Mingei staff loves the Museum's collection just as much as our visitors and fans. This is a collection of just a few of our favorites.
Our Deputy Director and Chief Advancement Officer, Jessica York, chose this stunning hollow vessel for her staff pick. Made by Laura Andreson in 1969, this piece features a metallic, iridescent glaze, a centuries old technique that is today known as “lusterware”.
Charles Thunyakij, Outreach Coordinator and Education Specialist at Mingei International Museum, choose for his staff pick an Alebrije. This object of pure fantasy is constructed out of lacquered and painted paper mache.
Tarahumara women, also known as Rarámuri, continue to hand-sew dresses in this style to preserve their culture.
This stunning yet humble necklace is part of a recent acquisition from the Carolyn Dreyer Omani Wedding Silver Collection.
These three stylish ladies are head forms, used in a milliner’s store window to tempt passersby in late-nineteenth-century France.