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Helmet mask of Bwoom type, Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, early to mid 20th century, wood, fur, leather, cowrie shells, beads, seeds, cord, metal - Cincinnati Art Museum - DSC04278
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Ema (votive plaque), Japan, late 1800s to early 1900s, wood, paint - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02491
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Effigy of Erasmus from Rotterdam, Southern Germany, early 1600s, cherry wood - Bode-Museum - DSC03369
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Cups and storage jar for royal domestic use in Hue, made in China, Nguyen dynasty, 19th to early 20th century, blue and white glazed ceramic - National Museum of Vietnamese History - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC05634
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Tankard, Slovakia, early 1600s, Haban marbled ware - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC08955
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Statue of Three Stars (Fu-Lu-Shou), Bat Trang kiln, Hanoi, Nguyen dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, polychrome ceramic - National Museum of Vietnamese History - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC05453
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Power figure (Nkishi), Tetela people, East Kasai province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, early 20th century, wood, fur, hide, fiber, antelope horn - Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY - DSC08523
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Female Kifwebe mask, Songye or Luba people, West Kasai or Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th or early 20th century, wood, pigment - Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY - DSC08546
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Door, Indonesia, island of Kalimantan (Borneo), Mahakam River, Kenyah-Kayan tribal complex, Dayak people, 19th to early 20th century, wood and operculum shell - De Young Museum - DSC01131
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Hadrian, S 193, Roman, early Hadrianic era, 118-120 AD, marble - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06143
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Vase, Yaozhou ware, Shaanxi province, China, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-early 12th century AD, stoneware with celadon glaze - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05577
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Blossoming Plants with Birds and Animals, detail 1, attributed to Chang Sung-Op (1843-1897), Korea, probably late 19th to early 20th century, ink on silk - Chazen Museum of Art - DSC01715
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Tray with phoenix and chrysanthemum motifs for ritual use, Bat Trang, Hanoi, Nguyen dynasty, 19th to early 20th century, ivory glazed ceramic - National Museum of Vietnamese History - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC05641
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Presentation in the Temple, Trier or Middle Rhine, late 10th or early 11th century, ivory - Bode-Museum - DSC03626
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Ascension (left) and Pentecost with holy bishops (right), codex covers, Italian imitation of Byzantine work, late 12th to early 13th century AD, ivory - Vatican Museums - DSC00705
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Water bottle from India, Mughal or Deccani, early 17th century, brass, HAA
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Nathan Mayer de Rothschild, sculptor unknown, early 1800s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07735
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Mittens, Naskapi, collected in the early 20th century - Native American collection - Native American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05828
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Mourning Madonna, South German, early 1500s, stained wood - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06593
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Pipe bag owned by Chief One Bull, Yanktonia Lakota, Standing Rock Reservation, North and South Dakota, late 19th to early 20th century, hide, sinew, glass - Spurlock Museum, UIUC - DSC05929
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Headdress, Nakoda, early 1900s, moose hide, weasel skin, brass, horsehair, mountain goat horn, rabbit fur, glass beads - Glenbow Museum - DSC00942
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Seal of Miqneyaw, Servant of Yahweh, early 8th century BC, red jasper - Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06028
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Sow with piglets, by A. H. Wessely, Ofenfabrik und Kunsttöpferei, Hamburg, early 20th century - Keramik-Museum Berlin - DSC04162
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Architectural frieze with grape vine scroll, birds, and fruit baskets, Egypt, early 5th century AD, limestone - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01664
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Apostle James the Greater, Southern France or Spain, early 1400s, limestone - Bode-Museum - DSC03227
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Inkwell, Iran, Khorasan, early 13th century AD, bronze, silver-inlaid - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06352
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Jar with calligraphic decoration in kufic script, Syria, Rakka, Ayyubid period, late 12th or early 13th century, earthenware w. underglaze blue painting, transparent glaze, luster - Cincinnati Art Museum - DSC04030
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Tang dynasty tomb sculpture of guardian figure with human face, late 7th-early 8th century, earthenware, HAA
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Tankard, Germany, Kreussen, early 1600s, stoneware - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC09081
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Statue of the Nile, probably Rome, late 1st to early 2nd century AD, marble - Museo Gregoriano Egizio - Vatican Museums - DSC00815
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Bookbinding, Iran, early to mid 16th century AD, cardboard, oil paint, and colour - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06856
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Boddhisattva figurine, early Tang dynasty, 700-750 AD, gilt bronze - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05081
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Bowl with portrait medallion, Iran, early Sasanian period, late 3rd or 4th century AD, hammered silver with cast and chased medallion - Cincinnati Art Museum - DSC03955
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Bowl, Iran, early 13th century, composite body painted over glaze with enamel - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04687
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Box with lid, Czech Republic, perhaps Vyskov, early 1800s, ceramic - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC08797
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Chinese doctor, Japan, Satsuma province, late 1800s to early 1900s AD, stoneware - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07827
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Coin, Iran, early 19th century, gold - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC07100
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Coin, Iran, early 19th century, gold - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC07097
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Decanter, Iran, early 13th century AD, lustre painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06633
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Necklace, Yemen, obtained in Israel, 1800s to early 1900s AD, silver - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02466
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Serpent earrings, Tamil Nadu, India, late 1800s to early 1900s, gold - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04489
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Shirt with tadpole design, Kainai, early 1900s, view 2, elk hide, porcupine quills, natural dyes, weasel pelts - Glenbow Museum - DSC00967
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Marcantonio Flaminio by Giulio della Torre, designed early 1500s - Chazen Museum of Art - DSC02122
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Marking sampler, Adeline Hunt, probably Concord, early 1800s, linen, wool - Concord Museum - Concord, MA - DSC05868
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Twilight, Early Spring, by Dwight William Tryon, 1893, oil on canvas - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04859
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Stamp seal with Hebrew text of Jeremiah 48-11, probably early centuries AD, terracotta - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07746
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Stamp seal with Striding Figure Holding Batons, Drill Technique, Tell Agrab, Early-Middle Uruk, 4000-3500 BC, chalky limestone - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07201
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Standing Madonna with Child, France, perhaps Normandy, c. 1380 or early 1400s, sandstone with traces of polychrome - Cinquantenaire Museum - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08560
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Sari from India (probably Benares), late 19th or early 20th century, silk with metallic thread, HAA
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Tray, Western Apache, Arizona, late 19th to early 20th century, willow and devil's claw - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04548
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Foundation plaque A inscribed in Old Persian, Iran, Achaemenid period, early 4th century BC, hammered gold - Cincinnati Art Museum - DSC03973
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St. John the Baptist by Andrea Sansovino, early 1500s, and Adam, Zaccariah, and Habakkuk, by Matteo Cividali, second half of the 15th century, marble - San Lorenzo (Genoa) - DSC01926
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Tankard, Germany, Kreussen, early 1600s, stoneware - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC09079
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Buddhist stele fragment, side 1 of 4, China, Northern Wei dynasty, early 6th century AD, limestone, traces of pigments - Östasiatiska museet, Stockholm - DSC09385
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Ram, Boetia, early 6th century BC, H 5061 - Martin von Wagner Museum - Würzburg, Germany - DSC05746
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Bowl, Iran, early 14th century AD, underglaze slip-painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06750
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Bust formerly identified as Poseidon, now probably an early imperial copy of a Greek philosopher - Museo Chiaramonti - Vatican Museums - DSC00869
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Brush holder with Dutchmen, Japan, Arita ware, late 18th to early 19th century, underglaze blue on porcelain - Östasiatiska museet, Stockholm - DSC09171
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Bwami hat for Kindi level, Lega, South Kivu or Maniema province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, early 20th century, fiber, button, beads, elephant tail hair - Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY - DSC08470
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Coin, Iran, early 19th century, gold - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC07093
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Coin, Iran, early 19th century, gold - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC07095
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Mercury, S 60, Roman, mid 2nd century AD, marble, after Greek work from early 4th century BC, view 2 - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06192
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Tang dynasty sculpture of court official, late 7th-early 8th century, earthenware with sancai glaze, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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Tang dynasty tomb sculpture of guardian warrior, late 7th-early 8th century, earthenware with sancai glaze, HAA
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Tray, Western Apache, Arizona, late 19th to early 20th century, willow and devil's claw - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04546
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The Last Supper by Marten de Vos, c. 1550 to early 1600s, oil on canvas - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08060
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Salt container, Italy, Deruta, early 1600s, maiolica - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC09005
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Prayer rug, Turkey, Konieh, or Bergama, late 19th - early 20th century, wool - Huntington Museum of Art - DSC04854
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Coin, Iran, early 19th century, gold - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC07098
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Bwami hat for Ngandu or Yananio level, Lega, South Kivu or Maniema province, DR Congo, early 20th century, plant fiber, shells, buttons, pangolin scales and tail - Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY - DSC08476
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Pilgrim token, found at Hagenmarkt, Braunschweig, early 13th century AD, tin, lead - Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum - DSC04582
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Pilgrim token, found at Hagenmarkt, Braunschweig, early 13th century AD, tin, lead - Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum - DSC04581
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Sarcophagus with Bacchic scene, S 1884, Roman, early 3rd century AD, marble - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06131
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Sarcophagus cover, early to mid 14th century - Saint Mary's Church, Stowe - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07269
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Bowl with notched rim, Ding ware, Hebei province, China, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-early 12th century AD, porcelain with iron glaze - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05562
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Bowl with design of crane and chrysanthemums, possibly by Ogata Kenzan, Kyoto, Japan, Edo period, early 18th century AD, stoneware with white slip, iron, cobalt - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05471
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Architectural frieze with fish and vine srolls, cones, and acanthus leaves, Egypt, early 5th century AD, limestone - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01666
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Aphrodite and Eros, Roman, early 2nd century AD, marble - Galleria Borghese - Rome, Italy - DSC04596
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Shibata Zeshin, tobacco container with moon window and netsuke, late Edo-early Meiji period, HAA
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Small flask, Syria, late 3rd to early 4th century AD, glass - Redpath Museum - McGill University - Montreal, Canada - DSC08178
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Storage jar, Italy or Spain, late 1600s to early 1700s, maiolica - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC08967
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St. Bartholomew, Lower Rhine, early 1500s, oak, polychrome - Museum Schnütgen - Cologne, Germany - DSC00091
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Model of a building from Iran, late 12th-early 13th century, glazed stone-paste, HAA
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Lidded vessel depicting a royal ascension (c) spider monkey who moves the ruler's soul to night sky, Maya, Tikal region, Guatemala, Early Classic Period, 250-600 AD, ceramic - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC04499
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Manuscript in Toba-Batak language, central Sumatra, early 1800s - Robert C. Williams Paper Museum - DSC00360
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Female figure, East Sepik Province, coastal Sepik River, Murik Lagoon, Murik people, 19th to early 20th century, wood, human hair, conus and nassa shell, rattan, pigment - De Young Museum - DSC01154
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Ema (votive plaque), Tokyo, Japan, late 1800s to early 1900s, wood, paint - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02485
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Tabernacle, Japan, late 1500s to early 1600s AD, lacquered wood, mother-of-pearl, gold - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07674
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Tiles from an early Renaissance stove, Nuremberg, c. 1520-1530, ceramic, polychrome glaze - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03727
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Turned sheet, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, early 1800s, linen - Concord Museum - Concord, MA - DSC05871
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Dulcimer, Italy, possibly Venice, early 1800s, maple, spruce - Casadesus Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - Boston Symphony Orchestra - 20190927 125223
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Young girl attending an immortal, So pagoda, Ha Tay province, early 16th century AD, lacquered wood - Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC04970
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Dish, Italy, Deruta, early 1600s, maiolica - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC08994
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Mercury, S 60, Roman, mid 2nd century AD, marble, after Greek work from early 4th century BC, view 1 - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06188
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Divination object (Gbaule), We people, Grand Gedeh county, Liberia, early 20th century, clay, feathers, porcupine quills, cloth, aluminum, cowrie shells, leather, glass etc- Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY - DSC08490
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The Entombment, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02525
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Psyche by Antonio Canova (copy), early to mid 1800s, marble - Wrest Park - Bedfordshire, England - DSC08294
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Missal stand, Japan, late 1500s to early 1600s AD, lacquered wood, mother-of-pearl, gold - Peabody Essex Museum - DSC07672
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