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Tangas from the Marajoara culture in Brazil. These highly decorated triangular ceramic objects were worn as pubic coverings by women and girls. 400-1350 CE

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Tangas from the Marajoara culture in Brazil. These highly decorated triangular ceramic objects were worn as pubic coverings by women and girls. 400-1350 CE

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Tanga: unique ceramic pubic covers from the ancient Marajoara culture of Marajó Island in northern Brazil. Believed to be worn by women and girls, possibly for rite of passage ceremonies.Dating approximately from 400 to 1350 CE

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Tanga: unique ceramic pubic covers from the ancient Marajoara culture of Marajó Island in northern Brazil. Believed to be worn by women and girls, possibly for rite of passage ceremonies.Dating approximately from 400 to 1350 CE

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A ceramic figure of a woman from Ecuador. Valdivia culture, 4000-1800 BCE, now housed at the Casa del Alabado Museum of Pre-Columbian Art in Ecuador

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A ceramic figure of a woman from Ecuador. Valdivia culture, 4000-1800 BCE, now housed at the Casa del Alabado Museum of Pre-Columbian Art in Ecuador

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A massive granary pot, from the Paracas culture , measuring 2.8 meters tall and 2 meters wide, discovered in 1966 in Monte Fértil, Peru

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A massive granary pot, from the Paracas culture , measuring 2.8 meters tall and 2 meters wide, discovered in 1966 in Monte Fértil, Peru

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Roman mosaic depicts a man lying in bed and his partner standing. The object is dated to 1st BCE - 1st century CE.

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Roman mosaic depicts a man lying in bed and his partner standing. The object is dated to 1st BCE - 1st century CE.

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Henry VIII’s “anime” armor, worn during his final military campaign in 1544, by which time he was severely obese and suffering from chronic gout and an ulcerated leg.

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Henry VIII’s “anime” armor, worn during his final military campaign in 1544, by which time he was severely obese and suffering from chronic gout and an ulcerated leg.

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A ceramic figurine from Venezuela, made by the Valencioid culture between 1000 and 1500 CE

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A ceramic figurine from Venezuela, made by the Valencioid culture between 1000 and 1500 CE

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Jar decorated with a frieze of foraging giraffes and undulating snakes spitting ankh signs. Meroitic culture, Nubia, 1st c BC. Excavated from Karanog cemetery in present-day southern Egypt. Ceramic with paint. Penn Museum collection

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Jar decorated with a frieze of foraging giraffes and undulating snakes spitting ankh signs. Meroitic culture, Nubia, 1st c BC. Excavated from Karanog cemetery in present-day southern Egypt. Ceramic with paint. Penn Museum collection

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