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Badge for LGBT History Month
This badge was made to mark LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans…
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Gold and coloured lacquer sake pourer in the form of a boy attendant
The figure forms a bottle which can be filled by removing th…
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Astrolabe quadrant
An astrolabe quadrant basically consists of the markings of …
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Experimental table clock by Thomas Mudge
In the 1750s, Thomas Mudge, the renowned clock-, watch- and …
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Silver coin of the Sikh Misals with punch dagger symbol
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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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Dress
This is an extremely fine example of the distinctive dress o…
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Mask from a kukeri masquerade
There are two main types of masquerade in Bulgaria. The olde…
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Necklace
Necklaces were important heirlooms in Ainu society and were …
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Painted metal shield, by Kaipel Ka
When inter-group warfare recommenced in the 1980s, people in…
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Painted wooden shield
In recent years the Wahgi people have recommenced the making…
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Roach or head-dress
The roach is named after the arched back and fin of the fish…
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Soapstone pipe bowl
This pipe-bowl, and the stem which is now missing, were depi…
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Sokari Douglas Camp, Big Masquerade with boat and household on his head
Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958) has lived in London since 19…
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Wooden complex
This carved, wooden complex consists of many images of power…
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Box with equipment for an incense game
Like the Tea Ceremony and flower arrangement, the enjoyment …
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Purse and netsuke
This style of purse, as well as pressed metal fittings like …
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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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Presidential campaign badge of Horatio Seymour
Images of individuals have always played an important role i…
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Set of seven coins commemorating the return of Hong Kong from Britain to China
These coins were issued to commemorate the historic Handover…
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String of 800 cash
As each individual coin was worth very little, cash coins of…
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Rachid Koraïchi, Seven Doors of Heaven, metal
Rachid Koraïchi was born in 1947 in Algeria. He is from a Su…
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Bow porcelain bowl, painted by Thomas Craft
This soft-paste porcelain bowl is enamelled and gilt, and ha…
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Abacus, made by Qian Hasun
Chinese mathematicians developed a counting system based on …
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Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle
Also on board was Charles Darwin, whose observations made on…
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Outer coffin of the priest Hor
From the Middle Kingdom (about 2040-1750 BC) onwards multipl…
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Boy's tunic
Boys' survival is crucial for Turkmen nomads. As they grow o…
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Coral and glass bead necklace
This coral and glass bead necklace has silver chains, coins,…
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Daggers
With the arrival of the Portuguese in the late fifteenth cen…
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Shadow puppets
One of the popular tales told with shadow puppets in China i…
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Tree of Life
The Tree of Life was made by four Mozambican artists: Cristo…
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Woman's belt buckle
This gold buckle is part of a collection of forty-four items…
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Woman's festive costume
The Karakacani people were traditionally nomadic sheep and g…
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Wooden ceremonial shield with mosaic inlay
This mosaic covered wooden disc was probably once the centra…
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Figure of Aizen Myo-o
Aizen is one of the five Myō-ō (Sanskrit: Vidyaraj…
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Lacquer pyx (sacrament box)
The namban ornament on this pyx is an example of how Japan…
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The bodhisattva Kannon
Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) was one of the principal …
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Wooden figure of Fudo Myo-o
Fudō (Sanskrit: Acala, or Candamaharosana) is one of th…
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Billon tetradrachm of the city of Alexandria, reign of Commodus
Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 BC. Unlike…
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Dali yuanbao coin
The Chinese characters on this coin read 'Dali yuan bao', ar…
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Haedong t'ongbo coin
Touch the animation button to see the traditional process of…
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One riyal coin of King Faisal of Iraq and a 100 fils coin of Kuwait
During the twentieth century, the independent states of the …
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Wuzhu coin issued by Emperor Xuandi
The inscription on this coin reads 'wuzhu', with 'wu' to the…
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Koh Ah Bah, Paper effigies
Replicas of motorbikes, telephones, money and other symbols …
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The Raffles Gamelan
A gamelan is a set of instruments that traditionally act as …
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War cap of Tama Bulan
This war cap belonged to Tama Bulan Wang, 'a great Kenyah ch…
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Kester, Hilario Nhatugueja, Fiel dos Santos and Adelino Serafim Maté, Crocodile, Bird, Gazelle and Snake, decommissioned
These animal sculptures were each made by a Mozambican artis…
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Two jade bases for a huqqa pipe
These are the bases of a pair of fine huqqa pipes, no doubt …
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Enamelled gold locket, by Henri Toutin
This virtuoso piece of enamelling is one of the earliest sig…
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Ivory of the Virgin and Child
The curve of the elephant tusk creates the exaggerated sweep…
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Jasper portrait plaque of Dr Joseph Priestley, made by Josiah Wedgwood I and Thomas Bentley
Dr Priestley (1733-1804) was a nonconformist minister and sc…
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Longcase clock by Ahasuerus Fromanteel
Following the introduction of the pendulum clock by Christia…
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Sword from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo
Anglo-Saxon sword blades are made using a technique known as…
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Wine glass with a silver groat in the stem
George Ravenscroft (1632-83), an English glassmaker working …
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Women's and girls' jewellery
This is a selection of fine jewellery that would have been w…
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Woman's festive costume
The traditional costumes from Bitola and the surrounding are…
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Woman's festive costume
This traditional woman's costume features a saya , a coat us…
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Pipes and smoking sets
Tobacco was probably introduced into Japan from the Philippi…
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Glass coffee percolator, designed by Gerhard Marcks
The sculptor Gerhard Marcks (1889-1974) was director of the …
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Mantelpiece clock, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
The Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928)…
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Ribchester hoard
This hoard of military metalwork and other items was found i…
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