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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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Gordon, ArturoDate:early 20th century CEMedium:oil paint, canvasTradition:CatholicRepository:Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de ChileKeywords:Painting, Christ, Novena, Catholicism
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Popular Chilean Nativity Creche, Santiago de Chile
Date:early 20th century CEMedium:photographic mediaTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:SantiagoRepository:Archivo Fotográfico Universidad de ChileKeywords:Creche, Nativity, Photograph, Photography -
Nativity Creche Made in Quito
Date:18th century CEMedium:wood, polychromyTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:QuitoRepository:Museo Votivo de Maipú, Santiago, ChileKeywords:Creche, Nativity, Sculpture -
Young Peasant with a Basket from a Neapolitan Nativity Creche
Date:second half of the 18th century CEMedium:burlap, wood, clayTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Museo de Historia, MadridKeywords:Creche, Nativity, Sculpture -
Baltazar Figure from a Neapolitan Nativity Creche
Date:second half of the 18th century CEMedium:burlap, wood, clayTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Museo de Historia, MadridKeywords:Creche, Nativity, Sculpture -
Peasant with a Fruit Basket from a Neapolitan Nativity Creche
Date:second half of the 18th century CEMedium:burlap, wood, clayTradition:CatholicPlace of Origin:NapoliRepository:Museo de Historia, MadridKeywords:Creche, Nativity, Sculpture -
The prasat sop in its final stages of burning
Date:2012 CETradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:Chiang MaiKeywords:Buddhism, Funerary, Ritual, Death, Cremation -
The golden prasat sop surrounded by merit-making laity
Date:2016 CETradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:Chiang MaiKeywords:Buddhism, Funerary, Ritual, Community, Death -
Golden Buddha image
Tradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:Chiang MaiKeywords:Buddhism, Buddha, Gold, Sculpture -
Burning prasat sop in the cremation fire
Date:2016 CETradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:Chiang MaiKeywords:Buddhism, Funerary, Ritual, Death, Cremation -
Funeral procession to deliver corpse to resting place in prasat sop
Date:2016 CETradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:Chiang MaiKeywords:Buddhism, Funerary, Ritual, Community, Procession, Death -
Prasat nok hatsadiling workshop at Wat Koh Klang
Date:2017 CETradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:Chiang MaiKeywords:Buddhism, Funerary, Workshop, Community, Ritual, Death