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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:15 November 1929Medium:silver gelatin paper, gelatin silver processPlace of Origin:AveíroRepository:The Henry FordKeywords:Photograph, Brazil, Imperialism, Industry, Henry Ford, Architecture, Rubber, Plantation, Extraction, Fire
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Nighttime Lighting Rehearsal at Henry Ford Museum, Preparing for Light's Golden Jubilee, October 18, 1929
Date:18 October 1929Medium:silver gelatin paper, gelatin silver processPlace of Origin:DearbornRepository:The Henry FordKeywords:Photograph, Henry Ford, United States, Industry, Thomas Edison, Celebration, Light, Museum -
Employee Housing at Fordlandia, Brazil, 1930-1931
Date:1930-1931Medium:silver gelatin paper, gelatin silver processPlace of Origin:AveíroRepository:The Henry FordKeywords:Photograph, Brazil, Imperialism, Industry, Henry Ford, Architecture, Rubber, Plantation, Extraction, Fire -
Agricultural Implements on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, 1945
Date:23 August 1945Medium:silver gelatin paper, gelatin silver processPlace of Origin:DearbornRepository:The Henry FordKeywords:Photograph, Henry Ford, United States, Industry, Museum, Relics -
12,000 Employees outside Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, 1913
Date:1913Medium:silver gelatin paper, gelatin silver processPlace of Origin:Highland ParkRepository:The Henry FordKeywords:Photograph, Henry Ford, United States, Industry -
Treaty Medal Commemorating Treaty #1 (1871)
Date:1873Medium:silverPlace of Origin:City of LondonRepository:Manitoba MuseumKeywords:Medal, Treaty Medal, Canada, Commemoration -
Commemorative Medal in Honor of Treaty #3 (1873)
Date:1997Tradition:Rainy River First NationsKeywords:Medal, Treaty Medal, Canada, Commemoration -
Map of the Great Lakes
Date:2017Tradition:AnishinaabeKwePlace of Origin:Sault Sainte MarieKeywords:Great Lakes, Water, Pollution, Commodification, Books, Map, Anishinaabemowin -
Colored Magdalens
Date:ca. 1930sTradition:Sisters of the Good ShepherdPlace of Origin:BaltimoreRepository:Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Province of Mid-North America Archives, St. Louis, Missouri.Keywords:Nuns, Penitence, Catholicism, Photograph -
Fiji Airways Tabua Club Card
Date:21st century CEPlace of Origin:FijiKeywords:Membership Card, Tabua, Whale Teeth, Fiji, Graphic Design -
Scrimshaw
Date:ca. 1840Medium:whale ivory, toothRepository:Te PapaKeywords:Scrimshaw, Whale Teeth -
Tabua (Ceremonial whale tooth)
Medium:tooth, husk, coconutsPlace of Origin:FijiRepository:Te PapaKeywords:Tabua, Fiji, Whale Teeth