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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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La Farge, JohnDate:1899 CEMedium:stained glassTradition:ProtestantPlace of Origin:New YorkRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Stained glass, Knight, Decorative Arts
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Covered Chalice
Heyne, Johann ChristophDate:1753-1781 CEMedium:pewter, metalworkingTradition:ProtestantPlace of Origin:LancastervilleRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Container, Ritual, Liturgical, Decorative Arts -
Flagon
Heyne, Johann ChristophDate:18th century CEMedium:pewter, metalworkingTradition:LutheranPlace of Origin:LancastervilleRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Container, Ritual, Liturgical, Decorative Arts -
Flagon
Potwine, JohnDate:c. 1720-1730 CEMedium:silver, metalworkingTradition:ProtestantPlace of Origin:BostonRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Container, Decorative Arts, New England -
Flagon
Will, WilliamDate:1795 CEMedium:pewter, metalworkingTradition:LutheranPlace of Origin:PhiladelphiaRepository:Yale University Art GalleryKeywords:Container, Ritual, Liturgical, Decorative Arts -
Our Lady of Pomata
Date:1675 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:CuzcoRepository:Brooklyn MuseumSubject:Virgin MaryKeywords:Virgin Mary, Pilgrimage, Painting -
Our Lady of Cocharcas Under the Baldachin
unknown CuzcoDate:1765 CEMedium:oil paint, canvas, oil paintingTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:CocharcasRepository:Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Mary T. Cockcroft, by exchange, 57.144Subject:Virgin MaryKeywords:Pilgrimage, Virgin Mary, Painting -
Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana
Date:ca. 1668-1684 CEMedium:brick, building stone, azulejo, architecture, pilgrimages, religious ceremoniesTradition:Roman CatholicPlace of Origin:CopacabanaKeywords:Pilgrimage, Virgin Mary, Colonial, Architecture, Worship -
Death Mask of Henry IV of France
Date:October 1793 CEMedium:casting plasterPlace of Origin:FranceRepository:Bibliothèque Sainte-GenevièveSubject:Henry IV of FranceKeywords:Portrait, Death Mask, Exhumation, French Revolution, Royalty, Sculpture -
The remains of Turenne exhumed from his tomb in 1793
Lenoir, AlexandreDate:October 1793 CEMedium:ink, paper, watercolorPlace of Origin:Saint-DenisRepository:Musée du Louvre, Paris, FranceSubject:TurenneKeywords:Drawing, Exhumation, French Revolution, Mummy, Sanctity, Remains / Relics -
Mask (Kanaga)
Date:early-mid 20th century CEMedium:fiber, pigment, wood, woodcarvingTradition:Dogon CulturePlace of Origin:MaliRepository:Gift of James M. Osborn for the Linton Collection of African ArtYale University Art GalleryKeywords:Mask, Ritual -
Mask Representing an Antelope (Walu)
Date:19th century CEMedium:fiber, pigment, wood, woodcarvingTradition:Dogon CulturePlace of Origin:MaliRepository:Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, CollectionYale University Art GalleryKeywords:Animals, Dance, Mask, Ritual