Roadside shrine to Gaucho Gil in Vaqueros, Argentina
Tradition:
Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:
ArgentinaKeywords:
Shrine, Offering, Crucifix, ArgentinaYou 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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Apples mounded on the altar at the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico
Tradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:MéxicoKeywords:Cathedral, Apples, Altar, Harvest, Pilgrimage -
Chakthag Rinpoche, a famous Tibetan yogi who resided in west Sikkim in the twentieth century, pictured with his conch earrings
Date:ca. 1940sMedium:photographic film, photographyPlace of Origin:SikkimKeywords:Sikkim, Conch shell, Environment, Buddhism, Himalayas -
Mani wheel, Pelling, west Sikkim
Date:ca. 1980Place of Origin:SikkimKeywords:Sikkim, Mani wheel, Environment, Buddhism, Himalayas -
Fiberglass statue of the Buddha, Sindrang, west Sikkim
Date:ca. 2010Medium:fiberglass, sculptingPlace of Origin:SikkimKeywords:Sikkim, Statue, Environment, Buddhism, Himalayas, fibreglass -
Conch painting from a table, Pelling, Sikkim
Date:2019Place of Origin:SikkimKeywords:Sikkim, Conch shell, Environment, Buddhism, Himalayas -
Conches from the shrine at Pemayangtse Monastery, west Sikkim
Medium:conchPlace of Origin:SikkimKeywords:Sikkim, Conch shell, Environment, Buddhism, Himalayas -
Kanchendzonga in 2022
Date:2022Place of Origin:SikkimKeywords:Sikkim, Mountain, Environment, Buddhism, Himalayas -
Sindrang road in 2021
Date:2021Place of Origin:SikkimKeywords:Sikkim, Environment, Buddhism, Himalayas -
Church of the Society of Jesus, Quito, Ecuador
Date:16th-17th centuries CEMedium:stonework, masonry, architecture, carvingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:QuitoKeywords:Jesuits, Architecture, Church -
Vivian Imbruglia, Icon of Julia Greeley
Date:2018Medium:acrylic paint, birch, acrylic paintingTradition:CatholicRepository:Archdiocese of DenverKeywords:Icon, Painting, Race, United States, Colorado, Saints, Prayer, Slavery, Sacred Heart -
Planning drawing for Hilma af Klimt's Temple
Klint, Hilma afDate:1930-1931 CEMedium:paper, ink, drawingPlace of Origin:StockholmKeywords:Notebook, Sketch, Plan, Drawing, Temple, Building, Design