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Child's Coat, Europe, Czech Republic or Russia

Unidentified Maker, 20th Century, Fiber. Gift of Ethel Porter Johnson, 1995-03-001.

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Winter Objects 2025

Beads Bracelet (detail), Pier Voulkos, 1995, polymer clay

Beads

Africa Rocks This wooden mask's face is boldly simplified with a high protruding forehead, close-set eyes under hooded eyelids, and is completely covered by a dense network of painted parallel grooves.

Africa Rocks

Mid-Century Marvels This orange, cheerful chair is made from polyeurethane foam and fiberglass–just like the surfboards Ekstrom produces.

Mid-Century Marvels

Form Follows Function? Steven and William Ladd, Detail of Beaded Bag from <em>Water Tower</em>, USA, 2003, archival board, fiber, beads, metal.

Form Follows Function?

Feast This elaborately conceived piece won 2nd prize in a Day of the Dead festival in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, a region famous for its ceramic handicrafts.

Feast

Japan

Japan

Textiles Cigar Silk Dress, 1880s, Unidentified maker, U.S.A, Silk, cotton. Collection Mingei International Museum, Gift of Annie Metzger and Susan Shershow, 2016-266-004A-B. Photo by Katie Gardner.

Textiles

Jewelry This necklace is made of small rectangular jelly jade stones set in silver.

Jewelry

American Quilts Log Cabin Quilt, Civil War Barn Raising, c. 1865, U.S.A., pieced and quilted wool. Collection Mingei International Museum, Gift of Pat L. Nickols; digitization made possible through the Quilter's Guild of Dallas, Quilt Accessibility Project: Photo by Tim Siegert.

American Quilts

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Staff Pick

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Artful Animals

Artful Animals