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Category Archives: Creative Museum
When You Give Your Combs Away
Mortality comes to us all. My art is the fire that illuminates my home, the warmth that protects me from the freezing waters of a refugee-filled sea — but I’ve seen the videos. Is it morally possible to flutter about … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Museum, Edo Hair Comb, English Hair Comb, Japanese Hair Comb
Tagged a collectors legacy, donating combs
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Creative Museum: From the Ottomans to the Qajars
The boundaries of the Ottoman and Persian Empires often overlapped over the course of history Their art has been enriched by many outside influences such as Central Asian, Indian, and even Chinese. Qajar is a Turkish word meaning people who … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Museum, hair comb, Iranian hair comb, Qajar comb
Tagged creative museum, Qajar comb
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Creative Museum: Stones, Leaves, Scissors
The Creative Museum just played a significant part in another exhibition at the Montelimar Miniature Museum. STONES, LEAVES, SCISSORS is about hair ornaments made in three different ways. Whether an artist looks at a piece of jade and carves a crown, … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Hair Comb, Chinese Hair Pin, Creative Museum, Export Comb, Han Dynasty, Huasheng, Manchu hair pin, Nothern and Southern Dynasties, Qing Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Warring States Period
Tagged chinese hair comb, creative museum, hair comb, jade, jewelry made from hair, Kanzashi, Miao minority, Montelimar museum
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Plumes: The Creative Museum at the Musée des Arts d’Afrique et d’Asie
In its second collaboration with the Museum of African and Asian Arts in Vichy, The Creative Museum has been invited to participate in the exhibition, PLUMES. Human fascination with birds begins when their freedom of flight captures our imaginations. We … Continue reading
Posted in African Comb, American Hair Comb, Chinese Hair Comb, Creative Museum, Indian Hair Comb, Oceanic Comb, Papua New Guinea, Rajasthan, Senoufo, Tlingit
Tagged China, creative museum, Dani, hair comb, Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Asie, Museum of African and Asian Arts, Rajasthan, Senoufo, tlingit
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Auguste Bonaz at the Creative Museum
The Creative Museum just acquired another masterpiece by Auguste Bonaz. Made c. 1920 in Oyonnax, five medallions of painted leaves and rhinestones rest in the middle of a curved frame. The medallions are held in place by vertical lines. I … Continue reading
Posted in 1920's, Auguste Bonaz, Creative Museum, French Hair Comb
Tagged art deco comb, Auguste Bonaz, creative museum
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Learning from the Creative Museum and Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment
In quotes are comments from Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment by Truus Daalder. Reference numbers are in italics and specified at the bottom. The photographs and other writing come from the collection and scholarship of The Creative Museum. I thought it … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese Hair Comb, Chinese Hair Pin, Creative Museum, Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment, hair comb, Han Dynasty, Hmong, Indonesian Hair Comb, Laotian Comb, Manchu hair pin, Red Tai, Truus Daalder
Tagged chinese hair comb, Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment, Han Dynasty, Indonesian hair comb, Laotian hair comb, qing dynasty, Southeast Asia, The Creative Museum, Yao people
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Jewish Burial Combs
“Ritual purification before God” defines Jewish burial. The liturgy and ceremony to prepare the body is called taharah, from the Hebrew verb taher, “be pure.” The Torah first mentions it in Genesis 35:2 – “Then Jacob said… Put away the … Continue reading
The Creative Museum in Exhibition: Le Japon Amoureux
The Museum of African and Asian Arts in Vichy, France, resides in a 19th Century residence and contains collections, which were gathered by Christian missionaries from both continents. The Creative Museum was one of the representatives invited to share their … Continue reading
The Creative Museum Triumphs Again
Every culture has a comb. It can symbolize a ruler’s deification, be a liturgical object for high priests, or an item that pushes the limits of an artistic movement. In Japanese culture, combs were an expression of love. On May … Continue reading