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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:2017 CEMedium:foil, paint, paperTradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:Chiang MaiKeywords:Buddhism, Ritual, Death, Gold
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Prasat sop
Date:2016 CEMedium:wood, bamboo, foam, papier mâché, paint, colored paperTradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:Chiang MaiKeywords:Buddhism, Funerary, Ritual, Death, Mountains, Gold -
Shrine to the monk Khruba Sriwichai
Tradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:Chiang MaiKeywords:Buddhism, Ritual, Death, Portrait, Shrine -
Prasat sop for high-ranking monk
Date:2013 CEMedium:wood, bamboo, foam, papier mâché, paint, colored paper, funeralsTradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:SaraphiKeywords:Buddhism, Funerary, Ritual, Death, Mountains, Gold -
Photographic postcard commemorating Antonio Verástegui
Date:ca. 1927 CEMedium:silver gelatin paperTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:MéxicoRepository:Fondo Aurelio Robles Acevedo, Archivo Histórico de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (AHUNAM), Mexico CityKeywords:Martyr, Photography, Relic, Cristeros, Mexico, Portraiture -
Courtyard of the khānqāh of the Mamluk sultan Baybars al-Jāshankīr
Date:ca. 1309-1310 CETradition:SufiPlace of Origin:CairoKeywords:Sufism, Mysticism, Khalwa, Prayer, Meditation, Architecture -
Veil of Veronica
Zurbarán, Francisco deDate:ca. 1635-1640Medium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:SpainKeywords:Contact Relic, Relic, Jesus Christ, Painting -
Virgin of Guadalupe
Date:ca. 1555 CEMedium:oil paint, tempera, clothTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:Mexico CityKeywords:Virgin Mary, Immaculate Conception, Acheiropoieta -
Photograph of shrine composed of photographs of Miguel Pro and other Cristero martyrs executed in November 1927
Date:1927 CETradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:MéxicoKeywords:Martyr, Photography, Relic, Cristeros, Mexico, Portraiture -
Packaging for ablution socks
Date:2016 CEMedium:cardboard, advertising mediaTradition:IslamicKeywords:Islam, Capitalism, Socks, Wudhu, Ritual, Purification -
Color print-out of a du‘ā (supplicatory prayer)
Date:1990s CEMedium:marbled paper, printing-out paper, color printsTradition:SufiPlace of Origin:IstanbulKeywords:Sufi, Islam, Turkey, Ebru, Prayer -
Hüdayi Yolu
Date:2007 CEMedium:paper, marbled paper, calligraphyTradition:SufiPlace of Origin:İstanbulRepository:Personal collection Hikmet BarutçugilKeywords:Sufi, Islam, Turkey, Ebru, Saints, Ottomans, Bosporus strait, Water, Mosque, Calligraphy