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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:1876 CEMedium:plaster, flower, architecture, panel painting, texts, religious texts, votive tabletsTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:New OrleansKeywords:Shrine, Saints, Chalkware, Healing, Miracle, Ex-voto
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Chapel with Nativity Altarpiece
Medium:paint, wood, panel painting, woodcarvingTradition:EpiscopalianPlace of Origin:New HavenRepository:The Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. JamesSubject:NativityKeywords:Chapel, Nativity, Church, Prayer, Painting, Stained glass -
Columbarium, The Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James
Medium:wood, furniture makingTradition:EpiscopalianPlace of Origin:New HavenRepository:The Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. JamesKeywords:Church, Columbarium, Death, Furniture -
The Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James
Medium:wood, stone, floor tile, panel painting, architecture, woodcarving, information signsTradition:EpiscopalianPlace of Origin:New HavenRepository:The Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. JamesKeywords:Ritual, Church, Architecture -
Reredos, The Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James
Medium:wood, woodcarvingTradition:EpiscopalianPlace of Origin:New HavenRepository:The Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. JamesKeywords:Ritual, Church, Reredos -
Female Ancestral Mask (Ndoli Jowi/Nòwo)
Date:late 19th to mid 20th centuries CEMedium:wood, woodcarvingTradition:Mende, Sande AssociationPlace of Origin:Sierra LeoneRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Mask, Ritual -
Male Mask
Date:early-mid 20th century CEMedium:wood, woodcarvingTradition:MendePlace of Origin:Sierra LeoneRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Mask, Ritual -
Temptation of St. Anthony
Covert, JohnDate:1916 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingPlace of Origin:United StatesRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Abstract, Saints, Painting -
Taking the Veil
Weir, Robert WalterDate:1863 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingTradition:Roman Catholic, ProtestantPlace of Origin:United StatesRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Nuns, Painting, Church, Italy, Architecture -
The Greek Slave
Powers, HiramDate:1851 CEMedium:statuary marble, carvingTradition:ChristianPlace of Origin:FirenzeRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Nude, Slave, Sculpture, Turkey, Abolition -
Jeremiah Dictating His Prophecy of the Destruction of Jerusalem
Allston, WashingtonDate:1820 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingTradition:ChristianPlace of Origin:United StatesRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Prophets, Jeremiah, Painting -
The Peaceable Kingdom and Penn's Treaty
Hicks, EdwardDate:19th century CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingTradition:ProtestantPlace of Origin:United StatesRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Allegory, Bible, Landscape, Animals, Painting, Native American