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Chrysanthemums appear in the middle of the kozuka, framed by pampas grass. Both are celebrate autumn plants. This is part of a mounted set.

Japanese

L: 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)

medium: silver, gold

culture: Japanese

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

art.thewalters.org/detail/163

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Size suggests that this Chavín-style mortar and pestle were not used to grind bulky staples like corn, but instead pigments or plant hallucinogens used in religious rites to achieve spiritual insight and communion with cosmic forces. This set may come from Pacopampa, a site in the northern highlands where elites adopted Chavín deities and worshiped them alongside local deities. These small sculptures illustrate the appeal and the spread of Chavín religion.

Peru, North Highlands, Pacopampa(?), Chavín style (900-200 BCE)

stone, pigment

Overall: 5.8 x 11 cm (2 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen

clevelandart.org/art/1957.494

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Khonsu could be represented either as a youth or a falcon-headed male with a moon-disk and crescent on his head, as here. He is mentioned as a moon god in the pyramid texts as early as the 3rd millennium BCE. As the son of Amun and Mut he was worshipped in Karnak where he had his own temple from the Middle Kingdom onwards.

Egyptian

11 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 3 3/16 in. (28.5 x 5.7 x 8.2 cm)

medium: bronze with gold and glass inlay

style: Saitic

culture: Egyptian

dynasty: 25th Dynasty

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

art.thewalters.org/detail/1730

May 29, 2014 at 03:26AM

23 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. (59.1 x 59.7 cm)

medium: Brass, iron

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 46.67.126 1946

Gift of the Members of the Committee of the Bertha King Benkard Memorial Fund, 1946

www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/92

September 05, 2014 at 04:00PM

A monkey is depicted with his back to the viewer. He is wearing a coat and seems to be dancing beneath a plum tree in bloom. Tufts of bamboo are near his feet. This is part of a set with Walters 51.951.

Japanese

1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)

medium: silver, gold

style: Hamano School

culture: Japanese

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

art.thewalters.org/detail/2071