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Fine Arts


Painting, Watercolour, Plastic Arts, Woodcuts, Etching, Drawing.



22 subcategories
Altars

ALTARS

Armours

ARMOURS

Book Illumination

BOOK ILLUMINATION

Carvings

CARVINGS

Ceramic

CERAMIC

Drawing

DRAWING

Enamel

ENAMEL

Engravings

ENGRAVINGS

Fresco and Wallpainting

FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

Handicraft

HANDICRAFT

Jewelry

JEWELRY

Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

Posters

POSTERS

Prints

PRINTS

Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

SILVERWORK

Textile Works

TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

WATERCOLOUR

14,174 photos
Female figure,woodcarving of the Nuna people in Burkina Faso. Wood,H:115 cm Musee du quai Branly,Inv.70.1998.6.1
#30040145

Female figure,woodcarving of the Nuna people in Burkina Faso....

Ancestral monolith (atal) of the Bakor-clan,Nigeria. Such stones are placed upright,buried up to the navel in the ground.They stand individually,sometimes in circles. Basalt,H:174 cm Pre-16th Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1998.4.1
#30040150

Ancestral monolith (atal) of the Bakor-clan,Nigeria. Such stones are placed u...

Teke-sculpture from Mayama,north of Brazzaville, Congo.The statuettes,called "bitegue" were used for magic and sorcery by local seers. Wood,nails,mother of pearl, H:38,4 cm Musee du quai de Branly, Inv.70.1998.7.1
#30040151

Teke-sculpture from Mayama,north of Brazzaville, Congo.The statuettes,cal...

Tip of a sceptre (mvala) of a high personage. The chief is seated in ritual nudity,chewing a medicinal root.Below, a shackled prisoner.Congolese. Ivory, H:22,7 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1998.10.1
#30040153

Tip of a sceptre (mvala) of a high personage. The chief is seated in r...

Statue of a chieftain from Nias Island,Indonesia. Limestone,H:131 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.5.1
#30040154

Statue of a chieftain from Nias Island,Indonesia. Limestone,H:131 cm...

"Adu"-statue for the spirits of dead ancestors. Such statues were placed inside the home and were supposed to have healing powers.From the collection of Andre Breton. Wood,red patina, H:55,7 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.3.1
#30040155

"Adu"-statue for the spirits of dead ancestors. Such statues were placed...

Toba Batak sculpture from Northern Sumatra,Indonesia. The statue was kept inside a home and is therefore covered with a patina of soot.Middle 15th. Wood,H:128 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1998.9.1
#30040156

Toba Batak sculpture from Northern Sumatra,Indonesia. The statue was kept insi...

Ana oleo figures from the Island of Flores,Indonesia. These statues are placed right and left of a ladder leading up to a cult room or house.Late 18th Wood, H: 164 and 150 cm. Msee du quai Branly, Inv. 70.1999.5.2.2
#30040157

Ana oleo figures from the Island of Flores,Indonesia. These statues are placed...

Seated Bulul figure holding a vessel. From the Island of Lucon,Philippines,Ifugao people. Wood, H:48 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.4.1
#30040158

Seated Bulul figure holding a vessel. From the Island of Lucon,Philippines,Ifu...

Door post for a ceremonial building from the Solomon Islands,Island of Makira (San Cristobal). Wood, H:211 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.5.3
#30040159

Door post for a ceremonial building from the Solomon Islands,Island o...

Malanggan effigy from New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago) used for funeral ceremonies and other important events.From the Andre Breton collection. Wood,red ochre,charcoal,cocnut fibre,resin,H:122 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.6.1
#30040160

Malanggan effigy from New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago) used for fu...

Uli statue from New Ireland.Probably an ancestral statue representing the strength of a clan chief, but also,through the female breasts,symbolic of the nourishing care for his people.Wood.ochre,charcoal Musee du Quai Branly,Inv.70.1999.2.1
#30040161

Uli statue from New Ireland.Probably an ancestral statue representing the...