Object Number: LC025 Object Title: Oil Lamp Object Type: lamp (lighting devices) Material: bronze (material) This bronze hanging oil lamp at first seems simple in design and purely utilitarian. However, upon further inspection one can see the handles attached to the chainlinks to be the heads of ducks or geese, masterfully crafted to exhibit…
This autumn, I, Joseph Carrino, a second year PhD student at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, ran monthly View the Vault sessions. View the Vault events serve as public hours for the campus and community residents to get a glimpse at the artifacts housed in the Joukowsky Institute collection. Fortunately, I was assisted by Leah…
This summer, the Joukowsky Institute was excited to host two high school student interns from Skills Rhode Island’s PrepareRI program, Alex Gomez and Nicole Susana. As a part of their summer internship, they had the opportunity to see and discuss Valeria Luongo’s exhibition “When Women Fly.” Luongo is an Italian documentary photographer and filmmaker based…
Today’s blog entry is an observation and analysis of an object from the Joukowsky Institute’s “Vault”, the secure storage area for the Institute’s permanent collection. As I did in my last blog post, I’m going to be using a format based on guidelines provided by JIAAW doctoral candidate Emily Booker to create my analysis of…
Today’s blog entry is an observation and analysis of an object from the Joukowsky Institute’s “Vault”, the secure storage area for the Institute’s permanent collection. I’m going to be using a format based on guidelines provided by JIAAW doctoral candidate Emily Booker to create my analysis of this statue. I got drawn to this artifact…
I wanted to talk about one of the exhibits in Rhode Island Hall that’s in the room I work in everyday, Room 109 (the “Common Room”) on the first floor. This exhibit was set up by Jacob Davidson, a student at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI (RISD), pursuing a degree in illustration…
The Joukowsky Institute recognizes the invaluable contribution that Black and African American archaeologist have made to the field, and the world at large. This February, we highlighted the work of six Black anthropologists, archaeologists, and explorers that have revolutionized how we study and practice archaeology. The display can be found in the alcove nearest to…
This light brown, buff colored vessel with dark brown geometric designs may seem fairly innocuous at first glance. However, its production, shape, and decoration are all tied to dramatic shifts in trade and exchange in the Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1650-1050 BCE). The Late Bronze Age Mediterranean, particularly the eastern Mediterranean, was…
March 14, 2022-April 14, 2022 The Stories Objects Tell was an exhibit curated by Kristen Marchetti, with assistance from Erynn Bentley, for Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. Works included in the show were a response to archaeology in general or to objects in the Institute’s Collection. The map below displays…
Leading up to the exhibit, The Stories Objects Tell, the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology hosted Open Collection Hours on Thursdays and Fridays in February and early March, allowing visitors from Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design to view the Institute’s Collection in person. Although the Collection is accessible online, Open Collection Hours allowed…