A carved wood figure of kneeling shaman, arms extended, time-raked face entranced, is simply one of the greatest sculptures in the museum.

Several masks and carved wood figures of African gods guarded the site.

Posed before it is a small wood figure with an Egyptian-style headdress that proffers a tray pierced by writhing snakes.

Smaller painted wood figures, most often of the Madonna, were significant, and being relatively portable, probably helped to disseminate the style across Europe.

Most impressive are the painted wood figures from Central America, reflecting the museum's current exhibition of Latin American folk art.

It includes two rare carved wood male figures, stepping forward with regal simplicity in a pose that became a constant in Egyptian art.

It has 20th-century wood figures in the statue niches.

In the late seventies, the wood figures were replaced by moving animatronics.

The blue wood figure of "Voila," which seems to proffer a new sculpture, turns toward folk art.

His sculpture-painting includes two wood figures attached to wood panels with holes gouged through them.