Works of Art (23)
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Male Figure (Moai Tangata), early 19th century,
Rapa Nui people, Rapa Nui (Easter Island),
Wood, obsidian, bone (1984.526) |
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Belt Buckle, 550600, Visigothic, Copper alloy, cells inset with garnets, glass, lapis lazuli, and cuttlefish bone (1988.305 ab) |
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Bone figurine with articulated arms and legs, 3rd century B.C., Greek (11.212.43) |
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Bucranium, Egyptian Second Intermediate Period, ca. 16401550 B.C., Medjayu (Pan-Grave), Bone and horn painted with red, black, and white (16.2.23) |
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Bursa Reliquary, early 900s, North Italian, Bone, copper-gilt, wood (53.19.2) |
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Casket with Warriors and Dancers, carved 11th century,
Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople,
Bone, copper gilt (17.190.239) |
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Casket with Warriors and Mythological Figures, 9001100, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Bone plaques and ornamental strips over wood; silver lock plate (17.190.237) |
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Elephant, Late Naqada II (ca. 36503300 B.C.), Egyptian, Serpentine, bone (59.101.1) |
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Evening dress, winter 1978, Missoni (Italian), Gold, bone, rust, and black silk knit with gold Lurex floating threads (1984.589.5a,b) |
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Flintlock Gun, ca. 1620, Made by Pierre Le Bourgeois (died 1627), French (Lisieux), Steel, chiseled, blued, and gilded; wood, inlaid with silver, brass, and engraved mother-of-pearl; brass-gilt (1972.223) |
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Guitar, ca. 163050
Attributed to Matteo Sellas (Italian),
Venice,
Wood, bone, various materials (1990.103) |
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Hardanger Fiddle, 1756,
Isak N. Botnen/Skår (Norwegian) and Trond Isaksen Flatebø (Norwegian),
Pine, birch, and other woods, bone, lignum vitae and mother-of-pearl inlay (46.34.7) |
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Headdress, 19th20th century, Ejagham peoples; Nigeria, lower Cross River, Wood, hide, metal, bone, paint (1979.206.266) |
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Kamanche, ca. 1880, Iran (Tehran), Wood, metal, bone, gut (1998.72) |
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Longcase Clock, probably ca. 167578, Movement by Thomas Tompion (English), Case: oak, veneered with oystershell-cut olivewood and marquetry panels of green-stained bone, ivory, and various woods, gilt-brass mounts; Dial: brass, partly gilded and partly silvered; Movement: brass and steel (1999.48.2) |
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Needles, hooks, and harpoon, Final Jomon period (ca. 1000300 B.C.), Japan, Bone (1975.268.327, 337, 341, 343, 345) |
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Panel, Marquetry, second half of 8th century; cAbbasid, Egypt, Fig wood and bone (37.103) |
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Pendant Mask, 13th15th century, Dominican Republic; Taino, Bone (1997.35.1) |
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Pipa, 19th century, Made by Jiu-cheng, Guangzhou (Canton), China, Wood, ivory, bone, gut (89.4.52) |
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Pipa, Ming dynasty (13681644), Unknown Maker, China, Wood, ivory, bone, silk (50.145.74) |
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Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua, 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory, traces of polychromy, gilding; bone (border strips) (17.190.137a-c) |
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Reliquary (?) with scenes from the life of the Buddha, ca. 10th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir) or Pakistan, Bone with traces of color and gold paint (1985.392.1) |
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Spotted feline, 1st century B.C.4th century A.D.,
Ecuador; Tolita/Tumaco,
Bone (1980.34.22) |
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Thematic Essays (15)
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