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Kepes Collection:  Antiquities, Asian and Ethnographic Art
October 2 - November , 2004

These are selections from The Kepes Collection.  For a complete price list, please contact the gallery.

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Executioner's knife, Ngala peoples, Zaire
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Executioner's knife
Ngala peoples, Zaire
Iron, hide, brass wire and tacks
H: 24.5 inches (62.2 cm)
 

Anklet with rooster head and tail embellishments

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Anklet with rooster head and tail embellishments
Gurunsi or Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso
Bronze
Late 19th, early 20th century
L 5 inches (12.7 cm)
         
Comb, Ahante, Ghana
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Comb
Ashante, Ghana
Wood
20th century
L: 9.5 inches (24 cm)
 

Bracelet/arm band, West Africa

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Bracelet/arm band
West Africa
Ivory
20th century
         

Canoe prow or slit gong termimus

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Canoe prow 
Iatmul, Papua New Guinea
Wood
H: 22 inches (55.9 cm)

 

Container with applied floral decoration

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Container with applied floral decoration
Japan
Ceramic
H: 6 inches (15.3 cm)

         

Stove, Han, China

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Stove
Han, China
Ceramic with green glaze
206 BC - 220 AD
L: 10.5 inches (26.7 cm)
 

Pair of carved shi shi, Japan

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Pair of carved shi shi
Japan
Wood
Probably 15th century
H: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
         
Hanging scroll
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Hanging scroll
Kano school, Japan
Sumi ink on paper with blue and gold brocade
H: 15.5 inches (40 cm), W: 10 inches (25.4 cm)
 

Hanging scroll, Japan

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Hanging scroll
Attributed to Sesson (1504-89?), Japan
Sumi ink on paper
H: 37.5 inches (95.25 cm)
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