Ets Chayim
Date:
ca. 1920 CEMedium:
wood, ivory, glass, woodworking, wood engraving, Torah scrollsTradition:
JewishRepository:
Collection of Jonathan Boyarin and Elissa SampsonKeywords:
Ets Chayim, Tree of Life, Judaica, Jewish, TorahYou are here
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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Judío
Brito, FernandoDate:2015 CEMedium:photographic materials, photographyTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:SinaloaKeywords:Photography, Portrait, Mexico, Mayo, Catholicism -
A Street in Old Samarkand
Date:1905 CETradition:JewishPlace of Origin:SamarkandKeywords:Street, Photography, Jewish -
Pagiel Leviyev’s home
Medium:building materials, architectureTradition:JewishPlace of Origin:SamarkandKeywords:Architecture, Judaism -
Old South Presbyterian Church
Date:1756 CEMedium:building stone, brick, wood, architectureTradition:PresbyterianPlace of Origin:NewburyportKeywords:Architecture, Church, New England, George Whitefield, Pilgrimage, Crypt, Burial, Calvinism, Evangelicalism, Presbysterian -
Political graffiti on the exterior walls of the American University in Cairo
Date:21st century CEMedium:spray paint, graffitiPlace of Origin:CairoKeywords:Graffiti, Cairo, Egypt -
Political graffiti on the exterior walls of the American University in Cairo
Date:21st century CEMedium:spray paint, graffitiPlace of Origin:CairoKeywords:Graffiti, Politics, Cairo, Egypt -
Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum
Wissa Wassef, RamsesDate:1962 CEMedium:building materials, architecturePlace of Origin:CairoKeywords:Museum, Architecture, Egypt -
Princess Nazli double portrait photograph
Date:1880 CEMedium:photographic materials, photographyRepository:Papers of the Third Duke of SutherlandKeywords:Photography, Portrait, Double Portrait -
Prayer in the Mosque
Gérôme, Jean-LéonDate:1871 CEMedium:canvas, oil paintingPlace of Origin:ParisRepository:The Metropolitan Museum of ArtKeywords:Oil Painting, Orientalism, Mosque -
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Nuestra Señora de la Novena
Querol, JoséDate:1790s CETradition:CatholicRepository:Biblioteca Nacional de EspañaKeywords:Engraving, Nativity, Christ Child, Virgin Mary