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Kou wood bowl
The carver of this bowl would have first formed the outer co…
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Kozo, the double-headed dog
Kongo carvers produced wooden carvings ( minkisi , singular:…
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Luboko
This small wooden double-headed object, collected by Emil To…
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Mask
Torres Strait Islanders make masks from wood, representing h…
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Mask
Masks were used in the north and central part of New Caledon…
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Mask frontlet of the Wolf Dance
The Klukwana, Shamans' or Wolf Dance was the central winter …
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Model canoe and equipment
It is likely that this model is of a Yámana (Yaghan) canoe. …
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Mourner's dress
This dress would have been worn by the chief mourner, either…
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Shoes collected by Hans Sloane
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), whose collection helped to foun…
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Six-headed figure
When seeking a cure for illness many Africans consult doctor…
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Stool, leather treasure bag and sandals
'These items were made for life, to be used in the everyday.…
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Swords with decorated leather sheaths
This type of sword remains one of the most prestigious weapo…
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Wooden ceremonial shield with mosaic inlay
This mosaic covered wooden disc was probably once the centra…
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Wooden figure
The Cook Islands were settled around the period AD 800-1000.…
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Wooden figure of a deity
Mangareva is a group of small islands in eastern Polynesia, …
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Wooden funerary screen
From the fifteenth century the Kalabari of the Niger delta w…
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Wooden grease dish or bowl
This dish would have been used for serving or eating rich fo…
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Wooden human figure
Hawaiians used to believe that their gods could be called up…
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Wooden mask for Gelede masquerade
The Yoruba of Nigeria produce a wide variety of art forms in…
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Wooden slit-drum (teponatzli)
This is an example of an Mexica slit-drum, called teponaztli…
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Wooden spear thrower (atlatl)
This Mexica spear thrower is called an atlatl in Nahuatl, th…
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Wooden stool carved by Ngongo ya Chintu
This stool was carved by an artist known as Ngongo ya Chintu…
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Wooden tablet with rongorongo inscription
It is believed that the rongorongo script was developed on E…
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Wooden temple image
Hawaiian heiau (open-air temples) were dedicated to the thre…
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Black lacquer writing-box
This writing-box is in the decorative tradition of Hon'ami K…
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Figure of Aizen Myo-o
Aizen is one of the five Myō-ō (Sanskrit: Vidyaraj…
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Figure of the bodhisattva Fugen
The bodhisattvas Fugen (Sanskrit: Samantabhadra) and Monju…
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Hanging canopy (tengai)
A canopy or tengai , hangs from the ceiling of Japanese Budd…
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Lacquer cup
The cup is a shallow oval, with handles (ears) on the long s…
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Lacquer inro
This gold hiramakie inrō has an eye-catching design o…
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Lacquer pyx (sacrament box)
The namban ornament on this pyx is an example of how Japan…
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Lacquer writing-box
The versatile artist Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558-1637) inspire…
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Painted clay and wood figure of a horse
Astana was a cemetery site along the Northern Silk Route exp…
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Painted wooden panel showing riders with bowls
Before the advent of Islam in the eighth century AD, Khotan …
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Pair of stirrups
This type pf stirrup was fully developed by the Heian period…
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Portable lacquered wood shrine
The shrine shows the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha ) flan…
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Portable shrine
Buddhist monks were often on the move, travelling between mo…
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Sword mounting in itamaki tachi style
There were two ways of carrying Japanese swords: tachi -type…
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Sword travelling-case with grapevine design
Daimyō , provincial governors, and other high-ranking s…
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Tea-caddy, with its set of bags and containers
The pottery tea caddy (second from the left) was probably ma…
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The bodhisattva Kannon
Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) was one of the principal …
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Silk Princess painting
During his first expedition to Chinese Central Asia in 1900-…
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Wakizashi (companion sword) mounting
The wakizashi (companion sword) was worn at all times, insid…
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Wooden figure of Fudo Myo-o
Fudō (Sanskrit: Acala, or Candamaharosana) is one of th…
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Wooden figure of the Buddha Amida
The Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha) was the principal deit…
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Wooden head of the Buddha Amida
This head of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha ), ruler o…
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The Raffles Gamelan
A gamelan is a set of instruments that traditionally act as …
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Wooden figure
This kind of figure has been identified by some as a bulul m…
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Bronze model of a 2-horse chariot (biga)
The very animated horse (its companion is now missing) is pu…
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Framed portrait of a woman, with cord for suspension
The portrait is badly damaged, with more than half of the pa…
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Copper frieze
This relief was one of a group of objects found at the small…
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Gold-hilted sword in a gold scabbard
This gold scabbard still contains a sword with a gold hilt, …
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Lacquer chest with weights and scales, for weighing jewellery
This is an elaborate toolkit for weighing jewellery. It incl…
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Mosaic column
This mosaic column was excavated by H.R. Hall in 1919 at the…
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Queen's Lyre
Leonard Woolley discovered several lyres in the graves in th…
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Sceptre
Leonard Woolley found this sceptre in the largest of the gra…
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The Royal Game of Ur
This game board is one of several with a similar layout foun…
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Bronze seal-die of Inchaffray Abbey
This double sided seal-die was used by the Abbey of St John …
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Citole
A citole is the medieval equivalent of a guitar. This exampl…
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Gold bracelet made by Giacinto Melillo
Giacinto Melillo (1846-1915) was an outstanding pupil of the…
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Icon of St George
This extraordinary icon was discovered in 1959 in the tiny v…
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Icon of St John the Baptist
In this compelling painting, St John gazes directly at the v…
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Jasper ware portrait plaque of Sir William Hamilton, by Josiah Wedgwood I and Thomas Bentley
Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) was the British Envoy to th…
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Knives with sheath
The ritual of feasting was more formal in the Middle Ages th…
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Mazer and cover
A mazer is a drinking bowl made of wood. Although used princ…
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Reliquary of St Eustace
From the ninth century onwards containers for the relics of …
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Shield of Parade
The shield depicts a lady in courtly dress and a knight knee…
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Ship's figurehead
The frightening appearance of the figurehead, with its gapin…
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