Collections: Arts of the Americas

  • 1st Floor
    Arts of Africa, Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden
  • 2nd Floor
    Arts of Asia and the Islamic World
  • 3rd Floor
    Egyptian Art, European Paintings
  • 4th Floor
    Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
  • 5th Floor
    Luce Center for American Art

On View: Offering Table of Neferka

Hetjer's offering table has two depressions to hold liquid and a representation of Hetler sitting before hieroglyphs that specify his desire...

Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Hiroshige's 118 woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-nineteenth-century Tokyo, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art.

    On View: Asian Dagger

    Daggers such as this one, with two parallel ribs running down the blade, have been found throughout modern Israel. The design is undoubtedly...

     

    Login to play

    Login with Google ID

    Forgot your password?

    Not a Posse member? Register

    Brooklyn Museum Posse:
    Exploring the collection

    When you join the posse, your tags comments and favorites will display with your attribution and save to your profile.

    Water JarPlaqueReclining JaguarCarved Spoon with Five Animal HeadsPipe Bowl representing OwlHouse Post, from a Set of FourHeaddress FrontletKachina Doll (Kjaklo)Speaker FigureSidefold DressShirtBlack PouchBeaded High Heeled Shoes, "Great Lakes Girls"Pitcher with Black on White Geometric DesignTwo Women on a RugHat
     
    Arts Of The Americas –  Showing objects 17 - 32 of 14,303
    advanced 99,509 records currently online.

    Recent Comments

    "Dear Sara, This pipe stem was collected between 1833-1836 from Fort Snelling, Minn. by Dr. Nathan Sturgus Jarvis. It was attributed to the Mdewakanton based on stlistice characteristics that have been confirmed by Emma Handen, Curator of the Plains Indian Museum. Susan Kennedy Zeller, Associate Surator Native American Art"
    By Susan Kennedy Zeller

    "Could you tell me why they are labeled maybe Sisseton? Thank-you, Sara Childers"
    By Sara Childers

    "Could you tell me why it is labeled Mdeewakanton? What time frame was the pipe acquired by the donor? Thank-you, Sara"
    By Sara Childers

    Resources and Related Links



    Exhibitionsmore

    Join the posse or log in to work with our collections. Your tags, comments and favorites will display with your attribution.