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- Anthropomorphic Pot
- The Mangbetu Kingdom dates from about 1820 when Nambali (the grandfather of the great King Munza who met Schweinfurth and other explorers) established political hegemony over many groups south of the Uele, including the Bangba, Makere, Mamvu and...
- University of Iowa Museum of Art Digital Collection
- Art of cookery, 1760s
- Cookery
- A collection of recipes in various hands entitled The Art of Cookery, circa 1760s, with the ownership signature of "James Doak 1762" on inside front cover. It is uncertain whether much, if any, of this manuscript is in the hand of James Doak, but...
- Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and Cookbooks
- But they can't do anything about a cold in the head
- Medicine -- Research; Discoveries in science; Cold (Disease); Cures
- Editorial Cartoons of Harold 'Tom' Carlisle
- Grant Wood scrapbook 04: Grant Wood, 1884-1974
- One of 18 scrapbooks on Wood's career, containing letters, postcards, photographs, clippings, and miscellany; compiled by Nan Wood Graham, sister of Grant Wood.
- Figge Art Museum Grant Wood Digital Collection
- Cup
- Throughout the humid areas of Africa where the palm Raphia vinifera grows, cups in various forms and a number of materials are produced for drinking palm wine (cf. cat. CMS nos.371,321,183 ). Among the Kuba, wooden cups (mbwoong ntey) take the...
- University of Iowa Museum of Art Digital Collection
- Female Figure
- The Ngbaka live in northwest Zaire, on the plateau around Gemena, southeast of the Ubangi River. The Ngbandi live to the east.¶ The Ngbaka appear to have been an intrusive nomadic group that moved into the area from the northwest and only...
- University of Iowa Museum of Art Digital Collection
- Female Figure
- Certainly the most dramatic of the magical figures produced across the Southern Savannah are the nkisi nkonde (pl. minkinsii minkonde ) figures that are usually called "nail fetishes" in the popular literature on African art. Most frequently,...
- University of Iowa Museum of Art Digital Collection
- Figure
- In the past ten years a number of scholars have remarked on the strong similarities in figure carving styles among groups who inhabit the west shore of Lake Tanganyika, especially the Bembe, Boyo, northern Hemba, Holoholo, Binja, and Bangubangu....
- University of Iowa Museum of Art Digital Collection
- Fine Line
- Dedicated and restlessly searching, Jack Wilkes is a teacher, painter, and explorer in concrete images and abstract ideas. After studying at the Cleveland Art Institute, Jack finished his BFA in Art Education at Drake which included a Certificate...
- The Daily Palette Digital Collection
- Head
- The reports of Günter Tessmann in the early 20th century described Fang reliquaries guarded by large heads, and Tessmann suggested that the use of heads as reliquary guardians antedated the use of busts and full figures. As is the case with...
- University of Iowa Museum of Art Digital Collection
- History doesn't relate that Samson gained anything by it.
- Labor unions; Strikes; Labor movement
- Editorial Cartoons of J.N. 'Ding' Darling
- How to Use An Armadillo
- James Kaufmann is a freelance writer and artist living in Iowa City. He has written for The American Scholar, the New York Times Book Review, Afterimage, Camera Arts,

Instrument of Sound

Dedicated and restlessly searching, Jack Wilkes is a teacher, painter, and explorer in concrete images and abstract ideas. After studying at the Cleveland Art Institute, Jack finished his BFA in Art Education at Drake which included a Certificate...

The Daily Palette Digital Collection

Iowa Alumni Magazine, vol. 55, 2002, The University of Iowa

IN CLASS: Students discover everything they wanted to know—and more—in a class that analyzes the links between sex and culture. -- A Grand Experiment: Medical experiments move out of the laboratory and into the kitchens and everyday lives of...

University of Iowa Alumni Publications

Iowa Alumni Review, vol. 14, December 1960-Oct. 1961, The University of Iowa

North, South, East, West -- The University -- Always A Smile -- Alumnus Gives $100,000 -- A New Governor -- Looking Back at Schweitzer -- The Educated Mind -- Testimony For The Arts -- SUI European Holiday -- Iowa Heads 'Em Off -- 1961 Commencement...

University of Iowa Alumni Publications

Iowa Alumni Review, vol. 29, December 1975-Oct. 1976, The University of Iowa

Veterans -- Helping the handicapped -- The Champs -- Prof. John C. Gerber -- Basketball preview -- Old Capitol Restoration -- Alumni Band -- Vladimir Horowitz -- Foreign Students at Iowa -- Alumni Family -- Deceased -- Life Member Honor Roll --...

University of Iowa Alumni Publications

Iowa Alumni Review, vol. 4, December 1950-Oct. 1951, The University of Iowa

“Incunabula:” Some interesting notes on gifts to the University, with a solution to the mystery of the missing bones of Black Hawk. -- “Old Capitol in Winter Dress:” A water color by Charles Sibley, '49MFA -- “What's in a Well?” The...

University of Iowa Alumni Publications

Iowa Alumni Review, vol. 46, January 1993-Dec. 1993, The University of Iowa

SCHOOL WORK: Most University of Iowa students work to make ends meet. Caught between their aspirations and the perspiration it takes to achieve them, they're learning skills that will transfer to the careers they pursue after graduation. -- WHEN...

University of Iowa Alumni Publications