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Brass head with a crown
In January 1938 workmen were digging foundations for a new h…
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Buffalo rawhide shield
Shields such as this were constructed from rawhide taken fro…
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Buffalo robe
A Blackfoot artist has depicted eight or more war exploits o…
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Burnished pots
Pottery making is carried out in the dry season in many part…
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Calcite onyx ritual container in the form of a feline
This striking vessel, found at Teotihuacan in 1889, is sculp…
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Camel decoration
This camel decoration ( mirakah ) is placed on the front of …
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Canoe
This canoe is one of the earliest documented surviving artef…
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Canoe model
Northern British Columbia and South-east Alaska are characte…
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Caribou-antler club
The club has a fitted grip of skin, and is decorated with in…
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Caribou-skin model of a hunter
This is likely to have been a model made for sale at a fur t…
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Carved male figure
This male figure is from the base of a poutokomanawa , an in…
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Carved wooden female figure (minsereh)
The Mende peoples of Sierra Leone have several social and re…
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Carved wooden figure (ivwri)
This sculpture combines attributes of bird, wild animal and …
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Carved wooden figure known as A'a
In August 1821, a group of people from Rurutu in the Austral…
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Carved wooden figure (nkisi)
The Kongo peoples produce carved wooden figures, minkisi (si…
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Carved wooden figure (okega)
These horned carvings usually depict one or more figures, of…
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Carved wooden hand
Captain Cook visited Easter Island on his second voyage in 1…
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Carved wooden headdress decorated with seeds
This dance crest is made of backened wood with the red seeds…
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Carved wooden headrest
The Shona carvers of Zimbabwe produce distinctive wooden hea…
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Carved wooden mask
The traditional religious, social and political institutions…
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Carved wooden mask for the Bedu cult
There are numerous masking traditions in West Africa. Four i…
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Carved wooden mask of the Epa masquerade
The Epa masquerade of the Yoruba peoples promotes the health…
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Carving of a European official, by Bamgboye
This carving depicts Kenneth Robertson, an Education Officer…
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Carving of a European official with two policemen
This wooden carving shows a European official mounted on a h…
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Carving of Queen Victoria
This figure of Queen Victoria was made by a Yoruba carver. S…
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Carvings of soldiers
These figures of African soldiers developed independently of…
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Cast gold lime-flask of a seated female
The cast gold lime-flasks made by the Quimbaya culture are w…
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Cast gold lime-flask of a standing male
Such flasks were used to hold lime, a substance chewed with …
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Cast gold pendant of a winged shaman
The figure on this pendant combines human attributes with th…
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Cast gold socket with human couple
Various types of Quimbaya gold object, such as ornaments, li…
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Ceramic altar for the new yam harvest festival
Around the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the …
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Ceremonial shield
Before the adoption of guns, the most commonly used weapons …
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Chant Avedissian, an appliquéd cotton wall hanging
Chant Avedissian (born 1951) made this textile when working …
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'Chaplande' mask
Some masks made by the Chewa people since Independence in 19…
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Chert knife lashed to a wooden handle
This knife was probably used by the Yurok of northern Califo…
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Chest or forehead ornament (kapkap)
Ornaments of this type are popularly known as kapkap . They …
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Chest or forehead ornament (kapkap)
Kapkap is the popular term for a type of chest or forehead o…
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Clarence's Truck, by Clarence Lee
This ring is typical of the work of Clarence Lee: nostalgic …
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Cloak of kiwi feathers (Kahu kiwi)
Maori cloaks with feather decoration may not have been popul…
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Coat
Coats like this were the main item of clothing worn by women…
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Coat dress
This coat dress ( jillayeh ) was worn by Beit Dajan brides d…
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Codex Zouche-Nuttall
This is one of a small number of known Mexican codices (scre…
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Coffee cups
The national drink in Yemen is called qishr . It is made fro…
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Coiled basketry bowl
The bowl is coiled from rush ( Juncus ), and sumac. Vessels …
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Coiled rush hat (sumulelu)
The hat is decorated with crosses, as well as traditional ge…
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Commemorative head of a Queen Mother
Queen Idia, mother of Oba Esigie, king of Benin from the lat…
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Contemporary baskets (kete)
The art of Maori basket plaiting is currently flourishing. B…
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Copper tribute blades
Before the introduction of imported scrap metal and coinage …
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Coral and glass bead necklace
This coral and glass bead necklace has silver chains, coins,…
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Cotton and felt gown (kusaibi)
This gown is made of narrow indigo-dyed strips with hand-sew…
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Cotton dress with elaborate embroidery (asherah nahuak)
Marriage celebrations create a specific need for particular …
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Cotton hammock
The Mende weavers devised this type of woven hammock, mboma…
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Cotton textile
When the Portuguese began to explore the Guinea coast in the…
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Cradle
This cradle consists of a wooden board, a foot rest and a de…
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Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia
Cradle to Grave explores our approach to health in Britain t…
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Crocodile mask
Mabuiag is one of the many islands of the Torres Strait Isla…
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Daggers
With the arrival of the Portuguese in the late fifteenth cen…
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Deerskin pouch
The skin of the deer was dyed black with walnut or iron, and…
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Diablada dance mask
Masks like this are made for the Diablada (Dance of the Devi…
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Dog-sled (uniek)
Sleds, pulled by teams of dogs, provide rapid transport thro…
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Door lintel from a house (pare)
This door lintel, or pare in Maori, comes from a small house…
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Double spout and bridge pottery vessel with a bird deity
This globular jar depicts a fantastic bird in flight with a …
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Double spout and bridge vessel with hummingbirds
The double spout and bridge vessel is one of the oldest cera…
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Double spout and bridge vessel with pelican and fish
The body of the vessel is painted with a pelican holding a f…
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Dress
Dresses decorated with rich embroidery and patchwork in vibr…
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Dress
This is an extremely fine example of the distinctive dress o…
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Drum (pahu hula)
Music, particularly drumming, was traditionally important in…
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Drum with European figure
The base of this drum is carved in the form of a seated Euro…
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