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Pair of wood and skin ballsticks, made by Jo Sulphur
The Creek stickball game was played in the eighteenth and ni…
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Prow from a war canoe (tuere)
This is the central panel of the prow of a war canoe. It is …
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Quilted cotton horse armour
In the armies of the great empires in the savannah regions t…
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Simoni mask of Queen Elizabeth's official companion
This mask depicts a royal escort who accompanied Queen Eliza…
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Skull rack (agibe)
The Papuan Gulf lies in the southern coastal part of Papua N…
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Snow shoes
The Ainu live on the island of Hokkaidō in northern Jap…
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Soapstone elbow pipe with wooden stem
Pitikwahanapiwiyin, or Poundmaker (about 1842-86), was the g…
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Turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent
It is carved in wood ( Cedrela odorata ) and covered with tu…
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Two-headed figure
The first European visitor to the Society Islands (commonly …
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War club
This is a war club, also known as a gunstock club because it…
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Wood and ivory armlets
Elegant wood and ivory armlets were worn by Maasai men on th…
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Wooden carving of an ancestor figure
The Luba are the largest complex of culturally related group…
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Wooden chair
The traditional form of seating in many parts of Africa is a…
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Wooden complex
This carved, wooden complex consists of many images of power…
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Wooden mask
Masks of this type are to be worn on top of the head and are…
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Wooden shield for dancing (ndome)
Warriors in East Africa had many forms of decorations on the…
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Wooden slit-drum (teponaztli)
This is an example of a slit-drum called a teponaztli . It w…
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Wooden slit-drum (teponaztli)
This is an example of an Mexica slit-drum called a teponaztl…
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Wooden war shield
The Sulka people of East New Britain made wooden war shields…
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Bodhisattva mask for Gyodo
Gyōdō was a ceremony derived originally from China…
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Box with equipment for an incense game
Like the Tea Ceremony and flower arrangement, the enjoyment …
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Bugaku mask of Ryo-o, the 'Dragon King'
Bugaku is a courtly ritual dance which has survived in Japan…
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Carved wooden plaque
The Kashmir-Smast caves are natural set of caves in a limest…
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Chaekkori, an 8-fold screen painting
In Korea, screen paintings were essentially used as room dec…
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Dry lacquer sculpture of the Buddha
Buddhism has been present in Burma from the fifth century AD…
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Inro and netsuke, Daikoku Ten
The inrō and netsuke were made by the Somada school of …
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Iron sword in a lacquered scabbard with carved wood fittings
Lacquer vessels have been used in China since Neolithic time…
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Ivory bodhisattva with attendants in a wooden shrine
Ivory is a material commonly associated with the Indian worl…
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Lacquer box with mother-of-pearl inlay
During the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), lacquer was used pred…
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Lacquer chest
This chest was made for the export market, but is of much hi…
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Lacquer document box
The interlocking design of black crows and white egrets is v…
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Lacquer inro
This inrō is an exceptionally fine example of the maki…
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Lacquer inro
This purse-shaped inrō has three compartments and a sub…
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Mizusashi (water jar)
The kilns of Bizen had been established in the Middle Ages. …
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Negoro ware sake bottle
Negoro ware is named after its original place of manufacture…
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No mask of a young woman
Nō theatre masks are the opportunity for very subtle ex…
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Okimono of turtles, by Masanao
This is typical of the okimono (ornaments) of the period whi…
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Okumura Masanobu (after), a wooden printing block for two illustrations from the album Yukun Sennin ('Courtesans
Printing blocks for Japanese colour woodblock prints were us…
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Painted wood figure of the bodhisattva Manjushri
Manjushri is one of the most important bodhisattvas , symbo…
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Painted wooden bookcover
Buddhist manuscripts kept in the monasteries of eastern Indi…
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Painted wooden figure of the artist Sesshu Toyo, by Miwa
Portrait sculpture became an important art-form in the Kamak…
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Prayer wheel
This prayer-wheel has a large silver drum with a weight on a…
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Round mirror box
We can not be certain exactly when this box was made, as dec…
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Saddle
This is an outstanding example from the mid-seventeenth cent…
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Seated figure of Shaka
The historical Buddha was born as a prince named Siddhartha …
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Shell game box decorated with scenes from Genji monogatari ('The Tale of Genji')
This hexagonal wooden box was made to contain a game involvi…
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Statue of a retired townsman
In Japan it was quite common for prosperous townsmen and mer…
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Stupas known as the Hyakuman To
In an act of Buddhist piety, the Japanese Empress Shōto…
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Tanto (dagger) blade
This dagger blade is signed by the swordsmith Kanefusa I. Th…
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Tiered lacquer picnic box
The four separate compartments of this tiered box would have…
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Travelling chest (kamaboko-bako)
From the Momoyama period (1568-1600) there were several inno…
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Wood and ivory netsuke: Dojoji, carved by Konan Minko
Dōjōji , is a Nō drama which tells of the pas…
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Wood and ivory netsuke, The Dream of Rosei, carved by Kagetoshi
Chao Lu Sheng (Japanese: Rōsei) was a character of Chin…
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Wooden figure of Avalokiteshvara
Wooden sculptures, life-size and larger, were common in nort…
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Wooden figure of Kichijoten
Kichijōten is one of the female deities derived from La…
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Wooden figure of Krishna
This image of the youthful god Krishna shows him playing the…
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Wooden Gigaku mask
Gigaku is a form of masked processional drama to musical acc…
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Wooden guardian figure
Figures like this were placed as guardians in tombs in the C…
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Wooden model of a chariot (ratha)
Temple festivals are a major part of the Hindu calendar all …
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Wooden netsuke: Ashinaga and Tenaga
Two mythical Chinese fishermen, Ashinaga ('Long Legs') and T…
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Wooden panel with a musician
Carved in high-relief on a wooden panel a man stands with an…
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Wooden statue of Shotoku Taishi
The Prince Regent Shōtoku Taishi (574-622) was a skille…
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Writing-box
Until the end of the Edo period (AD 1868), every literate Ja…
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Writing-box (suzuribako)
The straight bevelled edges and tin rims on the base and rim…
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Portable ivory balance with brass pan and weight
There was no official silver coinage in China until 1890. Be…
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Carved and painted figure of Vishnu riding Garuda
The more important Hindu gods are associated with particular…
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Painted rickshaw
Rickshaws are used as a quick and simple way to transport go…
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Wooden figure of a water spirit
This wooden figure is a particularly fine example of the bel…
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