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Pichkari, a water syringe used to spray coloured water in the festival of Holi. India, late 18th century to mid 19th century.

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Pichkari, a water syringe used to spray coloured water in the festival of Holi. India, late 18th century to mid 19th century.

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Taūs , a bowed lute popular in the courts of India in the 19th Century

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Taūs , a bowed lute popular in the courts of India in the 19th Century

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Menuki in the form of a shishi, Japan late 18th–early 19th century.

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Menuki in the form of a shishi, Japan late 18th–early 19th century.

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Flintlock gun used in the kingdom of Kandy. Sri Lanka, 17th century to 18th century.

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Flintlock gun used in the kingdom of Kandy. Sri Lanka, 17th century to 18th century.

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Sandstone sculpture of a temple to Shiva. India, 18th-19th century

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Sandstone sculpture of a temple to Shiva. India, 18th-19th century

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Shirt of mail and plate. India, 19th century

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Shirt of mail and plate. India, 19th century

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A Jade-Hilted Dagger in the form of Horse, India, late 18th,

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A Jade-Hilted Dagger in the form of Horse, India, late 18th,

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India Deccan Base for a Water Pipe 18th century

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India Deccan Base for a Water Pipe 18th century

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The Shah Diamond, mined in the late 15th century and brought to the court of the Shah Burhān Nizām II in the late 16th century, Maharashtra, India

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The Shah Diamond, mined in the late 15th century and brought to the court of the Shah Burhān Nizām II in the late 16th century, Maharashtra, India

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The only surviving war elephant armour in the world, made in India in the late 16th century

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The only surviving war elephant armour in the world, made in India in the late 16th century

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Four-panel screen with tree of life motifs in mother-of-pearl inlay. India, 19th century

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Four-panel screen with tree of life motifs in mother-of-pearl inlay. India, 19th century

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Ivory figure of a court musician. India, 18th century

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Ivory figure of a court musician. India, 18th century

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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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Lice comb made of horn. India, 19th century

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Lice comb made of horn. India, 19th century

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“Mural painting called ‘the Investiture’”

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“Mural painting called ‘the Investiture’”

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Dagger dated16th Century inscription engraved in the 19th Century,belonged to one of prime minister of princely state of hyderabad salar jung,salar jung museum,india

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Dagger dated16th Century inscription engraved in the 19th Century,belonged to one of prime minister of princely state of hyderabad salar jung,salar jung museum,india

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A bronze water dropper shaped like a long-eared hare. Edo period, 18th–19th century CE, now housed at Tokyo National Museum in Japan

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A bronze water dropper shaped like a long-eared hare. Edo period, 18th–19th century CE, now housed at Tokyo National Museum in Japan

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A crannog is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. They were used as dwellings over five millennia, from the European Neolithic Period to as late as the 17th/early 18th century

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A crannog is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. They were used as dwellings over five millennia, from the European Neolithic Period to as late as the 17th/early 18th century

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Sketch of Maratha Warships, Late 18th Century CE. On display at CSMVS museum, Mumbai, India.

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Sketch of Maratha Warships, Late 18th Century CE. On display at CSMVS museum, Mumbai, India.

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