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Pair of red Cardinal's gloves with cuffs embroidered in gold metallic yarns and flat gold disks in a vine design with grape clusters. Sacred monogram, IHS, in rayed disk, embroidered in gold on back of each glove. Sewn inside one glove, a handwritten label: "Cardinal's gloves – real gold embroidery. Bought in Rome, 1897."

Gloves (Italy), 18th century
silk, metallic yarns, spangles.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-55-19-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Large panel of tapa cloth. Thick white fabric made from beaten bark, painted in rust and brown in design of three rows of rectangles enclosing striated angular forms. Rows are divided by stripes of diamond pattern.

Bark Cloth (Samoa), 19th or early 20th century
broussonetia bark.
Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim.
1958-140-8

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Cotton textile created in the double ikat or 'geringsing' technique showing a "kota-mesir" pattern (four-pointed star, notched internal pattern, divides piece into semi-circular segments). Semi-circles depict "wayang patlikur isi" motif (geometric wayang figure) and other figures. Wide border at end with geometric pattern. Design in tan on black. Fringed.

Kamben Geringsing (ceremonial Cloth) (Indonesia), 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
1961-115-37

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Long-sleeved robe with a foundation made from cotton with a small-scale woven check of brown, black and white. The dramatic design is made by cutting curved elements from white cotton fabric and stitching them to the plaid in the reverse appliqué technique. Fine yellow and light blue lines are added in buttonhole embroidery; the dark blue lines are couched cord. The centers of the radiating motifs use red and pink commercially printed fabrics, as do the neck band and hem edges.

Ainu Robe (Northern Japan), early 20th century
cotton.
Museum purchase from Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation and Smithsonian....
1994-92-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Nearly complete Kuba man's ceremonial skirt. Natural-colored raffia, woven in square panels and pieced to form very long rectangle. Appliqué of natural and dark brown woven raffia in irregular shapes scattered across the surface.

Men's Ceremonial Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
raffia.
Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds.
2007-14-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 11 images of this object.

Rectangular panel composed of four strips of woven raffia with twisted warp fringes. Each strip is composed of smaller pieces, stitched together with dark raffia strands.

Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
raffia.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1957-110-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

A woman's ceremonial skirt in tubular form made from woven raffia. Patterned by tied resist dying in ocher, red, and dark brown. The main body has four rows of red and ochre lozenges, there is an open-work section in the upper quarter. The upper edge is finished with an edging, and the bottom with a knotted fringe.

Skirt (Ivory Coast), late 19th–early 20th century
raffia.
Museum purchase through gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs.....
1990-133-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Rectangular rug made of wool which is felted, then patterned with tied resist dyeing, leaving large and small dots of yellow in a deep red-orange ground. Touches of green applied by brush. A mosen is a type of rug used in Japanese tea ceremonies.

Mosen (China), late 19th century
wool.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2005-2-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Orange, green, and yellow striped hat with a large cluster of finger-like projections or burls on each side. Each projection is also striped and the shape is reinforced with a wood splint. A small tassel hangs from the center back.

Man's Hat (ashetu) (Cameroon), mid- to late 20th century
cotton, wood.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William Goulding.
2003-3-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Raven Rattle (USA), Created before 1910s

Raven Rattle (USA), Created before 1910s
carved and painted wood.
Collected by Rev. Sheldon Jackson, 1877–94, Department of Anthropology,....
15.2012.30

Hand Axe (Tanzania), 1.4 million years old

Hand Axe (Tanzania), 1.4 million years old
volcanic rock (trachyte).
Department of Archaeology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian....
15.2012.59

There are 2 images and 1 video of this object.

Hand Axe (France), 300,000 years old

Hand Axe (France), 300,000 years old
flint.
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian....
15.2012.60

There are 2 images and 1 video of this object.

Parka (USA), Before 1925

Parka (USA), Before 1925
beluga whale gut, sinew, grass twine.
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 22/7435.
17.2012.8

There are 2 images and 1 video of this object.

Maskette, late 19th–early 20th century

Maskette, late 19th–early 20th century
wood, copper alloy, encrustation.
National Museum of African Art, Gift of Lawrence Gussman in memory of Dr.....
19.2012.2

Clear glass form composed of two thin-walled conical bowls, one short and wide, the other long and slightly angled; the bowls facing in opposite directions and joined side-to-side along their thickened vertexes to form a reversible goblet, the mouth of either bowl acting as the base when upside down. Pair with 1986-36-1.

Paro Goblet, 1983
glass.
Gift of Bruno Danese snc.
1986-36-2

This object was made by Danese Milano.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Edging or border of three-dimensional birds and flowers rendered in cross-knit looping.

Border (Peru), 100 BC–100 AD
wool.
Gift of Anonymous Donor in memory of Alexander M. Bing.
1962-27-16

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Daoist Priest's Robe (China), 19th century
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1968-135-77

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Large rectangular tapa, printed with blocks of geometric diamond and zigzag patterns in reddish-brown in a repeating fashion. Dark brown diamonds, squares and dots are hand-painted and do not repeat.

Tapa Cloth (Samoa), 20th century
beaten bark (tapa).
Museum purchase from Friends of Textiles Fund.
1976-33-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

A woman's ceremonial skirt with a center panel of dark purplish-brown, with a design of interconnected diamonds with striped and dotted fillings created by buttonhole embroidery and withdrawn element work. A wide border on three sides has dark brown raffia cut-pile embroidery with interlacing patterns. Also on three sides, a heavy wrapped cord attached with a buttonhole variation in orange raffia, creating a form of ruffled edging.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
raffia.
Museum purchase through gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs.....
1990-133-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Mantle decorated with series of broad and narrow horizontal bands in reds, pale tan, cream, pale yellow, blues, silver. A broad band across the middle is made up of ten narrow bands, with adjacent rectangles containing Inca geometric patterns and some adapted Tiahuanaco eye forms, separated throughout and edged top and bottom with variety of guard stripes. Above and below this broad central band are slightly narrower pink bands, edged top and bottom with small stepped scallops and filled with close-set mermaids and bird, fish, animal and floral motives, seemingly scattered, but actually set symmetrically on either side of two central vases set one above the other in each band and filled with flowers and fruit. Two narrow bands with attendant varied guard stripes border the mantle at top and bottom; the inner red band is similar to the bands in the center of the mantle; the outer cream-grounded band contains a series of bird, fish, and floral motives symmetrically spaced on either side of the central axis of the mantle; pink guard stripes terminate the mantle at top and bottom.

Mantle (Peru), 16th–17th century
warp: cotton; weft: silk, metallic (silver strips wrapped around linen core).
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-782

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Back of a chasuble with an embroidered orphrey band down the center, embroidered motifs at the sides, and bound all around with gold braid. The deep brown velvet side panels are embroidered in gold metallic and polychrome silks with angels on orbs and floral arrangements. The center band is densely embroidered with four saints in different architectural niches.

Chasuble Back (England), 15th century
silk, metallic.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-653

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A man's ceremonial skirt which alternates two panels of red and brown and two of tan and brown, sewn together to form one long panel. All panels have interlacing patterns created through clamped resist dyeing.

Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
raffia.
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor and Mrs. Harry T. Peters.
1990-133-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Banner (England)

Banner (England)
silk, metal threads.
2008-21-11-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Red satin cardinal's hat with yellow satin frame for blue satin shield between tassels of hat. Shield divided by white satin Maltese cross into four parts each having a black eagle embroidered in silk. Smaller red satin shield in centre with white embroidered griffin gazing at sun. Backed with linen.

Badge, 17th century
silk.
Gift of Raimundo de Madrazo.
1898-1-7

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Handkerchief printed in anticipation of the Coronation of King Edward VIII of England. Central medallion, framed with laurel wreath and four crowns, with a portrait of the monarch. In each corner four flags with the words "Coronation 1937". White ground printed in brilliant polychrome.

Handkerchief (England), 1936
silk.
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1937-27-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Olympic Cauldron, 2012

Olympic Cauldron, 2012
polished sheet copper, stainless steel.
Courtesy of Heatherwick Studio.
HSP.32