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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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Medium:cloth, sterling silver, thread, religious textsTradition:JewishPlace of Origin:New HavenRepository:Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale UniversitySubject:TorahKeywords:Hebrew, Ritual, Textile, Judaica
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Slifka Center Know Before Whom You Stand
Medium:stone, religious textsTradition:JewishPlace of Origin:New HavenRepository:Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale UniversitySubject:TorahKeywords:Hebrew, Text, Carving, Prayer -
Slifka Center Shofar
Medium:hornTradition:JewishPlace of Origin:New HavenRepository:Courtesy of the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale UniversityKeywords:Judaica, Animals, Shofar, Ritual, Sound -
Slifka Center Mezuzah
Tradition:JewishPlace of Origin:New HavenRepository:Courtesy of the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale UniversitySubject:MezuzahKeywords:Judaica, Mezuzah, Ritual -
Rose Judaica Suite Torah Crowns and Yad
Marrow, JoshuaMedium:sterling silver, garnet, metalworkingTradition:JewishRepository:Courtesy of the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale UniversityKeywords:Judaica, High Holidays, Yad, Torah, Ritual, Liturgical implement -
Rose Judaica Suite Havdalah Candles
Marrow, JoshuaMedium:sterling silver, garnet, metalworkingTradition:JewishRepository:Courtesy of the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale UniversitySubject:Liturgical implementKeywords:Judaica, Havdalah, Candles, Ritual, Metal, Light -
Rose Judaica Suite Urim vTumim Torah Breastplate
Marrow, JoshuaMedium:sterling silver, metalworkingTradition:JewishRepository:Courtesy of the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale UniversityKeywords:Judaica, Ritual, High Holidays, Shabbat, Torah, Liturgical implement -
Balarama and Krishna Fighting the Enemy
Date:ca. 1590-1595 CEMedium:ink, paint, gold leaf, paper, watercolor, illuminated manuscriptsTradition:VaishnavaPlace of Origin:LahoreRepository:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art (28.63.3)Subject:Balarama and Krishna Fighting the EnemyKeywords:Krishna, Divinity, Mughal, Painting, Battle, Balarama -
Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan
Date:ca. 1590-1595 CEMedium:ink, watercolor, gold leaf, paper, illuminated manuscriptsTradition:VaishnavaPlace of Origin:LahoreRepository:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art (28.63.1)Subject:Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of BrajKeywords:Krishna, Divinity, Mughal, Painting, Miracle -
Radha and Krishna Walk in a Flowering Grove
Kota MasterDate:18th century CEMedium:ink, watercolor, gold leaf, paperTradition:VaishnavaPlace of Origin:KotaRepository:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2003.178b)Subject:Krishna and RadhaKeywords:Music, Love, Nature, Painting, Krishna, Radha -
Rose Judaica Suite Mezuzah
Marrow, JoshuaMedium:sterling silver, metalworkingTradition:JewishRepository:Courtesy of the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale UniversityKeywords:Judaica, Mezuzah, Ritual -
Wizard
Moore, Frank CDate:1994 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, Lucite, aluminum, oil paintingPlace of Origin:New YorkRepository:Private Collection.Keywords:AIDS, Painting, Mortality, Medicine, Illness