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		A Mother's Pearls (Portraits of the Artist's Children), 1841, Thomas Seir Cummings (American), Watercolor on ivory (28.148.1)

		Abigail Willing, ca. 1795, Walter Robertson (Irish), American, Watercolor on ivory (68.222.13)

		Altar Cross, 12th century, English, Walrus ivory (63.12)

		Alto Recorder in F, ca. 1700, Made by Johann Benedikt Gahn (German), Nuremberg, Germany, Ivory (89.4.909)

		Apis bull, Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, ca. 664–332 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (modern base) (17.190.62)

		Baby with Rattle and Dog, 1842, Mrs. Moses B. Russell (American), Watercolor and gouache on ivory (1999.6)

		Benjamin Kintzing, Benjamin Trott (American), Watercolor on ivory (56.72)

		Bishop Chess Piece, 12th century, English, Walrus ivory (17.190.229)

		Book Cover with Byzantine Icon of the Crucifixion, Icon carved about 1000, in Constantinople; setting made before 1085, Spanish; From the Monastery of Santa Cruz de la Serós, Jaca, Gilded silver on a wood backing, inset with ivory icon, sapphire, glass, and crystal (17.190.134)

		Bookstand, 1839, Designer: Charles-Auguste Questel (French); Maker: Georges-Alphonse Jacob Desmalter (French), France; Paris, Oak, maple, ebony, ebony veneer, ebonized maple, snakewood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, silk velvet, gilt bronze, and brass (2006.518)

		Box with Aristotle and Phyllis, 14th century, French; Made in Paris ca. 1310-30, Ivory (1988.1.6)

		Box, late 16th–early 17th century; Mughal, Indo-Portuguese style, Gujurat, India, Teak, ebony, ivory, and lac (2000.301)

		Bracelet, 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.138)

		Bursa Reliquary, early 900s, North Italian, Bone, copper-gilt, wood (53.19.2)

		Cabinet, 1926, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French), Designer, Macassar ebony, amaranth, and ivory (25.231.1)

		*Casket (cofanetto* or scrigno)**, ca. 1575–1600, Venice, Beech wood, painted and decorated ebony with encrustations of mother-of-pearl; gilded ivory, and gouache miniatures on parchment under glass; later textile-lining (17.190.848)

		Casket with Warriors and Dancers, carved 11th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Bone, copper gilt (17.190.239)

		Casket, 11th–12th century, Probably southern Italy or Sicily, Ivory (17.190.241)

		*Ceremonial Sword (Udamalore)*, 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.122)

		Chariot, ca. 550–525 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, ivory (03.23.1)

		Chess set, late 18th century, Russian (Kholmogory), Walrus ivory (60.146a-pp)

		Christ Presenting the Keys to Peter and the Law to Paul, second half of 12th century, German (Westphalia), Elephant ivory (1979.399)

		Clappers, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C., Egyptian; From Amarna, Ivory (32.5.2a-b)

		Clarinet in B-flat, 1830 Charles Joseph Sax (Beligan), Maker, Brussels, Belgium, Ivory, brass (53.223)

		Colonel Richard Thomas, 1796, James Peale (American), Watercolor on ivory (31.118)

		Comb, Predynastic Period, ca. 3200 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (30.8.224)

		Cornetto in A, 1570–80, Germany, Ivory, gold-plated brass or copper (52.96.1)

		Corpus of Christ, ca. 1250, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory, traces of paint (1978.521.3)

		Crossbow of Ulrich V, Duke of Württemberg, 1460, German, Wood, iron, ivory, horn, whalebone, tendon (04.3.36)

		*Dagger (kard)*, ca. 1800; Qajar, Iranian, Steel, ivory, gold (36.25.1043)

		Diptych with the Last Judgment and Coronation of the Virgin, ca. 1250–1270, French; Paris, Elephant ivory (1970.324.7a–b)

		Edward Livingston, ca. 1827, Anson Dickinson (American), Watercolor on ivory (38.41)

		Egyptianizing figures on either side of a tree with a winged disk, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (62.269.3)

		Elizabeth Ann Timothy (Mrs. William Williamson), ca. 1775–85, Henry Benbridge (American), Watercolor on ivory (26.286)

		Enthroned Virgin and Child, ca. 1260–1280, French; Paris, Elephant ivory with traces of paint and gilding (1999.208)

		Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, 1820–1740 B.C.; Old Assyrian Trading Colony period, Probably Acemhöyük, Central Anatolia, Ivory (Hippopotamus), gold foil (32.161.46)

		Game Piece, 12th century, German (Probably made in Cologne), Walrus ivory (16.106)

		George Henry Remsen, ca. 1790, William Verstille (American), Watercolor on ivory (68.222.10)

		George Washington, 1796, John Ramage (Irish), American, Watercolor on ivory (24.109.93)

		George Washington, ca. 1777, Charles Willson Peale (American), Watercolor on ivory (83.2.122)

		Harpoon Counterweight, 2nd–3rd century, Old Bering Sea peoples; Alaska, Ivory (walrus) (1975.311)

		Harpoon Head, 4th–5th century, Old Bering Sea peoples; Alaska, Ivory (walrus) (1981.358.1)

		Hippopotamus tusk with circular perforations, early 4th millennium B.C.; Chalcolithic period, Levant, Nahal Mishmar, Ivory (hippopotamus) (L.1994.74.14)

		Horn, ca. 1100–1200, South Italian, Ivory (17.190.218)

		Horse blinker with sphinx, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Ivory (54.117.1)

		Human Figure, 2nd century B.C.–1st century A.D., Old Bering Sea peoples; Alaska, Ivory (walrus) (1979.206.695)

		Hunting Sword, ca. 1740–50, Ivory grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann, German (possibly Munich), Steel, silver-gilt, ivory, leather (26.145.243)

		Icon with Saint Demetrios, ca. 950–1000, Byzantine, Ivory (1970.324.3)

		Icon with the Deesis, mid-900s, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.133)

		Icon with the Koimesis ("Falling Asleep") of the Virgin Mary, late 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.132)

		Icon with the Virgin and Child, carved mid-10th–11th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.103)

		Ivory Spoon, 16th century, Sierra Leone; Sapi-Portuguese, Ivory (1979.206.116)

		James Bogert, Jr., ca. 1835, Henry Inman (American), Watercolor on ivory (44.68.1)

		Jeremiah Lee, ca. 1769, John Singleton Copley (American), Watercolor on ivory (39.174)

		Joseph Griffiths, ca. 1794, Edward Savage (American) Watercolor on ivory (1985.141.8)

		Kate Roselie Dodge, 1854, John Wood Dodge (American), Watercolor on ivory (1988.280)

		Lidded Bowl, 17th–18th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.126a, b)

		Lidded Saltcellar, 15th–16th century, Sierra Leone; Sapi-Portuguese, Ivory (1991.435a,b)

		Lion head plaque, Iron Age II, 9th century B.C., Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu, Ivory (65.163.22)

		Lira, ca. 1890, Greece, Wood, tortoiseshell, ivory (2003.378)

		Liturgical Comb, ca. 1200–1210, English, Ivory (1988.279)

		Male Figurine, Predynastic Period, late Naqada I–early Naqada II, ca. 3750–3550 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory (54.28.2)

		*Masquerade Element (Omama): Ram's Head*, 17th–19th century, Nigeria; Yoruba, Owo subgroup, Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay (1991.17.123)

		Medallion, Ming dynasty, late 16th–early 17th century, China, Ivory (1993.176)

		Mirror Back with Falconing Party, 1350–1375, French; Possibly made in Paris, Elephant ivory (41.100.160)

		Mirror, second quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Turkey, Iron, ivory, and gold (1972.24)

		Mrs. Jacob Motte, ca. 1755, Jeremiah Theus (American), Watercolor on ivory (1997.340)

		Mrs. William Beekman Ver Planck and Her Son William Beekman Ver Planck, ca. 1825–30, Attributed to Anne Hall (American), Watercolor on ivory (67.263)

		Musette, end of 17th century, French, Ivory, silver, leather, silk, wood, and paper (2003.63a–d)

		Nativity Scene, 18th century, Ecuadoran, with Hispano-Philippine ivory inserts, Bodies of wood, polychromed and gilded; faces and shoulders, ivory touched up with polychromy (64.164.172–.174)

		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)

		Pair of doors, ca. 1325–1330; Mamluk, Egypt (Cairo), Wood inlaid with carved ivory panels (91.1.2064)

		Pair of vases, ca. 1795–1800, Nikolai Stepanovich Vereshchagin (Russian), Russian; Archangielsk, Walrus and elephant ivory (1998.13.1,.2)

		Pectoral Cross, 1000–1050, Probably from the Abbey of Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer, northwestern France, Walrus ivory with copper alloy gilt inlays (17.190.217)

		Pendant Mask: Iyoba, 16th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Ivory, iron, copper (?) (1978.412.323)

		Plaque from a Reliquary of Saint Aemilian, 1060–1080, Spanish; From the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla (Logroño), Spain, Ivory (1987.89)

		Plaque with Agnus Dei and Four Evangelists, probably 9th century, German or North Italian, Ivory (17.190.38)

		Plaque with Emmaus Scenes, ca. 860–880, Carolingian, Ivory (1970.324.1)

		Plaque with Otto I presenting the Cathedral of Magdeburg, 962–968, Ottonian; From the Cathedral of Magdeburg, probably made in Milan, northern Italy, Ivory (41.100.157)

		Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist, early 9th century; Early Medieval, Carolingian; Made in Aachen, Elephant ivory (1977.421)

		Plaque with sphinxes, 9th–8th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Syrian style, Arslan Tash(?), Syria, Ivory with traces of gold foil (57.80.4a,b)

		Plaque with the Ascension, ca. 1050, Western Germany, Ivory (1970.324.2)

		Plaque with the Creation of Animals, ca. 1084, South Italian; modern Amalfi (Campania), Ivory (17.190.156)

		Plaque with the Crucifixion and the Defeat of Hades, mid-10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.44)

		Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and the Noli Me Tangere, ca. 1115–1120, Spanish; Made in León, Ivory, traces of gilding (17.190.47)

		Plaque with two women, ca. 650–600 B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Ivory (17.190.73)

		Plaque with "woman at the window" motif, 9th–8th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Phoenician style, Probably Arslan Tash, Syria, Ivory inlaid with glass (57.80.12)

		Plaque, 10th–early 11th century; Caliphal, Attributed to Córdoba, Spain, Ivory, quartz, pigment (13.141)

		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)

		Portable Diptych Sundial, ca. 1598, Hans Troschel the Elder (German, Nuremberg), Ivory and brass (03.21.38)

		Portrait of a Gentleman and His Daughter, 1800–1825, Francois M. Guyol de Guiran (French, active in America), Watercolor on ivory and painted paper (2001.95)

		Prancing Horse, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, probably reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1391–1353 B.C., Egyptian, Ivory, garnet inlay (26.7.1293)

		Pyx Depicting Women at the Tomb of Christ, 500s, Byzantine; Made in the eastern Mediterranean, Ivory (17.190.57)

		Pyxis with the Triumph of Dionysos in India, mid-500s, Byzantine; Possibly made in Syria, said to have been found in Rome, Ivory (17.190.56)

		Pyxis, 10th century (950–975); Caliphal, Spanish; Made in Andalusia, Ivory (1970.234.5)

		Rebab or rabab, 19th century, Algeria, Wood, parchment, metal, ivory, leather (89.4.403)

		Saltcellar: Portuguese Figures, 15th–16th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Ivory (1972.63a,b)

		Sandals, late 20th century, Tanzania, Swahili coast, Wood, ivory (1999.47.110)

		Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century, India, Orissa, Ivory (64.102)

		Self-Portrait, ca. 1810, Joseph Wood (American), Watercolor on ivory (1993.283)

		Situla (Bucket for Holy Water), ca. 860–880, Carolingian; From the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Crannenburg, Germany, possibly made in Reims, northern France, Ivory with copper alloy gilt mounts and inlays (17.190.45)

		Soprano Recorder, ca. 1700, Thomas Boekhout (Dutch), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ebony and ivory (89.4.912)

		Standing Female Figure, 18th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Ivory, metal (1978.412.302)

		Stephen Hooper, 1773, Henry Pelham (American), Watercolor on ivory (25.98)

		Susan Hayne Simmons (Mrs. Manigault Heyward), ca. 1813, Robert Fulton (American), Watercolor on ivory (14.135)

		The Artist's Family, Pierre Henri (American, born France), Watercolor on ivory (2000.25)

		The Crucified Christ, ca. 1300, Walrus ivory with traces of paint and gilding (2005.274)

		Three Holy Women at the Holy Sepulcher, early 10th century; Ottonian, Possibly modern Milan, Northern Italy, Elephant ivory (1993.19)

		Two Panels of an Ivory Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian, 521, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.52, 53)

		Virgin and Child, 1290–1300, English; perhaps made in London, Ivory (1979.402)

		Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 18th century, Hispano-Philippine, Ivory, partly polychromed and gilded, with glass eyes and silver halo (64.164.243)

		Writing box, late 16th–early 17th century, India, Gujarat or Sindh, Wood with ivory and sadeli decoration (2004.439)

		Writing Tablet: Booklet with Scenes of the Passion, ca. 1300–1320, French or German, Elephant ivory, polychromy, and gold (1982.60.399)

		Breastplate (Civanovonovo), early 19th century, Fiji (created by Tongan artists), Whale ivory, pearl shell, fiber (1978.412.746)

		Female Figure, early 19th century, Ha'apai Archipelago, Tonga, Whale ivory (1979.206.1470)

		Handle for a Fly Whisk (Tahiri), 18th century or earlier, Maohi (Tahitian) people, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Whale ivory, fiber (1978.412.875)

		*Koto*, 17th century, Metalwork by Goto Teijo (Japanese), Paulonia and other woods, ivory, horn, tortoiseshell, gold and silver alloys, silk (2007.194a–f)