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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:2016Medium:ceramic, woodTradition:Shinnecock NationKeywords:Whale Teeth, Whales, Climate Change, Anthropocene, Environment
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God’s Word for the Oil Patch: Fuel for the Soul
Date:2007Medium:book paperPlace of Origin:Carol StreamRepository:Private collectionKeywords:Book, Bible, Oil, Industry, Petroleum -
Statue of Eshu-Elegguá
Date:ca. 2013Medium:cement, clay, cowrie shellTradition:Regla de Ocho-IfáPlace of Origin:HavanaSubject:Eshu-EleguáKeywords:Cuba, Totemic Sculpture, Sculpture, Eshu-Elegguá, Performance, Rumba -
Mandalay Standing Buddha
Date:possibly late 19th centuryMedium:gold, woodTradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:MyanmarSubject:BuddhaKeywords:Buddha, Statue, Gilding, eBay -
Buddha
Date:second half of the 19th CenturyMedium:wood, glass, gold, lacquerTradition:BuddhistPlace of Origin:MyanmarRepository:British MuseumSubject:BuddhaKeywords:Buddha, Colonialism, Mandalay, Statue, Gilding -
The Black Cross, or Nunc Dimittis and Gloria
Jackson, Donald S.Date:1984 CEMedium:Chinese ink, gold, gouache, vellumTradition:EpiscopalianPlace of Origin:MinneapolisRepository:Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, MinneapolisKeywords:Calligraphy, Bible, Cross, Lettering, Text -
Tlalloc ycuje (“Song of Tlaloc”) from the Primeros Memoriales
Bernardino de Sahagún, unknown NahuaDate:1558-1585 CETradition:AztecRepository:Real Biblioteca de MadridKeywords:Nahua, Nahuatl, Aztecs, Manuscript, Codex -
Codex Borbonicus
Date:ca. 1525 CEMedium:amate paperTradition:AztecPlace of Origin:MéxicoRepository:Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationaleKeywords:Nahua, Nahuatl, Aztecs, Manuscript, Codex -
Mount Tlaloc
Medium:building stone, architectureTradition:AztecPlace of Origin:MéxicoKeywords:Mountain, Nature, Pilgrimage, Tlaloc, Architecture, Shrine -
Mosquée de la Divinité
Ngom, CheikhDate:1997 CETradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:DakarKeywords:Architecture, Mosque, Islam, Vision, Senegal -
Grande Mosquée de Natitingou, Bénin
Tradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:NatitingouKeywords:Architecture, Mosque, Islam, Bénin -
A Yezidi refugee from Sinjar kisses a sacred stone (kevir) at the Lalish Shrine, Iraqi Kurdistan
Date:2014 CEMedium:stoneTradition:YezidiPlace of Origin:Iraqi KurdistanKeywords:Shrine, Ritual, Stone, Sacred Stone, Refugee