Campus Voices on Migration

Throughout the galleries, individuals from across campus reflect on the ways art reveals and illuminates migrations of people, power, style, and meaning. Create your own journey through the Museum, discovering these personal and scholarly interpretations of works on view.

Bearded priest or votary in Egyptian dress with triple collar
Bearded priest or votary in Egyptian dress with triple collar,
Cypriote, 2300 - 1050 BCE
Greek
Tomb figure: civil official
Tomb figure: civil official, early 6th century
Period of Disunity, 220–589 CE
Chinese
Tomb figure: foreigner
Tomb figure: foreigner, early 6th century
Period of Disunity, 220–589 CE
Chinese
Tomb figure: soldier
Tomb figure: soldier, early 6th century
Period of Disunity, 220–589 CE
Chinese
Disk, possibly a pilgrimage token. Obverse: mounted military saint; Reverse: cross on stepped base
Disk, possibly a pilgrimage token. Obverse: mounted military saint; Reverse: cross on stepped base, 12th century
Middle Byzantine
Dainichi Nyorai 大日如来
Dainichi Nyorai 大日如来, 13th century
Kamakura period, 1185–1333
Japanese
Ceremonial knife (tumi) with figural finial
Ceremonial knife (tumi) with figural finial, 1470–1532 CE
Late Horizon
Inka
The Road to Calvary
The Road to Calvary, ca. 1535
Israelites Crossing the Red Sea
Israelites Crossing the Red Sea, 1594
Bohemians on the March: The Rear Guard
Bohemians on the March: The Rear Guard, 1621
Saint Martina Refuses to Adore the Idols
Saint Martina Refuses to Adore the Idols, 1654–60
Moses Commanding the Waters to Close upon the Egyptian Host
Moses Commanding the Waters to Close upon the Egyptian Host, 1858