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Painting from a Ceremonial House Ceiling, Naualinggai, Kalaba, Sago palm spathe, paint, Kwoma
Painting from a Ceremonial House Ceiling
Naualinggai, Kalaba
Workshop of Artists of Mariwai Village
1970
Lime Spatula/Currency Holder (Gabaela or 'Nga), Turtle shell, Massim region
Lime Spatula/Currency Holder (Gabaela or 'Nga)
Massim region
19th–early 20th century
Locket and Chain, Tortoiseshell
Locket and Chain
ca. 1870
Tobacco box, Brass, Dutch
Tobacco box
Dutch
18th century
Inrō with Stylized Waves, Shibata Zeshin Japanese, Gold lacquer with pewter inlay; Ojime: bronze and gold jar; Netsuke: carved tortoiseshell turtle, Japan
Inrō with Stylized Waves
Shibata Zeshin
After a design by Ogata Kōrin
19th century
Tortoiseshell and Basketry Inrō, Inrō: single case; tortoiseshell under rattan “net” covered with lacquer (urushi); ojime: flower petals, brushwood; patinated copper with mixed-metal inlays; netsuke: turtle; carved wood, Japan
Tortoiseshell and Basketry Inrō
Japan
17th century
Hurdy gurdy, Ivory, paste, tortoise shell, brass, silver, lacquer, carving, purfling, eding, turning<br/>Sycamore body, carved and turned ivory, other parts of turtle shell inlaid with silver and brass piqué work (some turtle shell lacquered with silver and brass piqué work), silver roses, and partly silvered brass keys inset with faceted rock crystal and engraved mother-of-pearl, French
On loan to The Met
Hurdy gurdy
French
ca. 1770-1785
"Inkstone" and cover in the shape of a turtle, Earthenware, China
"Inkstone" and cover in the shape of a turtle
China
6th–7th century