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Ceremonial Object

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Objects created specifically to be used in a ceremony. Throughout history, various objects—both symbolic and those with a given function—have been central to religious and cultural events. These could be used to communicate with gods or goddesses; enable the participation of ancestors; or allow basic functions of a service to progress. Examples include types of vessels, masks, sculptures of deities, incense burners, and decorations and adornments on religious scrolls and books.

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300 Artworks

Two amber altars , North East German, probably Danzig, ca 1680

Kunstkammer Georg Laue

Unknown, Cyprus

Figure of a Fertility Goddess, 3000 -2500 B.C.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Bronze Bell of Cheonheungsa Temple, 1010

National Museum of Korea

Yaksha, ca. 50 B.C.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

The Mold gold cape, ca. 1900-1600 BC

Artist Unavailable

Virgin and Child Triptych, Late seventeenth-early eighteenth century

Harn Museum of Art

Ritual Spoon, Late 19th -early 20th century

Musée du quai Branly

Egyptian, New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty

Portrait of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1346-1337 B.C.), 1342 B.C.

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo

Unknown, South Italy, Europe

Breastplate, ca. 480 BCE

J. Paul Getty Museum

Baule peoples, Côte d’Ivoire

Otherworld husband (blolo bian), 20th century

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Democratic Republic of Congo

Artist Unavailable

Buddha Sakyamuni, 8th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Figure from the Aztec ceremonial center at Teotihuacan, 3rd-7th century

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

Artist Unavailable

Green Tara, 16th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Récipient rituel (Ritual vessel), 1450 -1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Processional Cross, Spanish-last quarter of the 16th century

Picchwai for the Festival of Cows, late 18th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Indra, 15th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Nimbelowi (village), east of Cape Mendana, Oceania

Figure d'homme assis (Figure of seated man), late 18th century -early 19th century

"L'Éclat des Ombres, l'Art en Noir et Blanc des Îles Salomon" at Musée du quai Branly (2014-2015)

Pince, bâtonnet à chaux et perles (Tongs, rod of slaked lime and pearls), 1450-1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Figurine anthropomorphe (Anthropomorphic figurine), 1450 -1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Artist Unavailable

Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut, ca. 1473–1458 B.C.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Teacher Jigme Lingpa (1729–1798), 18th-19th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Figurine masculine (male figure), 1450-1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Keet Shagoon (Killer Whale), 2003

Seattle Art Museum

North Coast, Peru

Gobelet (Goblet), 1000 -1450

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Reliquary Stupa, 14th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Censer Maya - Chiapas - Mexico, 500-900 CE

Unknown, Etruria

Votive Statuette, 4th century B.C.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Artist Unavailable

Bodhisattva, Figure: eighteenth century; base and mandorla: nineteenth century

Harn Museum of Art

300 Artworks:

Two amber altars , North East German, probably Danzig, ca 1680

Kunstkammer Georg Laue

Bronze Bell of Cheonheungsa Temple, 1010

National Museum of Korea

Pince, bâtonnet à chaux et perles (Tongs, rod of slaked lime and pearls), 1450-1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Figurine anthropomorphe (Anthropomorphic figurine), 1450 -1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Egyptian, New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty

Portrait of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1346-1337 B.C.), 1342 B.C.

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo

Baule peoples, Côte d’Ivoire

Otherworld husband (blolo bian), 20th century

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Democratic Republic of Congo

Artist Unavailable

Figure from the Aztec ceremonial center at Teotihuacan, 3rd-7th century

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

Récipient rituel (Ritual vessel), 1450 -1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Processional Cross, Spanish-last quarter of the 16th century

Artist Unavailable

Indra, 15th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Yaksha, ca. 50 B.C.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Virgin and Child Triptych, Late seventeenth-early eighteenth century

Harn Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut, ca. 1473–1458 B.C.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Unknown, South Italy, Europe

Breastplate, ca. 480 BCE

J. Paul Getty Museum

Keet Shagoon (Killer Whale), 2003

Seattle Art Museum

Artist Unavailable

Buddha Sakyamuni, 8th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Censer Maya - Chiapas - Mexico, 500-900 CE

Unknown, Etruria

Votive Statuette, 4th century B.C.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Picchwai for the Festival of Cows, late 18th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Unknown, Cyprus

Figure of a Fertility Goddess, 3000 -2500 B.C.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Nimbelowi (village), east of Cape Mendana, Oceania

Figure d'homme assis (Figure of seated man), late 18th century -early 19th century

"L'Éclat des Ombres, l'Art en Noir et Blanc des Îles Salomon" at Musée du quai Branly (2014-2015)

Artist Unavailable

The Mold gold cape, ca. 1900-1600 BC

Ritual Spoon, Late 19th -early 20th century

Musée du quai Branly

Teacher Jigme Lingpa (1729–1798), 18th-19th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Figurine masculine (male figure), 1450-1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

North Coast, Peru

Gobelet (Goblet), 1000 -1450

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Reliquary Stupa, 14th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Green Tara, 16th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Bodhisattva, Figure: eighteenth century; base and mandorla: nineteenth century

Harn Museum of Art

Two amber altars , North East German, probably Danzig, ca 1680

Kunstkammer Georg Laue

Nimbelowi (village), east of Cape Mendana, Oceania

Figure d'homme assis (Figure of seated man), late 18th century -early 19th century

"L'Éclat des Ombres, l'Art en Noir et Blanc des Îles Salomon" at Musée du quai Branly (2014-2015)

Artist Unavailable

The Mold gold cape, ca. 1900-1600 BC

Ritual Spoon, Late 19th -early 20th century

Musée du quai Branly

Unknown, South Italy, Europe

Breastplate, ca. 480 BCE

J. Paul Getty Museum

Keet Shagoon (Killer Whale), 2003

Seattle Art Museum

North Coast, Peru

Gobelet (Goblet), 1000 -1450

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Artist Unavailable

Censer Maya - Chiapas - Mexico, 500-900 CE

Artist Unavailable

Bodhisattva, Figure: eighteenth century; base and mandorla: nineteenth century

Harn Museum of Art

Processional Cross, Spanish-last quarter of the 16th century

Bronze Bell of Cheonheungsa Temple, 1010

National Museum of Korea

Figurine anthropomorphe (Anthropomorphic figurine), 1450 -1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Teacher Jigme Lingpa (1729–1798), 18th-19th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Figurine masculine (male figure), 1450-1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Reliquary Stupa, 14th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Unknown, Etruria

Votive Statuette, 4th century B.C.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Picchwai for the Festival of Cows, late 18th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Indra, 15th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Pince, bâtonnet à chaux et perles (Tongs, rod of slaked lime and pearls), 1450-1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

Egyptian, New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty

Portrait of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1346-1337 B.C.), 1342 B.C.

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo

Baule peoples, Côte d’Ivoire

Otherworld husband (blolo bian), 20th century

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Artist Unavailable

Buddha Sakyamuni, 8th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Green Tara, 16th century

Rubin Museum of Art

Unknown, Cyprus

Figure of a Fertility Goddess, 3000 -2500 B.C.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Yaksha, ca. 50 B.C.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Virgin and Child Triptych, Late seventeenth-early eighteenth century

Harn Museum of Art

Artist Unavailable

Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut, ca. 1473–1458 B.C.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Democratic Republic of Congo

Artist Unavailable

Figure from the Aztec ceremonial center at Teotihuacan, 3rd-7th century

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

Récipient rituel (Ritual vessel), 1450 -1532

"The Inca and the Conquistador" at Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2015)

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