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Material Objects Archive
Objects, images, and a proliferation of materialities engage bodies and minds, events and ideas, in ways both profound and subtle. Material objects, especially as they are activated in religious practices broadly conceived, are situated at the heart of MAVCOR. This Material Objects Archive offers an ever-expanding online gallery of such objects. We invite you to use it as a tool for thinking and teaching, researching and writing—and we welcome your suggestions and contributions to this collaborative enterprise.
In 2017, MAVCOR initiated the MAVCOR Digital Spaces Project, documenting sacred spaces via 360º panorama (360s) and high resolution giga-pixel (Zooms) photography. You can view all Digital Spaces Project 360s and Zooms here, or you can check the appropriate box in the Material Objects Archive search to view affiliated material objects.
Material Objects
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Date:16th-18th centuriesTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:JuliKeywords:Jesuits, Architecture, Church
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Africa
Puebla Tolín, Dióscoro Teófilo de laDate:1810 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:BrazilRepository:Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador, BrazilKeywords:Four Continents, Africa, Elephant, Colonial Brazil -
Black “Cacique” on Elephant, for Le Grand Bal de la Douairière de Billebahaut
Rabel, DanielDate:1626Medium:watercolor, paper, watercolor paintingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:ParisRepository:Bibliothèque nationale de FranceKeywords:Performance, Elephant, Africa, France, African Diaspora -
Afro-Peruvian Musical Traditions in Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón, Trujillo del Perú
Date:18th century CEMedium:watercolor, paper, watercolor paintingTradition:Roman CatholicRepository:Biblioteca del Palacio Real, MadridKeywords:Afro-Peruvian, Watercolor, Music, Performance, Dance, Colonial Peru, Peru -
Afro-Brazilian Kings and Queens in Riscos iluminados de figurinhos de negros e brancos dos Uzos do Rio de Janeiro e Serro Frio
Julião, CarlosDate:ca. 1775Medium:watercolor, paper, watercolor paintingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:Rio de JaneiroRepository:Biblioteca Nacional do BrasilKeywords:Afro-Brazilian, Festival, African Diaspora, Performance, Brazil, Colonial Brazil, Watercolor, Royalty -
Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quito, Ecuador
Date:16th-17th centuries CETradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:QuitoKeywords:Franciscan, Architecture, Church -
Braid among other offerings at the Cristo Negro de Otatitlán shrine in Otatitlán, Mexico
Tradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:OtatitlánKeywords:Offering, Shrine, Hair, Ex-voto, Mexico -
Offerings at the Santuario del Señor de Villaseca in Mineral de Cata, Mexico
Tradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:GuanajuatoKeywords:Offering, Shrine, Retablos, Drawing, Clothing, Crucifix -
Votary photographs at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Naucalpan, Mexico
Tradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:Ciudad de Naucalpan de JuárezKeywords:Shrine, Offering, Photograph, Ex-voto, Mexico -
Collage offering to Señor de Chalma in Malinalco, Mexico
Tradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:MalinalcoKeywords:Offering, Shrine, Ex-voto, Drawing, Hair, Mexico, Cartoon -
Votary-made retablo at the Virgen del Pueblito shrine in Corregidora, Mexico
Tradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:CorregidoraKeywords:Ex-voto, Shrine, Retablos, Medical, Drawing, Mexico -
Votary-made retablo at the Señor de Chalma shrine in Malinalco, Mexico
Tradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:MalinalcoKeywords:Ex-voto, Shrine, Retablos, Wall Painting, Wood, Crucifix, Prayer, Hair