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editorial

Jeweled Elegance

February 11, 2015

By Holly Phillips

Holly Phillips, associate manager for acquisitions in Watson Library, discusses the extensive collection of Art Deco jewelry books in the library's holdings.
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editorial

Habshi and Sidi: Africans in the Deccan

July 1, 2015

By Courtney A. Stewart

Senior Research Assistant Courtney A. Stewart highlights a selection of African Indian leaders who rose to the rank of nobility within the Deccan's multicultural society.
Image for Woman pulling a thorn from her foot

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 17.190.903

Image for Pendant of "Ambergris"

Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 1975.1.1509

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Art

Pyxis

Date: ca. 950–75
Accession Number: 1970.324.5

Image for Perfume Sprinkler (Qumqum)

Date: 11th–mid-13th century
Accession Number: 1977.164

Image for "The Funeral of Isfandiyar," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Date: 1330s
Accession Number: 33.70

Image for Cylindrical Box (Pyxis)

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 30.95.175

Image for Engraved Lamp Stand with Interlocking Circles

Date: probably 16th century
Accession Number: 89.2.197

Image for Scented Necklace

Date: 19th–first half 20th century
Accession Number: 55.111.63