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VIETNAM. The Five Tigers, traditional woodblock painting from the HangTrong and Hang Non streets of Old Hanoi's 36 Streets. Late 19th or early 20th century. Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts - Hanoi, Vietnam

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VIETNAM. The Five Tigers, traditional woodblock painting from the HangTrong and Hang Non streets of Old Hanoi's 36 Streets. Late 19th or early 20th century. Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts - Hanoi, Vietnam

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A wooden staff or club with bone inlay, from Easter Island, late 19th-early 20th century CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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A wooden staff or club with bone inlay, from Easter Island, late 19th-early 20th century CE, now housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaiʻi

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Fan with bullfighting scenes. Spanish, late 19th or early 20th c. Paper and wood. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fan with bullfighting scenes. Spanish, late 19th or early 20th c. Paper and wood. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Wooden traps from Ljubljana Marsh, now housed at the National Museum of Slovenia. They were a type of leg-hold trap mainly used for hunting large wild game, mainly red deer. Early Middle Ages

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Wooden traps from Ljubljana Marsh, now housed at the National Museum of Slovenia. They were a type of leg-hold trap mainly used for hunting large wild game, mainly red deer. Early Middle Ages

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A Byzantine ivory triptych with Dèesis and Saint. From Constantinople, late 10th-early 11th century CE, now housed at the Vatican Museum

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A Byzantine ivory triptych with Dèesis and Saint. From Constantinople, late 10th-early 11th century CE, now housed at the Vatican Museum

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Child's hundred-household jacket and trousers, traditionally made with a patch donated from each household in a village. China, Qing dynasty, 19th century

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Child's hundred-household jacket and trousers, traditionally made with a patch donated from each household in a village. China, Qing dynasty, 19th century

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Pair of Ankle Shoes, Ottoman Empire, late 19th century –early 20th c., Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Pair of Ankle Shoes, Ottoman Empire, late 19th century –early 20th c., Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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A gold plaque from Java, depicting Vishnu and Garuda. 9th century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Indonesia

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A gold plaque from Java, depicting Vishnu and Garuda. 9th century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Indonesia

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Jewel-studded throne and foot rest of the king of benares. Northern India, late 19th century. wood, silver, precious stones, velvet, carved, enameled, repoussé work. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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Jewel-studded throne and foot rest of the king of benares. Northern India, late 19th century. wood, silver, precious stones, velvet, carved, enameled, repoussé work. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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Pennannular brooch with beast-shaped terminals, part of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure, discovered in the late 1950s on an island in the Shetlands. From the latter part of the 8th century. National Museum of Scotland.

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A pietra dura table top from Rome. Made of hardstones, alabaster, and marble. Late 16th or early 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A pietra dura table top from Rome. Made of hardstones, alabaster, and marble. Late 16th or early 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Bronze statue of the Bodhisattva Tara from the 9th-10th century Cham civilization. It is located in the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture in Vietnam

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Bronze statue of the Bodhisattva Tara from the 9th-10th century Cham civilization. It is located in the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture in Vietnam

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A mid 18th century CE desk and bookcase from Mexico, made of inlaid woods and incised and painted bone, maque, gold and polychrome paint, and metal hardware. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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A mid 18th century CE desk and bookcase from Mexico, made of inlaid woods and incised and painted bone, maque, gold and polychrome paint, and metal hardware. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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'Polyphemos Reclining and Holding A Drinking Bowl'. Late 5th to early 4th century BCE, Boeotia, Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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'Polyphemos Reclining and Holding A Drinking Bowl'. Late 5th to early 4th century BCE, Boeotia, Greece. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Bracelet from the Elamite period , a combination of gold and agate, kept at the National Museum of Iran.

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Bracelet from the Elamite period , a combination of gold and agate, kept at the National Museum of Iran.

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Lavabo, created by Johann David Kayser, tin, Szczecin, late 18th or early 19th century, National Museum in Szczecin.

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Lavabo, created by Johann David Kayser, tin, Szczecin, late 18th or early 19th century, National Museum in Szczecin.

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Selection of early 20th century highland New Guinea penis sheaths from the Penn Museum collection. Once part of the everyday dress, this clothing is still sometimes worn on formal or festive occasions.

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Selection of early 20th century highland New Guinea penis sheaths from the Penn Museum collection. Once part of the everyday dress, this clothing is still sometimes worn on formal or festive occasions.

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Royal boots made of glass beads, cloth and leather. Yoruba culture , 19th century CE, now housed at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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Royal boots made of glass beads, cloth and leather. Yoruba culture , 19th century CE, now housed at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow .

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