanity into the righteous on the left and the damned, who are being tortured by devils, on the right.

Last Judgment

Carved stone mask with deep oval eyes, arched brows, broad nose, deeply carved, slightly open mouth. Ear flanges pierced.

Mask

  • Teotihuacan culture, Pre-Columbian
  • stone
Standing couple embracing

Untitled (Couple Embracing)

Helmet Mask, Biombo people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African, wood, pigment, and metal

Helmet Mask

A large tomb tile with pierced impressed cross hatch designs with rows of mounted and standing archers, fish and cranes

Tomb Tile

The Madonna holds the Christ Child in her arms. The Child holds her veil in one hand and in the other, a goldfinch, a symbol of the Passion. The Madonna and Child are flanked by two saints on either side: a bishop saint and Saint John on the left and Saint Michael and an unidentified saint on the right.

Madonna and Christ Child with a Bishop Saint, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Michael and an Unidentified Saint