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Dagger with openwork blade and carved ivory handle depicting Hindu figures. Madurai, India, 1600-1645

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Dagger with openwork blade and carved ivory handle depicting Hindu figures. Madurai, India, 1600-1645

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Ivory powder horn with carved animals. India, 17th century

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Ivory powder horn with carved animals. India, 17th century

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Dagger with jade handle inlaid with jewels. India, 18th century

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Dagger with jade handle inlaid with jewels. India, 18th century

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Pichangatti with silver sheath and handle. India, 19th century

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Pichangatti with silver sheath and handle. India, 19th century

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Japanese dagger with carved ivory hilt and scabbard,carved with images of monkeys,19th century ad,on display at salarjung museum india

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Japanese dagger with carved ivory hilt and scabbard,carved with images of monkeys,19th century ad,on display at salarjung museum india

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Two daggers with jade handles decorated with gold, rubies, and emeralds. India, 18th century

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Two daggers with jade handles decorated with gold, rubies, and emeralds. India, 18th century

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Parrying dagger with knuckleguard and screwed-in blades. Thanjavur, India, 17th century

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Parrying dagger with knuckleguard and screwed-in blades. Thanjavur, India, 17th century

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Ivory handled push dagger with sheath, c. 1800-1880.

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Ivory handled push dagger with sheath, c. 1800-1880.

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Dagger with jade hilt. India, 17th century

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Dagger with jade hilt. India, 17th century

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Carved ivory netsuke mask depicting a man biting his lip, Japanese, c. 1800-1900.

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Carved ivory netsuke mask depicting a man biting his lip, Japanese, c. 1800-1900.

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Ivory chest made in Sri Lanka c. 1543, featuring scenes with local and Portuguese figures.

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Ivory chest made in Sri Lanka c. 1543, featuring scenes with local and Portuguese figures.

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Knife with carved ivory handle. Turkey, Ottoman Empire, 16th century

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Knife with carved ivory handle. Turkey, Ottoman Empire, 16th century

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Jade dagger handle shaped like a horse's head. India, 18th century

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Jade dagger handle shaped like a horse's head. India, 18th century

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Folding fan depicting scenes from the history of ballooning, made from molded horn sticks and skin leaf painted with gouache, c. 1785. MFA Boston

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Folding fan depicting scenes from the history of ballooning, made from molded horn sticks and skin leaf painted with gouache, c. 1785. MFA Boston

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dagger with hilt made of emerald and gold mountings,it belonged to rajas of kingdom of kotah,rajasthan,likely 16th century,victoria memorial india

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dagger with hilt made of emerald and gold mountings,it belonged to rajas of kingdom of kotah,rajasthan,likely 16th century,victoria memorial india

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Pipa with 110 hexagonal ivory plaques depicting Taoist, Confucian, or Buddhist figures. China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century

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Pipa with 110 hexagonal ivory plaques depicting Taoist, Confucian, or Buddhist figures. China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century

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French dagger with a skeleton — ‘Handle of Death,’ 19th century.

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French dagger with a skeleton — ‘Handle of Death,’ 19th century.

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Duct flute carved from a single piece of argillite, depicting a bird and human figures. British Columbia, Canada, Haida peoples, 19th century

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Duct flute carved from a single piece of argillite, depicting a bird and human figures. British Columbia, Canada, Haida peoples, 19th century

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Carved pillar at Veerabhadra Temple, depicting a lion or yali rider. India, 16th century

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Carved pillar at Veerabhadra Temple, depicting a lion or yali rider. India, 16th century

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Ivory chess set with figures standing on puzzle balls. China, 18th century

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Ivory chess set with figures standing on puzzle balls. China, 18th century

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