15,966 Free Images of Early Works

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Portable cabinet, Japan, Momoyama to Edo periods, late 16th to early 17th century, black lacquered wood, maki-e, mother-of-pearl, metal alloy fittings - Museu do Oriente - Lisbon, Portugal - DSC07044
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Flute with leather case, Albrecht, Freiburg, Germany, early 19th century, rosewood, ivory, silver plated copper - Bennington Museum - Bennington, VT - DSC08627
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Jar, China, Ming dynasty, 1500s to early 1600s AD, ceramic - Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis - Porto, Portugal - DSC00518
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Sarcophagus Sections with Men Fighting Amazons, Roman, Asia Minor, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, Pentelic marble - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01470
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Shibata Zeshin, inro with fishing hook and bobber design and netsuke with waterstrider, Japan, late Edo-early Meiji period, bamboo, lacquer and silk, HAA
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Shibata Zeshin, tobacco container with horse and stable and netsuke with ox, late Edo-early Meiji period, wood, lacquer, gold and mother-of pearl, HAA
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Saint Denis of Paris, probably Brabant, early 16th century, walnut with traces of polychrome, view 1 - Cinquantenaire Museum - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08612
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Kali tiru (marriage necklace), Tamil Nadu, India, 19th-early 20th century, gold and turmeric covered cord, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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Landscape with the Judgement of Paris, detail, by Gillis van Coninxloo, late 1500s to early 1600s, oil on panel - National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - DSC08461
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Lidded vessel, Nupe people, Northern Nigeria, early 1900s, brass - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00473
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Period room during mourning, early 1800s - Concord Museum - Concord, MA - DSC05789
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Horseshoe back armchair, 1 of 2, China, late Ming dynasty, early 1600s AD, wood, cane - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08444
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Engaged pilaster capital with monogram IOANoY flanked by peacocks, Egypt, late 6th to early 7th century AD, limestone - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01670
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Richard Trevithick's steam engine, E. M. Clarke, London, 1840-1851 - Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra - University of Coimbra - Coimbra, Portugal - DSC09157
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Tunic, Bamum people, Cameroon, early 20th century AD, cotton, animal hair - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09936
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The Sacrifice of a Swine, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02526
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Stauroteca cross, reliquary containing fragments of Christ's cross with inscription, Constantinople, late 11th to early 12th century, gold, niello, glass, wood, cloisonne, gems - Museo Diocesano (Genoa) - DSC01763
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Sutra cover fragment, China, Ming dynasty, early 1600s, silk, metal-wrapped silk - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09703
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Vessel (itinate), Cham or Mwona peoples, Lower Gongola River Valley, Nigeria, early 20th century, terracotta - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04930
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Dish, Turkey, Iznik, late 1500s to early 1600s, ceramic - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC09017
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Dish, Imari ware, Edo period, 17th century, Hotei (Budai) design in underglaze blue - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05305
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Dish, de Roos Factory, Netherlands, Delft, early 1700s, ceramic - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC09109
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Disk with equestrian figure, Grave 1, Pliezhausen, Kreis Reutlingen, early 7th century AD, gold - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC02975
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Gareng, rod puppet (wayang golek), West Java, Indonesia, early to mid 1900s, wood, cloth, hair - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02429
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Four Scenes from the Life of the Buddha - Birth of the Buddha - Kushan dynasty, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, Gandhara, schist - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04562
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Apollo in quadriga, Butzbach, Wetteraukreis, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, gilt silver - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC09980
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Calendrical-divination device, 1 of 3, Batak peoples, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1800s to early 1900s, bone, pigment - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02414
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Ceres, copy of antique Italian original, early to mid 1700s, marble - Wrest Park - Bedfordshire, England - DSC08292
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Boniface-of-Montferrat, Henri Decaisne, early 1840s
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US Navy 050102-N-6363M-017 Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Michael Hunter, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Thomas Graham work on an antenna on an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft
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Leg wrappers, Taiwan, Paiwan people, 19th to early 20th century AD, ramie, wool - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09778
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Necklace, excavated from Yangsan Bubuchong Tomb, Korea, Three Kingdoms period (Silla), early 500s AD - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08113
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Fan depicting the New Palace in Potsdam, Berlin, early 1900s, mother of pearl, batiste, from the collection of Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia - Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum - DSC04904
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Four Scenes from the Life of the Buddha - Parinirvana - Kushan dynasty, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, Gandhara, schist - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04578
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Four Scenes from the Life of the Buddha - Enlightenment - Kushan dynasty, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, Gandhara, schist - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04570
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Ornament for sacred flute, East Sepik Province, lower Sepik River west of Keram River, Kambot (Tin dama) people, 19th-early 20th c., clay paste, cassowary feathers, pig tusk, hair, shell - De Young Museum - DSC01210
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Urn by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder, Antwerp, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07850
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Urn by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder, Antwerp, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07852
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Who buys gods of love, by Franz and Johannes Riepenhausen, early 1800s, oil on panel - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03474
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Saint Denis of Paris, probably Brabant, early 16th century, walnut with traces of polychrome, view 2 - Cinquantenaire Museum - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08614
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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 - DSC05455
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Portrait of the boy Xaverio as St. John the Baptist, by Johann Friedrich Overbeck, early 1800s, oil on canvas - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03477
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Reliquary chest, Limoges, early 1200s, enamel, gilt copper, wood - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00213
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Venus Italica by Antonio Canova (copy), early to mid 1800s, marble - Wrest Park - Bedfordshire, England - DSC08290
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Teapot, England, probably early 1700s, red stoneware - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC02617
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Stele with Buddha and Two Attendants, India, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Kushan period, early 2nd century AD, red Sikri sandstone - Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University - DSC01575
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Stove tile, Austria, Salzburg, early 1500s, ceramic - Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia - DSC09158
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Tang dynasty tomb sculpture of mythical guardian animal, late 7th-early 8th century, earthenware with sancai glaze, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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Bowl, Soltanabad ware, Iran, early 14th century AD, underglaze slip-painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06743
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Chatelaine, western Europe, late 18th to early 19th century, gold, gilt bronze, steel, turquoise, carnelian - Cinquantenaire Museum - Brussels, Belgium - DSC08916
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Worship at a Stupa, from railing of the Bharhut Stupa, Shunga dynasty, early 2nd century BC, Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh, India, sandstone - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04556
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Elk-teeth dress, view 1, Sioux or Lakota peoples, late 19th to early 20th century, hide, glass, teeth, bone, cotton - Fernbank Museum of Natural History - DSC00121
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Elk-teeth dress, view 2, Sioux or Lakota peoples, late 19th to early 20th century, hide, glass, teeth, bone, cotton - Fernbank Museum of Natural History - DSC00125
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Bust of Madame Mere (Maria-Letizia Ramolino), artist unknown, early 1800s, marble - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08650
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Box (pyxis) with a scene from the life of the Virgin, Eastern Roman Empire, late 400s to early 500s, ivory, view 1 - Bode-Museum - DSC03495
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Bowl with sun's face, Iran, early 13th century AD, lustre painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06644
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Bowl with mythical creature, Iran, early 13th century AD, lustre painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06647
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Ceiling lamp from Syria or Egypt, late 19th to early 20th century, copper alloy and white metal plating, HAA
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Chinoiserie tapestry, Aubusson, 1725, wool, with Louis XIII side table, late 1600s to early 1700s, cherry, pine - Château Ramezay - Montreal, Canada - DSC07405
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Calendrical-divination device, 3 of 3, Batak peoples, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1800s to early 1900s, bone, pigment - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02418
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Compartmented seals of eagle, monkey, and goddess, Turkmenistan or northeast Iran, early Bronze Age, c. 2200-1800 BC, bronze - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - DSC02815
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Clock, Barwise, London, late 1700s to early 1800s - Entrance Hall - Harewood House - West Yorkshire, England - DSC02087
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Copper and bronze weapons and tools, Cyprus, Early Cypriot to Late Cypriot periods - Cesnola Collection, Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06363
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Cup with stand, China, late Song to early Yuan dynasty, wood, lacquer, silvered tin-plate - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03537
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Column capital, Historic Syria, late 7th to early 8th century AD, marble, 2 of 2 - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06314
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Crucifix, Kongo people, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, c. 17th to early 18th century AD, brass - Krannert Art Museum, UIUC - DSC06159
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Bowl with Arabic inscription, Iran, Kashan, early 1200s AD, ceramic with white glaze and gold luster - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06845
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Bowl with royal rider and caravan, Iran, early 13th century AD, lustre painted fritware - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06657
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Bottle, Red or Black Polished, Object 11 from Bellapais Vounous, Tomb 103, Early Cypriot I, ceramic - Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06307
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Coat (left), Turkey, early 1900s, silk, cotton, with skirt (right), Syria, late 1800s, silk, cotton - Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - DSC00338
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Candlestick, western Iran, late 13th to early 14th century AD, cast brass, silver and gold inlay, view 1 - Aga Khan Museum - Toronto, Canada - DSC06602
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Christ appears to Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), Brussels, early 1500s, shrine probably 1800s, oak, polychrome - Museum Schnütgen - Cologne, Germany - DSC00037
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Bust of Napoleon I, after Antoine-Denis Chaudet, early 1800s, marble - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC08641
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Effigy jar, Early Nasca style, Peru, 100 BC to 600 AD, ceramic - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02377
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Watch with PHS brand, chimes quarter hours, early 19th century AD, gold, enamel - Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas - Madrid, Spain - DSC08029
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Salome in the Dance of the Seven Veils, by Studio Romanelli, Italy, early 1900s, marble - Middlebury College Museum of Art - Middlebury, VT - DSC07895
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Urn by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder, Antwerp, early 1700s - Waddesdon Manor - Buckinghamshire, England - DSC07853
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Garment fragment, Spain, Granada, Nasrid Dynasty, early 1400s AD, silk, view 1 - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09629
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Liturgical crown, Church of St. George, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, early 1900s, silver - National Museum of Natural History, United States - DSC00469
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Jinbaori (surcoat) with feather design, view 2, Japan, Momoyama to early Edo period, 1500s-1600s AD, pheasant feathers, silk, hemp, leather - The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum - DSC05513
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Meers Sisters souvenir pipe, early 1900s, meerschaum and amber - Circus Museum - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, FL - DSC00468
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Saint Peter Martyr, Spanish or Mexican, late 16th to early 17th century, wood, polychromy, gilding - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06717
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Sacrifice of Abraham, Andrea Briosco (Riccio), Ulocrino, and circle, Padua, early 16th century AD, bronze - Bode-Museum - DSC02520
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Sir Donald Alexander Smith, First Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914), by L.-Theodore Dube (1861-1935), early 1900s, oil on canvas - Château Ramezay - Montreal, Canada - DSC07561
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Tall covered goblet, by Hans Ludwig Kienle, Ulm, Germany, 1626, with figure of King Gustav II Adolf probably added in early 19th century, silver gilt - Nordiska museet - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC09776
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Stirrup-spout vessel, Chavin style, Peru north coast, Early Horizon, c. 900-200 BC, ceramic - Dallas Museum of Art - DSC04696
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Three tiles, said to come from a mosque in Damascus, Syria, possibly early 1800s, ceramic - Harvard Semitic Museum - Cambridge, MA - DSC06084
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Pair of flintlock pistols, Turkey, late 18th to early 19th century, wood inlaid with silver wire and corla, overlaid with chased silver plaques - Huntington Museum of Art - DSC04935
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Hanuman, rod puppet (wayang golek), West Java, Indonesia, early to mid 1900s, wood, cloth - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02430
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Jinbaori (surcoat) with feather design, view 1, Japan, Momoyama to early Edo period, 1500s-1600s AD, pheasant feathers, silk, hemp, leather - The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum - DSC05511
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Hurdy-gurdy, made by Mellino, Paris, France, early 1800s, maple, walnut, ebony, ivory - Casadesus Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - Boston Symphony Orchestra - 20190927 110655
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Jasmine bud necklace, late 19th to early 20 century, Tamil Nadu, India, gold and red semiprecious stones - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04487
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Sarcophagus with Selene and Endymion, S 725, early 3rd century AD, lid with Pluto and Prosperpina, mid 2nd century AD, marble - Musei Capitolini - Rome, Italy - DSC06063
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Saint Thekla reliquary, German, late 15th to early 16th century, wood with polychromy - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06810
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Suit, Siksika, early 1900s, elk hide, porcupine quills, natural dyes, weasel pelts - Glenbow Museum - DSC00958
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Tatehagido armor, signed Takakage, Japan, early Edo period, 1600s AD, iron, leather, gold, fur (detail) - The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum - DSC05499
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Miracle of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, replacing a failed leg with a Moorish one, Ditzingen, Kreis Ludwigsburg, early 16th century, detail 2 - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03056
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Miracle of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, replacing a failed leg with a Moorish one, Ditzingen, Kreis Ludwigsburg, early 16th century, detail 1 - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03054
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Evil character, rod puppet (wayang golek), Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia, early to mid 1900s, wood, cloth - Fowler Museum - University of California, Los Angeles - DSC02439
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