Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to Mourn, 2017-ongoing.

Box And Cover
lacquer and tortoiseshell.
Bequest of Katherine Strong Welman.
1908-23-21-a/d

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Funerary Urn (Italy (Etruscan))

Funerary Urn (Italy (Etruscan))
earthenware.
Gift of Karen Johnson Keland.
1976-102-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Drawing, Funerary Vessel with Thre

Drawing, Funerary Vessel with Thre
watercolor, graphite, ruled border in brush and blac support: white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-3947

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

A standing figure wearing a two-piece black garment completely covering the individual from head to toe. The head is enclosed in a mushroom-shaped hood which extends over, and is attached at the shoulders. The hands and feet are covered with black rounded mitts and foot coverings. Large, light brown round buttons form a vertical line down each arm, horizontally across the collarbone, and down the center of the untucked shirt, and also along the length of each pant leg. There are white, organic, vein-like patterns over the shoulders, on either side along the straight bottom hem of the shirt, and over the lower legs. The figure is shown standing in front of a grey backdrop which extends to the floor.

Infinity Burial Suit , 2008-ongoing
burial suit, illustration.
Courtesy of Jae Rhim Lee, Coeio, Inc..
NATURE.017