Collector: Phoebe Apperson Hearst / Donor: Phoebe Apperson Hearst / Materials: Paint (coating) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Carved head: human, accession number 11-408, described as Painted wooden carving of human head.

Hearst Museum object titled Coat and skirt, accession number 7-3223a,b, described as Overgown-like coat; separate skirt; satin painted, brown ground, varicolored floral designs; plain weave linings; padded ruffles; lace and braid trim. (a) 19 inch sleeve; 58 1/2 inches long. (b) 37 inches long.

Hearst Museum object titled Coffin lid, accession number 6-20131, described as Coffin lid with large multicolored stars painted on inner surface.

Hearst Museum object titled Cross, accession number 7-3544, described as Cross; wood; carved deeply; painted; inscriptions at top and base; brown and yellow to green. 5.25 x 10 x 7/8 inches. It is very old, but there is nothing in the art work to determine its exact age. Because of the careful workmanship and fine attention to detail in carving, one feels it must have been used in a monastery chapel or chapel in a private home. Crosses are not usually hung on the walls of eastern Orthodox homes. They are used in the liturgy and as decorations in churches. Since, at the end of each ceremony, the congregation comes to the cross to kiss it, it is possible that the words at the top of the cross have been “kissed away.”

Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 9-4805, described as paper fan, painted, mounted on wood