introduction
BEGINNINGS:
THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920)


TRANSITION (1920-1945)

EXPANSION (1945-1960)

CULMINATION (1960-1980)

The Americas
Africa
Asia
India

Central and Western Asia

Japan

China

01. Buddha sculpture, bronze

02. Woman's shoes and Figurine of a woman

03. Geomancer's compass

04. Toy of two grasshoppers, palm leaf

05. Puppet for a Taoist drama

Indonesia

Oceania and Australia

RECENT YEARS (1980-2001)

RECENT ACQUISITIONS



Woman’s shoes
China; late 19th century
Collected by the Martin sisters, donated by Robert and Gladys Womack, 1982.
9–16461

These finely embroidered shoes were made for the bound feet of upper-class women in China before the fall of the Manchu Dynasty in 1911.

Figurine of a woman, wood
China
From Older University Collections, 1968
9–9468

This household ornament represents Yang Kuei-Fei, a concubine of the Tang Dynasty emperor Ming Huang.