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Standing Shiva (?)

Date: 11th century
Accession Number: 1988.355

Chasse with the Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty

Date: ca. 1180–90
Accession Number: 17.190.514

Sword

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 55.46.1

Funerary Mask

Date: 10th–11th century
Accession Number: 1974.271.35

Tabernacle of Cherves

Date: ca. 1220–30
Accession Number: 17.190.735

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Inscribed by Ishiguro Masayoshi (Japanese, 1772–after 1851)

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 36.120.79

Helmet

Date: 5th century
Accession Number: 28.60.2

Seated Buddha Expounding the Dharma

Date: late 8th century
Accession Number: 2009.60

Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.323

Head of a ruler

Date: ca. 2300–2000 B.C.
Accession Number: 47.100.80

Ewer with a Feline-shaped Handle

Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 47.100.90

Dish: The Destruction of the Hosts of Pharoah

Master IC (probably Jean Court) (French, Limoges, active 1614 - 1627)

Date: probably early 17th century
Accession Number: 1975.1.1232

Sword

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 32.75.225

Finial from a Ritual Staff (Tungkot Malehat)

Date: 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1988.143.141

Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt

Date: second half 16th century
Accession Number: 2011.236

Side Drum

Date: 1694–1733
Accession Number: 14.25.1618

Armor (Yoroi)

Date: early 14th century
Accession Number: 14.100.121b–e

Vessel stand with ibex support

Date: ca. 2600–2350 B.C.
Accession Number: 1974.190

Processional cross

Date: ca. 1460–80
Accession Number: 17.190.499

Durga as Slayer of the Buffalo Demon Mahisha (Mahishasura Mardini)

Date: 14th–15th century
Accession Number: 1986.498

Menat necklace from Malqata

Date: ca. 1390–1353 B.C.
Accession Number: 11.215.450

Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion

Date: ca. 2200–2100 B.C.
Accession Number: 48.180

Chasse of Champagnat

Date: ca. 1150
Accession Number: 17.190.685–87, .695, .710–.711

Plaque with Censing Angels

Date: ca. 1170–80
Accession Number: 2001.634

Between Earth and Heaven

El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born Anyako, 1944)

Date: 2006
Accession Number: 2007.96

Bes-image of the god Hor-Asha-Khet

Date: 4th–2nd century B.C.
Accession Number: 29.2.3

The Backgammon Players

Philip Webb (1831–1915)

Date: 1861
Accession Number: 26.54

Cosmetic Vessel in the Shape of a Cat

Date: ca. 1990–1900 B.C.
Accession Number: 1990.59.1

Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head

Date: ca. 1475–80
Accession Number: 23.141

The Pentecost

Date: ca. 1150–75
Accession Number: 65.105

Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis

Southern Netherlands

Date: late 14th or early 15th century
Accession Number: 1975.1.1416

Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots

Date: ca. 3000 B.C.
Accession Number: 2007.280

Tournament Helm (Stechhelm)

Date: ca. 1500
Accession Number: 29.156.67a

Dung-Chen

Date: 1368–1644
Accession Number: 1988.349

Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg

Attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (probably Swiss, active Stuttgart, recorded 1453–1460)

Date: dated 1460
Accession Number: 04.3.36

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)

Date: 19th–20th century
Accession Number: 1978.409

Standard with two long-horned bulls

Date: ca. 2300–2000 B.C.
Accession Number: 55.137.5

Armor (Gusoku)

Helmet bowl signed Saotome Iye[tada?] (Japanese, Edo period)

Date: 16th and 18th centuries
Accession Number: 14.100.172

Helmet (Spangenhelm)

Date: 6th–7th century
Accession Number: 42.50.1

Square-Headed Bow Brooch

Date: 6th century
Accession Number: 1985.209

Helmet Mask

Date: before 1880
Accession Number: 1978.412.560

Henri d'Albret (1503–1555), King of Navarre

Léonard Limosin (ca. 1505–1575/1577)

Date: 1556
Accession Number: 49.7.108

Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daisho)

Long sword (katana) blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440)

Date: long sword blade, dated 1440; short sword blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century
Accession Number: 36.120.417a, b, .418a–c

Aquamanile in the form of a Lion

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 1994.244

Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings

Date: ca. 2900–2600 B.C.
Accession Number: 55.142

Sword and Scabbard

Date: ca. 60 B.C.
Accession Number: 1999.94a-d

Child Saint Sambandar

Date: late 11th century
Accession Number: 2010.230

Aquamanile in the Form of a Mounted Knight

Date: ca. 1250
Accession Number: 64.101.1492

Rowel Spur

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 14.25.1737