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Malangan figure

This figure was made for malangan , a cycle of rituals of th…
Lacquer inro

This inrō is made of black lacquer with a coloured shel…
Shell cosmetic container

This shell, from a clam ( Tridacna squamosa ) was used as a …
Ceremonial shield

Before the adoption of guns, the most commonly used weapons …
Chest or forehead ornament (kapkap)

Ornaments of this type are popularly known as kapkap . They …
Chest or forehead ornament (kapkap)

Kapkap is the popular term for a type of chest or forehead o…
Headdress of flicker feathers

The headdress is made with flicker feathers placed alternate…
Hide shield (ayar)

Tuareg weaponry includes a large white leather shield, ayar …
Inlaid bird bowl

This is one of eight artefacts that forms the earliest known…
Inlaid wooden container

In the Republic of Belau (formerly the Palau or Pelew Island…
Navigation chart (rebbelib)

The Marshall Islands in eastern Micronesia consist of thirty…
Purple wampum belt

Wampum consists of small cylindrical beads, often about 5-7 …
Salt bag

The Baluchi are a nomadic people, and consequently their bel…
Turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent

It is carved in wood ( Cedrela odorata ) and covered with tu…
Dry lacquer sculpture of the Buddha

Buddhism has been present in Burma from the fifth century AD…
Inro and netsuke, Daikoku Ten

The inrō and netsuke were made by the Somada school of …
Shell game box decorated with scenes from Genji monogatari ('The Tale of Genji')

This hexagonal wooden box was made to contain a game involvi…
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…
Cowrie shells

The cowrie shell has been used as money in many parts of the…
Embroidered girl's jacket

This jacket is made of a striped handwoven textile. It is li…
Shell plaque

This plaque was found by Leonard Woolley while he excavated …
Shell plaque-1

This shell plaque comes from the grave of 'Queen' Pu-abi in …
Silver lyre

This lyre was found in the 'Great Death-Pit', one of the gra…
Bronze statuette of Thutmose IV

The posture of the king kneeling and holding two pots in off…
Faience and shell bead necklace

Most of the beads of this necklace are of faience, apart fro…
Alderwood gull mask

This wooden mask is decorated with flicker feathers. It also…
Basketry-covered wooden container

This basketry-covered wooden bucket appears to have been col…
Feather money (tevau)

The Melanesian island group of Santa Cruz lies south-east of…
Female figure

The figurative carvings of the Austral Islanders are not as …
Helmet mask (tatanua)

This type of mask was made in north and central New Ireland.…
Inlaid sword

This sword is one of the prestigious artefacts given to Capt…
Knife with a mosaic handle and a chalcedony blade

The handle of this knife is carved from a single piece of wo…
Mask

Torres Strait Islanders make masks from wood, representing h…
Shell scraper

This scraping tool is composed of three elements: a blade ma…
Wooden ceremonial shield with mosaic inlay

This mosaic covered wooden disc was probably once the centra…
Wooden spear thrower (atlatl)

This Mexica spear thrower is called an atlatl in Nahuatl, th…
Black lacquer writing-box

This writing-box is in the decorative tradition of Hon'ami K…
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…
Pair of stirrups

This type pf stirrup was fully developed by the Heian period…
Sword travelling-case with grapevine design

Daimyō , provincial governors, and other high-ranking s…
Hans Sloane's collection of shells

The great collector Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) began acquir…
Shells from the collection of Gustavus Brander

Gustavus Brander (1720-87) found these fossil shells near hi…
Copper frieze from temple

This frieze was discovered at the small site of Tell al-'Uba…
Limestone statue from the shrine of Hendursag

Leonard Woolley discovered this statue in a niche facing the…
Queen's Lyre

Leonard Woolley discovered several lyres in the graves in th…
Rein ring of gold and silver

This rein ring is one of several found in the Royal Cemetery…
Sceptre

Leonard Woolley found this sceptre in the largest of the gra…
The Royal Game of Ur

This game board is one of several with a similar layout foun…
The Standard of Ur

Leonard Woolley, the excavator at Ur, imagined that it was c…
Disc-on-bow brooch

The combined elements on this disc-on-bow brooch produce a r…
Plated disc brooch

Brooches of this class are termed 'plated' because a smaller…
Two silver gilt disc brooches

The larger of these two brooches bears three keystone-shaped…
Mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca

This mosaic is believed to represent the god Tezcatlipoca, o…
Pipes and smoking sets

Tobacco was probably introduced into Japan from the Philippi…
The 'Ram in a Thicket'

This is one of an almost identical pair discovered by Leonar…
The Domagnano treasure

The Domagnano treasure, of which this assemblage forms an im…