Works of Art (57)
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Funerary Carving (Malagan), late 19th–early 20th century,
Northern New Ireland,
Wood, paint, shell opercula (1978.412.712) |
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Zoomorphic Figure, date unknown,
Mendi region, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea,
Stone, pigment (1984.123.1) |
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Animal-headed ewer, 9th–10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Buff earthenware body, underglaze-painted, transparent lead glaze (38.40.247) |
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Baboon with a wedjet eye, Dynasty 26 (ca. 688–525 B.C.), Egyptian, Faience (44.4.41) |
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Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant, 13th–16th century, Costa Rica; Diquís, Cast gold, 1977 (66.196.17) |
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Belt buckle, ca. 1868, California Jewelry Company, manufacturer; William Cummings, patentee, American
Gold, champlevé enamel (2000.571) |
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Bow Brooch, ca. 600, Langobardic; Made in central Italy, Silver with partial gilding, inlaid with niello (55.56) |
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Bowl with Lizards, 1st–5th century, Costa Rica; El Bosque, Ceramic (1993.79.3) |
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Bowl with Pair of Rabbits, mid-9th–12th century, Mimbres peoples; New Mexico, Ceramic (1978.412.118) |
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Bowl, ca. 725–675 B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot; Said to be from Kourion, Gilt silver (74.51.4554) |
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Cage animal flask, 7th–8th century, Syria, Applied glass (69.153) |
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Casket, 11th–12th century, Probably southern Italy or Sicily, Ivory (17.190.241) |
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Comb, Predynastic Period, ca. 3200 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (30.8.224) |
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Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant, 4th–5th century, Panama; Initial style, Gold (91.1.1166) |
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Cuxa Cloister, mid-12th century, French or Spanish; From the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (modern France), Marble (25.120.398,.399,.452) |
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Dish, last quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Iznik, Turkey, Composite body, painted and glazed (1979.412) |
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Double Bat-nosed Figure Pendants, 11th–16th century,
Panama (Chiriquí),
Cast gold (04.34.8) |
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Double Capital, mid-12th century, France, Toulouse region, Languedoc (?), Marble (28.81) |
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Double page from a Divan (Anthology) of Sultan Husain Baiqara, 1500; Timurid, Calligraphy by Sultan cAli Mashhadi, Afghanistan (Herat), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1982.120.1) |
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Double Vessel with Mouse, 4th–8th century, Peru; Recuay, Ceramic (66.30.2) |
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Double-Sided Gospel Leaf, first half of 14th century,
Ethiopia; Tigray region,
Tempera on parchment (2006.100) |
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Drum model with four frogs, Dongson culture, 300 B.C.–200 A.D. Vietnam Bronze (2000.284.57) |
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Feline Bottle, 12th–15th century, Peru; Chimú, Ceramic (64.228.17) |
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Fragmentary beaker, ca. 2nd century A.D.; Mid-Imperial, Roman, Glass, free-blown and painted, (22.2.36,.37) |
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Gibbons, Muromachi period (1392–1573), Attributed to Sesson Shukei (Japanese), Japan, Pair of six-panel screens; ink on paper (1992.8.1,2) |
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Grapevine and Squirrels, Chosôn dynasty, early 19th century, Korea, Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper (1987.195) |
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Hedgehog amulet on a string, Dynasty 12 (ca. 1981–1802 B.C.), Egyptian; Lisht North, Pit 995, Glazed steatite, reed (22.1.301) |
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Hippo's head, Dynasty 12 (ca. 1981–1802 B.C.), Egyptian, Beryl (10.130.2310) |
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Horn, ca. 1100–1200, South Italian, Ivory (17.190.218) |
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Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Koryô dynasty, ca. 1340, Unidentified artist, Koreang book, gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper (1994.207) |
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Linguist Staff (Oykeame), 19th–20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Gold foil, wood, nails (1986.475a-c) |
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Lizard, ca. 1887,
Emmanuel Fremiet (French),
Stoneware, glazed (2003.280) |
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[Man with Dead Raccoons], ca. 1910, Unknown Artist, American School, Gelatin silver print (2000.298.2) |
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Masked Figure Pendant, 10th–16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (1991.419.31) |
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Mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, ca. 460–450 B.C.; Classical, Greek, Argive, Bronze (1972.118.78) |
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Monkey Group, ca. 1770, Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.157); Harlequin and Harlequin Dressed as Colombine, ca. 1770–80, Russian; Verbilky, Gardner Porcelain Factory, Hard-paste porcelain (1982.60.158) |
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Monkey Vessel, 10th–13th century, Mexico; Mixtec, Onyx marble, pyrite, shell (1979.206.1156) |
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Narbonne Arch, 12th century, French, Marble (22.58.1) |
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Necklace Beads, 10th–16th century, Colombia; Tairona, Gold (2002.231) |
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Nubian with oryx, monkey, and leopard skins, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Phoenician style, Excavated at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Ivory (60.145.11) |
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Père Ubu, 1936, Dora Maar (French, born Great Britain), Gelatin silver print (2005.100.443) |
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Rabbit Hunt, 1560, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Etching (25.2.11) |
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Ritual food container (dui), Eastern Zhou dynasty, ca. 4th century B.C.,
China,
Bronze inlaid with composition of bone black and lacquer (2006.117a,b) |
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Sarcophagus lid (kline), Mid-Imperial, Severan, 220 A.D.,
Roman, Marble (1993.11.1) |
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Sarcophagus lid, 6th century B.C.,
Klazomenian,
Terracotta (21.169.1) |
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Satire on Popery, 1555, German, Etching (53.677.5) |
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Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century, India, Orissa, Ivory (64.102) |
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Snuff Tablet, 4th–8th century,
Peru; Tiwanaku (?),
Wood (2000.2) |
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Spouted Vessel, 13th–15th century, Mexico; Huastec, Ceramic (1998.385) |
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Statuette of the goddess Taweret, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332–30 B.C., Egyptian, Glassy faience (26.7.1193) |
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Stirrup-spout bottle: figure with deer, 12th–5th century B.C.,
Peru; Cupisnique,
Ceramic (67.239.16) |
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Table snuffbox, ca. 1745–50, Russian; Probably region of Velikiy Ustyg, Partially polished green turban snail; gilded, matted, punched, and engraved silver; niello (1995.327) |
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Tray, early 14th century, Egypt (Cairo); Made for the Rasulid sultan of Yemen, al-Mu'ayyad Hizabr al-Din Dawud ibn Yusuf (r. 1296–1321), Brass, silver, and bitumen inlay (91.1.605) |
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Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Jade (nephrite) (02.18.730) |
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Two tiles, second half of 12th–early 13th century, Afghanistan, Earthenware, molded and glazed (1975.193.5,6) |
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Two Vases in the Shape of a Mother Monkey with Her Young, a) Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Merenre I, ca. 2255–2246 B.C., Egyptian, Egyptian alabaster (30.8.134) (b) Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Pepi I, ca. 2289–2255 B.C., Egyptian, Egyptian alabaster (1992.338) |
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Work bag, dated 1669,
England,
Wool and linen (2006.263)
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Thematic Essays (5)
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