The Collection at the BMA

Featured Works

Small oval teapot of sterling silver, the body with serpentine sides, a flat shoulder and raised neck into which fits the domed cover with a finial in the shape of a covered urn, the spout is long and straight, the ear-shaped handle of teakwood with a slightly scrolled thumb rest, the sides are decorated with bright-cut engraving in a pattern of floral garlands surrounding a central shield with on one side a bird with outstretched wings below a banner, the other shield empty, the upper and lower body decorated with a band of stylized floral elements.

Teapot

Pear-Shaped Bottle (Yuhuchun) with Peonies and Lotus Petal Motifs

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Abstract triptych

Bonjour Julie

Hide shield attached by leather strips to oval wooden frame; vertical wooden handle on back; patterns in blue, white, black, ochre, red pigments.

Shield

Broad oblong forged-iron blade with very slight concave curve terminates in a straight edge, which extends slightly beyond the oblong on either side (similar to silhouette of a bell); short, conical spike extends from straight edge of blade.

Currency Blade

  • Afo people, Nigeria, African
  • iron
Southern Netherlands, façon de Venise diamond-engraved winged goblet, the funnel-shaped bowl engraved with two oval medallions, one depicting Saint John the Baptist holding the Cross, Bible, and Lamb, and wearing a camel fur over his shoulder, the other showng Saint Paul holding a sword, the saints are flanked by two large flowers; the stem a series of coiled tubes, whose middle section is shaped like an "8" enclosing white threads and applied with pincered ornaments, on a folded conical foot

Goblet

Linguist Staff Finial (okyeame poma), Akan group, Asante people, Ghana, African, wood and gold leaf

Linguist Staff Finial (okyeame poma)

A sculpture made up of six arms cast in fiberglass suspended from a frame attached to the ceiling. The arms belong to Tommie Smith the 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 200 meter race. The arms represent the gesture Tommie made when he received his medal in 1968; he wore a black glove and put his arm up in the air while making a fist to bring public attention to the ongoing struggle of African Americans in the United States of America.

Bridge (Section 1 of 6)

Cylindrical vessel with painted, rawhide interior and tanned white deer hide exterior; beaded imagery includes woman dangling from rope and two trees; stars and constellations in Swarovski crystals; porcupines, hands, ants, and portrait heads are in silver.

“Between Worlds” Beaded Parfleche Vessel

  • Teri Greeves, Kiowa people

Eunuch on Horseback, from a Tomb Figure Procession

Large multi-armed statue

Sarasvati

A lovely Yuan lacquered plate with two parrots playing amongst plants

Parrot Plate