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Glass kohl tube in the form of a palm column
Eye-paint (kohl) was an important cosmetic for the ancient E…
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Inner coffin of Gua
The decoration of the inner coffin of Gua is similar to that…
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Lid of the coffin of Soter
In January 1820 a tomb was found in the Theban necropolis be…
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Model showing brewing, baking and butchery
Food offerings were supposed to sustain the deceased through…
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Mummy board of Ankhefenmut
Ankhefenmut's title was the priest and sculptor of the templ…
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Painted mummy case of an unnamed man
The British Museum has a number of mummy cases from a tomb a…
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Painted wooden figure of Osiris
From the Nineteenth Dynasty (about 1295-1186 BC), figures of…
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Painted wooden lion's head
Churches and other religious buildings were highly decorated…
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Painted wooden model showing bakers at work
Bread making was part of the day to day provisioning of pala…
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Painted wooden paddle doll with mud beads for hair
Female figurines were included in burials from the Predynast…
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Shabti box and figures of Henutmehyt
During the New Kingdom (about 1550-1070 BC), the number of s…
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Standing cedar statuette of a man
This wooden statuette is believed to come from the tomb of G…
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Wooden adze with bronze blade
Copper tools were first used in the Early Dynastic period, f…
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Wooden bed frame with bull's legs
Wooden beds are first recorded in the First Dynasty but thei…
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Wooden coffin with the remains of a skeleton
In Predynastic Egyptian burials (that is before about 3100 B…
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Wooden cosmetic pot of Ahmose of Peniati
The owner of this object, Ahmose of Peniati, served as overs…
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Wooden figure of a ram
Ancient Egyptians believed that the Underworld was populated…
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Wooden figure of Bes playing a tambourine
The god Bes was particularly associated with protection of t…
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Wooden hoe
The silt laid down by the inundation of the Nile was ploughe…
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Wooden inner coffin of Nestawedjat
The mummy of Nestawedjat, daughter of Djedmutefankh, was enc…
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Wooden model of a granary with figures
Many tombs of junior officials, who were not able to afford …
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Wooden model of a man ploughing with oxen
This model was originally placed in a tomb. Models showing v…
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Wooden plough
Fields were prepared for cultivation after the annual inunda…
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Wooden sickle with flint blades
Cereal crops were harvested by gangs of men using curved sic…
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Wooden statue from the tomb of Ramesses IX
This wooden statue, from the tomb of Ramesses IX (1126-1108 …
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Wooden stela of Tjenetdiashakhet
Stelae , usually carved from stone, were a part of tomb desi…
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Wooden stool
Small stools of this type were probably used by craftsmen to…
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Wooden table
The three-legged table was not very common in Egypt until Gr…
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Akan-style drum
It was probably brought from Africa to America on the middle…
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Birchbark container
Containers like this are made in much of the circumpolar reg…
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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 (nkisi)
The Kongo peoples produce carved wooden figures, minkisi (si…
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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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Cradle
This cradle consists of a wooden board, a foot rest and a de…
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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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Feather boxes
Carved boxes such as these were used to store personal ornam…
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Fertility doll
One of the most distinctive wooden carvings of the Asante is…
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Figure of a shaman's spirit helper
Shamans are believed to have the power to heal the sick and …
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Fisherman's God
The Cook Islands are situated in the middle of the South Pac…
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Gelede mask of a European
Gelede is one of the Yoruba's three major masking traditions…
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God stick with barkcloth
Representations of the deities worshipped by Cook Islanders …
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Hohao (spirit board)
The figure on this carved and painted board depicts a forest…
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House-board (amo)
The Maori built meeting houses before the period of contact …
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Human scalp stretched on a wooden hoop
Scalping was a ritual and religious activity in some parts o…
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Inlaid bird bowl
This is one of eight artefacts that forms the earliest known…
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Inlaid wooden container
In the Republic of Belau (formerly the Palau or Pelew Island…
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Lime spatula
In much of Papua New Guinea people chew betel nut (that is, …
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Lintel of a meeting house (pare)
The meeting house is the main landmark and focus of a Maori …
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Mask (kifwebe)
Mask carvers of Africa have developed many kinds of imaginat…
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Mask of Dzoonokwa
Dzoonokwa is a giant of the forest, or Wild Woman of the Woo…
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Mask of the Nulthamalth, or fool dancer
The Nulthamalth , or fool dancer is an important figure in t…
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Model tikinagan, or cradle
This model cradle is constructed from a wood board, with a s…
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Mosaic mask of Quetzalcoatl
This mask is believed to represent Quetzalcoatl (‘the feathe…
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Navigation chart (rebbelib)
The Marshall Islands in eastern Micronesia consist of thirty…
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Ndop, wooden carving of King Shyaam aMbul aNgoong
Kuba kings were sometimes commemorated by 'portraits' that w…
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Necklace
Necklaces were important heirlooms in Ainu society and were …
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Ornament for the prow of a canoe
The Marquesas Islands consist of ten main islands and a few …
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Painted military drum
The Midewiwin , or 'Grand Medicine Society', was a shamanist…
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Painted wood model of the Bear or Goose House
This model was carved for The British Museum in the 1890s by…
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Painted wooden shield
In recent years the Wahgi people have recommenced the making…
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Pair of door panels and a lintel
These door panels and lintel were carved for the royal palac…
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