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   Animal, Insect
Works of Art (10)
A Basket of Flowers, Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish), Oil on wood (67.187.58) 
 
Brooch in the Form of a Winged Insect, 4th century, Eastern Germanic, Copper alloy (1993.263)  
 
Hair ornament, ca. 1904, Louis Comfort Tiffany (American), Silver, enamel, black opal, and demantoid garnets (2002.620)  
 
Insect Study, Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish), Pen and brown ink, colored washes, and gold paint on vellum (63.200.4)  
 
Jar with decoration of flowers and insects, Chosôn dynasty, mid-18th century, Korea, Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue (2005.406)  
 
Patera handle in the form of a youth, ca. late 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (2005.457)  
 
Ritual Vessel (Paccha), 15th–early 16th century, Peru; Inka, Ceramic (1979.206.1149) 
 
Scarab ring, Dynasty 12 (ca. 1981–1802 B.C.), Egyptian, Amethyst, copper (10.130.910); Scarab with the name of Hatshepsut, early Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1473–1458 B.C., Egyptian, Glazed steatite (27.3.206); Heart scarab of Ruru, Dynasty 18–20 (ca. 1550–1070 B.C.), Egyptian, Dark green stone (10.130.1650); Naturalistic scarab, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (ca. 688–30 B.C.), Egyptian, Alabaster (15.43.136) 
 
Wall panels, ca. 1799, Jean-Démosthène Dugourc (French) and Camille Pernon (French), France; Lyon, Woven silk and metal thread with applied silk and chenille embroidery (2006.519a,b)  
 
Ceremonial Board (Malu), 19th century, Sawos people, Middle Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, Wood (1978.412.713)  
 
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