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A wooden spindle whorl made by the Coast Salish peoples. Ca. 1860 CE, from British Columbia in Canada, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum. In the bottom picture, a Musqueam elder woman, C’elicia, is spinning wool on spindle-whorl, c. 1915 CE

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A wooden spindle whorl made by the Coast Salish peoples. Ca. 1860 CE, from British Columbia in Canada, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum. In the bottom picture, a Musqueam elder woman, C’elicia, is spinning wool on spindle-whorl, c. 1915 CE

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Bear bottles, made of salt-glazed stoneware. Ca. 1740–1750 CE, from Nottingham, England, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

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Bear bottles, made of salt-glazed stoneware. Ca. 1740–1750 CE, from Nottingham, England, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

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"The Dream Cloud" is a carved opal made in 1915 CE, depicting a winged female bust. From Australia, now housed at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada

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"The Dream Cloud" is a carved opal made in 1915 CE, depicting a winged female bust. From Australia, now housed at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada

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A French evening dress made by the House of Worth. Made of silk, 1898–1900 CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A French evening dress made by the House of Worth. Made of silk, 1898–1900 CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A Nasca tunic panel, from Peru. 600–1000 CE, made of cotton and feathers, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A Nasca tunic panel, from Peru. 600–1000 CE, made of cotton and feathers, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A 7th century CE bronze ewer with a feline-shaped handle, from Iran, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A 7th century CE bronze ewer with a feline-shaped handle, from Iran, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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An 18th century CE mask frontlet of the Wolf Dance, used by the Nuu-Chah-Nulth people in a ritual for high-ranking male initiates. From Canada, now housed at the British Museum. a photo of a wolf mask frontlet used during the ritual

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An 18th century CE mask frontlet of the Wolf Dance, used by the Nuu-Chah-Nulth people in a ritual for high-ranking male initiates. From Canada, now housed at the British Museum. a photo of a wolf mask frontlet used during the ritual

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This argillite Haida panel pipe may depict a real incident—an unfortunate sailor caught in the ship’s rigging and dragged to his death. C. 1830 CE, from British Columbia in Canada, now housed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.

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This argillite Haida panel pipe may depict a real incident—an unfortunate sailor caught in the ship’s rigging and dragged to his death. C. 1830 CE, from British Columbia in Canada, now housed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.

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A Tlingit rattle made of Copper, wood, tanned leather, abalone shell, and horn. Ca. 1890 CE, made in Alaska, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A Tlingit rattle made of Copper, wood, tanned leather, abalone shell, and horn. Ca. 1890 CE, made in Alaska, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A porcelain gourd-shaped bottle from China. Early 18th century CE, Qing Dynasty, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A porcelain gourd-shaped bottle from China. Early 18th century CE, Qing Dynasty, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A four-cornered hat made from camelid fibers. 7th–9th century CE, Tiwanaku culture, probably from Bolivia, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

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A four-cornered hat made from camelid fibers. 7th–9th century CE, Tiwanaku culture, probably from Bolivia, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

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A wooden bench from Kungsåra Church, in Sweden, made in the 11th-12th century CE. The bottom picture is a 1908 photograph showing 4 assistants at the Swedish History Museum, sitting on the bench

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A wooden bench from Kungsåra Church, in Sweden, made in the 11th-12th century CE. The bottom picture is a 1908 photograph showing 4 assistants at the Swedish History Museum, sitting on the bench

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A small inlaid sculpture of a soft-shelled turtle, made of amethyst, turquoise, lapis-lazuli and carnelian. From Egypt, ca. 1991–1802 BCE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A small inlaid sculpture of a soft-shelled turtle, made of amethyst, turquoise, lapis-lazuli and carnelian. From Egypt, ca. 1991–1802 BCE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Model of a man cooking a duck, c. 1980-1760 BCE, made of wood and stucco. From Asyut in Egypt, now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy

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Model of a man cooking a duck, c. 1980-1760 BCE, made of wood and stucco. From Asyut in Egypt, now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy

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A nose ornament made of gold ans silver. Tolita-Tumaco artist, 500 BCE–300 CE, from Colombia or Ecuador, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A nose ornament made of gold ans silver. Tolita-Tumaco artist, 500 BCE–300 CE, from Colombia or Ecuador, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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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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The Canadian Ice Man is a naturally mummified body of a young man, found in British Columbia in 1999 with a well-preserved and woven hat, an iron knife with a wooden handle and a coat made of 100 small pelts of the arctic squirrel with sinew from a moose. C. 1450–1700 CE

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The Canadian Ice Man is a naturally mummified body of a young man, found in British Columbia in 1999 with a well-preserved and woven hat, an iron knife with a wooden handle and a coat made of 100 small pelts of the arctic squirrel with sinew from a moose. C. 1450–1700 CE

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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A Nasca ceramic double spout with bridge jar with a man and a woman copulating. From Peru, 100 BCE-650 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A Nasca ceramic double spout with bridge jar with a man and a woman copulating. From Peru, 100 BCE-650 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A Haida bowl made of a dall mountain sheep horn. From Haida Gwaai in Canada, ca. 1840–1860 CE, now housed at the Fenimore Art Museum in New York

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A Haida bowl made of a dall mountain sheep horn. From Haida Gwaai in Canada, ca. 1840–1860 CE, now housed at the Fenimore Art Museum in New York

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