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Assyrian
ca. 9th–8th century BCE
ca. 3850–2960 BCE
Sasanian or Islamic
ca. 6th–8th century CE
Byzantine
300–700
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
ca. 3850–2960 BCE
ca. 3850–2960 BCE
332–30 BCE
Tsimshian
, Native American
ca. 1820–40
Solomon Islands artist
19th–early 20th century
Abelam people
19th–early 20th century
Choiseul Island artist
19th–early 20th century
Choiseul Island artist
late 19th–mid-20th century
Cycladic
ca. 2700–2400 BCE
Cycladic
ca. 2700–2400 BCE
Minoan
ca. 2200–1050 BCE
Minoan
ca. 2200–1050 BCE
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
ca. 2150–1950 B.C.
305–30 BCE
ca. 3850–2960 BCE
ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
Solomon Islands artist
Early to mid-19th century
Sasanian or Islamic
ca. 6th–8th century CE
ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
ca. 1981–1550 B.C.
ca. 2700–2600 BCE
ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
664–332 BCE
Aboriginal artist
ca. 1920–1960
New Georgia Island artist (?)
late 19th–early 20th century
Taíno artist(s)
ca. 1000 CE
7th–10th century
Tembladera
9th–5th century BCE
Aboriginal artist
late 19th–early 20th century
ca. 2900–2350 BCE
ca. 2900–2350 BCE
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