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An apotropaic wand used in the Middle Kingdom of Egypt to ward off evil during or shortly after birth, carved from a hippopotamus tusk ca. 1981–1640 B.C. Currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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An apotropaic wand used in the Middle Kingdom of Egypt to ward off evil during or shortly after birth, carved from a hippopotamus tusk ca. 1981–1640 B.C. Currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Egyptian Apotropaic rod, a type of magic stick. Glazed Steatite. Middle Kingdom. ca. 1878–1640 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Apotropaic rod, a type of magic stick. Glazed Steatite. Middle Kingdom. ca. 1878–1640 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art
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“William the Hippo”, an Egyptian faience hippopotamus statuette from a tomb of the Middle Kingdom with 3 legs originally purposefully broken to prevent harming the deceased in the afterlife, now a mascot of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
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“William the Hippo”, an Egyptian faience hippopotamus statuette from a tomb of the Middle Kingdom with 3 legs originally purposefully broken to prevent harming the deceased in the afterlife, now a mascot of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
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Ring with Cats and Kittens was created in ancient Egypt of glazed ceramic dating from ca. 1295-664 B.C. and now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
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Ring with Cats and Kittens was created in ancient Egypt of glazed ceramic dating from ca. 1295-664 B.C. and now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
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Turkish Dagger and Sheath from the 18th century currently kept in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
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Turkish Dagger and Sheath from the 18th century currently kept in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
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Three faience jerboa figurines. Middle Kingdom Egypt, 12th or 13th dynasty, ca. 1850-1640 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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Three faience jerboa figurines. Middle Kingdom Egypt, 12th or 13th dynasty, ca. 1850-1640 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
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Head from a statue of the goddess Hathor in the form of a cow. Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, ca 1450 BC. Calcite with lapis lazuli and rock crystal. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the British Museum
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Head from a statue of the goddess Hathor in the form of a cow. Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, ca 1450 BC. Calcite with lapis lazuli and rock crystal. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the British Museum
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Memento Mori on a rosary from the early 16th century, carved ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Memento Mori on a rosary from the early 16th century, carved ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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British court dress ca. 1750 featuring enlarged panniers currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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British court dress ca. 1750 featuring enlarged panniers currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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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 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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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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Detail of Queen Nefertiti and her daughter, captured in a tender kiss by a master Egyptian stonecarver, dating to the New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, around 1353-1336 BC and now on display at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Detail of Queen Nefertiti and her daughter, captured in a tender kiss by a master Egyptian stonecarver, dating to the New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, around 1353-1336 BC and now on display at the Brooklyn 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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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 blade for a short sword , with a red lacquered engraving of a bamboo and plum-blossom. From Japan, 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum
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A blade for a short sword , with a red lacquered engraving of a bamboo and plum-blossom. From Japan, 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum
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A 19th-century "Totokia" war club from Fiji. Carved from ironwood, its beak design is inspired by the pandanus fruit and was specifically engineered to puncture skulls. Now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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A 19th-century "Totokia" war club from Fiji. Carved from ironwood, its beak design is inspired by the pandanus fruit and was specifically engineered to puncture skulls. Now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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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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An ivory tusk cosmetic spoon in the form of a duck, which turns her head to offer a fish to the two ducklings which ride on her back. From Egypt, 1350-1300 BCE, now housed at the British Museum
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An ivory tusk cosmetic spoon in the form of a duck, which turns her head to offer a fish to the two ducklings which ride on her back. From Egypt, 1350-1300 BCE, now housed at the British Museum
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The leather cuirass of the pharaoh Tutankhamun . Painstakingly restored and now on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum, it is the only complete piece of body armor to survive from Ancient Egypt
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The leather cuirass of the pharaoh Tutankhamun . Painstakingly restored and now on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum, it is the only complete piece of body armor to survive from Ancient Egypt
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Wooden model of a procession of offering bearers, from the tomb of royal chief steward Meketre. Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 1981–1975 BC
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Wooden model of a procession of offering bearers, from the tomb of royal chief steward Meketre. Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 1981–1975 BC
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