Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817–2017

Objects: Before 1922

Bodhisattva
Spoon
Basket
Basket
Stirrup pot with monkey effigy
Effigy vessel
Ornaments
Brick
Fragment of flooring
Inscription
Coin
Griffin
Ceramic “casket”
Inscribed projectile point-shaped slab
Cup
x Bodhisattva figurine
  • Guanyin (bodhisattva Avalokitesvara) figurine
  • Porcelain
  • 19th century AD
  • Xiamen, Fujian Province, China
  • Beal-Steere Collection
  • Unknown (Steere field no. 4225)
x Spoon
  • Spoon
  • Wood with shell inlay
  • 19th century AD
  • Hapao, Ifugao, Philippines
  • Beal-Steere Collection
  • UMMAA 8280
x Cricket basket
  • Cricket basket
  • Cane
  • 19th century AD
  • Taiwan
  • Beal-Steere Collection
  • UMMAA 8603; 8604
x Basket
  • Basket woven around small bowl
  • Cane, stoneware
  • 19th century AD
  • Taiwan
  • Beal-Steere Collection
  • UMMAA 8273
x Pot
  • Stirrup pot with monkey effigy
  • Earthenware
  • AD 1100–1470
  • Pacasmayo, Peru
  • Beal-Steere Collection
  • UMMAA 6251
x Chimú-Inka effigy vessel
  • Chimú-Inka effigy vessel
  • Earthenware
  • AD 1470–1532
  • Pacasmayo, Peru
  • Beal-Steere Collection
  • UMMAA 6303
x Appliqué ornaments
  • Adornos (ceramic appliqué ornaments)
  • Earthenware
  • AD 400–1350
  • Marajó Island, Lower Amazon, Brazil
  • Beal-Steere Collection
  • UMMAA 7442; 7448; 7440
x Brick
  • Brick (one of a pair illustrating bricks made with straw and without, from the Biblical account in Exodus)
  • Mud, terracotta, plant material
  • 19th century AD
  • Egypt
  • Bay View Association Collection Purchase
  • KM 71.2.226
x Fragment of flooring of St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Fragment of flooring of St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
  • Marble
  • 16th century AD
  • Rome, Italy
  • J. D. Candler Donation
  • KM 29651
x Latin funerary inscription
  • Latin funerary inscription for Aulus Allienus Alexander
  • Marble, paint
  • 1st century AD
  • Rome (outside the Porta Salaria), Italy
  • Dennison Collection Purchase, 1909
  • KM 1434
x Coin of Philip II of Macedonia Coin of Philip II of Macedonia
  • Coin of Philip II of Macedonia
  • Silver
  • 359–336 BC
  • Macedonia
  • Giovanni Dattari Collection Donation, 1909
  • KM 81259
x Winged figure
  • Winged figure
  • Earthenware
  • AD 1890–98
  • Michigan, United States
  • F. M. Kelsey
  • UMMAA 21492.T
x Ceramic casket
  • Ceramic “casket”
  • Earthenware
  • AD 1890–98
  • Michigan, United States
  • F. M. Kelsey (or Transferred from University Museum, 1929)
  • UMMAA 21492.HH
x Inscribed projectile point-shaped slab
  • Inscribed projectile point-shaped slab
  • Slate
  • AD 1890–98
  • Michigan, United States
  • F. M. Kelsey
  • UMMAA 21492
x Cup
  • Cup
  • Earthenware
  • AD 1890–98
  • Michigan, United States
  • F. M. Kelsey
  • UMMAA 21492.Z

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