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Ivory breastplate (civaconovono)

A breastplate of this style, known in Fijian as civaconovono…
Lacquer box with mother-of-pearl inlay

During the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), lacquer was used pred…
Lacquer chest

This chest was made for the export market, but is of much hi…
Lacquer document box

The interlocking design of black crows and white egrets is v…
Round mirror box

We can not be certain exactly when this box was made, as dec…
Saddle

This is an outstanding example from the mid-seventeenth cent…
Tiered lacquer picnic box

The four separate compartments of this tiered box would have…
Travelling chest (kamaboko-bako)

From the Momoyama period (1568-1600) there were several inno…
Ostrich egg

This ostrich egg comes from a grave in the Royal Cemetery at…
Bird kite

This is the oldest surviving example of a Maori bird kite. T…
Feather god

The Hawaiians made images of their gods which they covered w…
Human figure (ki'i 'aumakua)

This type of image is known in Hawaiian as ki'i 'aumakua . I…
Black lacquer writing-box

This writing-box is in the decorative tradition of Hon'ami K…
Lacquer inro

This gold hiramakie inrō has an eye-catching design o…
Lacquer pyx (sacrament box)

The namban ornament on this pyx is an example of how Japan…
Lacquer writing-box

The versatile artist Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558-1637) inspire…
Mosaic column

This mosaic column was excavated by H.R. Hall in 1919 at the…
Ostrich egg jar

Leonard Woolley discovered this jar in the Royal Cemetery at…
Feather god

American missionaries visited the Hawaiian Islands in 1820, …
Mantelpiece clock, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

The Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928)…
Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The city of Jerusalem is unique in being sacred to three rel…