Material World: Adornment from Around the Globe

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Material World: Adornment from Around the Globe
Spencer Museum of Art Interns 2013–2014, curator
Gallery 405, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Adorning the body fulfills a basic human need to beautify the self. An array of forms, styles, and materials communicate different cultural ideals of beauty. Using works found in the Spencer Museum of Art’s permanent collection and those on loan from Robert Hiller, Material World: Adornment from Around the Globe explores a variety of objects created from diverse materials. This exhibition contains over seventy examples of jewelry and accessories from nearly every continent in the world and is divided into five categories: Stone, Metal, Organic, Synthetic, and Collected. Though many of the works are made of mixed materials, each object is arranged according to its most striking material feature. Co-curated by Abby Anderson, Raechel Cook, Ye Gee Kwon, Laura Minton, and Jessie Sirico

Works of art

Nancy Loo Bjorge
1972
Nancy Loo Bjorge
circa 2000
unrecorded Zulu artist
late 1800s–1965
late 1800s–1981
unrecorded Hawazma artist
1983–1984
unrecorded Maasai artist
late 1800s–1968
unrecorded Lakota artist
late 1800s–1992
unknown maker
late 1800s–1998
Jean-Pierre Dussaillant
2008
unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist
1980
circa 1940, Showa period (1926–1989)
Cai-Xuan (Molly) Wu
2012
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
late 1800s–1963
Eddie Tsalabutie
mid 1900s–1965
Nancy Loo Bjorge
1974
Kevin Coates
1980
date unknown
1900s
Aggie Benyon
date unknown
Joël Degen
2004
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Hausa artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
late 1800s–1981
unrecorded Coastal Zapotec artist
1989
Júlia Kunovská
2009
Nancy Loo Bjorge
1972
Nancy Loo Bjorge
1974
Mirjam Hiller
2013
unrecorded Hawazma artist
1983–1984
date unknown
Levinger & Bissinger
circa 1900
unrecorded Australian Aboriginal artist
late 1800s–1944
unrecorded Australian Aboriginal artist
late 1800s–1944
unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist
late 1800s–1967
unrecorded Ayoreo artist
late 1800s–1976
unrecorded Zulu artist
late 1800s–1965
unrecorded Native Alaskan artist
1930s–1948
unrecorded Bororo artist
1970s
1970s
unrecorded Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) artist
late 1800s–1980
unrecorded Aché artist
late 1800s–1976
circa 1940, Showa period (1926–1989)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Staatliche Majolika Keramik Manufaktur, Max Heinze, Ilse Hohenreuther
circa 1945–1960
Württemberg Metal Factory
circa 1930
Levinger & Bissinger
circa 1905
Theodor Fahrner
1914–1919
Eisenberg & Sons, Inc.
circa 1935
Trifari
circa 1935
Nancy Loo Bjorge
1974
early 1900s
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1960s
1960s
Theodor Fahrner
1906–1908
Nikolaus Thallmayr, Eduard Schöpflich
1900–1905
Murrle Bennett & Co.
circa 1900
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) artist
late 1800s–1951
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
late 1800s–1963
Margret Craver
circa 1936
Carlyle H. Smith
mid 1950s