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Works of Art (8)

Bone figurine with articulated arms and legs, 3rd century B.C., Greek (11.212.43)
Bucranium, Egyptian Second Intermediate Period, ca. 1640–1550 B.C., Medjayu (Pan-Grave), Bone and horn painted with red, black, and white (16.2.23)
Bursa Reliquary, early 900s, North Italian, Bone, copper-gilt, wood (53.19.2)
Casket with Warriors and Mythological Figures, 900–1100, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Bone plaques and ornamental strips over wood; silver lock plate (17.190.237)
Needles, hooks, and harpoon, Final Jomon period (ca. 1000–300 B.C.), Japan, Bone (1975.268.327, 337, 341, 343, 345)
Panel, Marquetry, second half of 8th century; cAbbasid, Egypt, Fig wood and bone (37.103)
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)
Spotted feline, 1st century B.C.–4th century A.D., Ecuador; Tolita/Tumaco, Bone (1980.34.22)

Thematic Essays (2)