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A wooden female figurative spear-rest from Hawaii. Donated to the British Museum by Lords of the Admiralty in 1855 CE

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A wooden female figurative spear-rest from Hawaii. Donated to the British Museum by Lords of the Admiralty in 1855 CE

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A turtle pendant carved from a sperm-whale tooth. From Hawaii, late 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A turtle pendant carved from a sperm-whale tooth. From Hawaii, late 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A stout barkcloth coloured red and black in painted design of lines, triangles, and zigzags. From Hawaii, 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A stout barkcloth coloured red and black in painted design of lines, triangles, and zigzags. From Hawaii, 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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5 feather capes presented by the Hawaiian King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamāmalu to the king George IV, during their visit to London in 1824. Now housed at the British Museum

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5 feather capes presented by the Hawaiian King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamāmalu to the king George IV, during their visit to London in 1824. Now housed at the British Museum

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A terracotta rattle in the form of a pig or boar. From Cyprus, 300-50 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A terracotta rattle in the form of a pig or boar. From Cyprus, 300-50 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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Blue glazed composition wig with diadem from a royal statue excavated in Thebes. Blue was the color of Egyptian gods’ hair. 18th-19th Dynasty. British Museum

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Blue glazed composition wig with diadem from a royal statue excavated in Thebes. Blue was the color of Egyptian gods’ hair. 18th-19th Dynasty. British Museum

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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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A Roman fresco with Bacchic scenes; from the columbarium of Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome, dated to 50 CE ca. British museum, nr. 1873,0208.1

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A Roman fresco with Bacchic scenes; from the columbarium of Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome, dated to 50 CE ca. British museum, nr. 1873,0208.1

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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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A 75 cm high nude figure of the Seal Bearer Tjetji, made of wood, obsidian, limestone, and copper. From Akhmim in Egypt, 2321–2184 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A 75 cm high nude figure of the Seal Bearer Tjetji, made of wood, obsidian, limestone, and copper. From Akhmim in Egypt, 2321–2184 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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Clay plaque of a striding man leading a large dog. Excavated from Babylon, ca. 1750 BCE. Housed at the British Museum

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Reconstruction of the Achaemenid Persian 'Ganauka' or 'riding dress' in the British Museum, London. The Ganauka was a link to the Persians origin as nomads from the Eurasian steppes

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Reconstruction of the Achaemenid Persian 'Ganauka' or 'riding dress' in the British Museum, London. The Ganauka was a link to the Persians origin as nomads from the Eurasian steppes

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A 1st century CE silver Roman mirror with a figurative emblem, from the treasure of the House of Menander in Pompeii, Italy. Now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples

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A 1st century CE silver Roman mirror with a figurative emblem, from the treasure of the House of Menander in Pompeii, Italy. Now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples

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A 9th century CE sculpture of a female torso carved in black chlorite. From Rajasthan in India, now on display at the Victoria and Albert museum in London

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A 9th century CE sculpture of a female torso carved in black chlorite. From Rajasthan in India, now on display at the Victoria and Albert museum in London

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Roman anthropomorphic dice in the form of squatting figures. The silver dice work much like conventional dice, with their various sides numbered with 1 to 6 red dots. 1st-2nd century CE, British Museum

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Roman anthropomorphic dice in the form of squatting figures. The silver dice work much like conventional dice, with their various sides numbered with 1 to 6 red dots. 1st-2nd century CE, British Museum

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Wooden brush pot in the shape of a tree trunk. China, 1641. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Wooden brush pot in the shape of a tree trunk. China, 1641. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Wooden face mask for a coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1550 to 1292 B.C. / British Museum.

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Wooden face mask for a coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1550 to 1292 B.C. / British Museum.

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A gold collar from Sintra in Portugal, 1250-800 BCE, now housed at the British Museum

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A gold collar from Sintra in Portugal, 1250-800 BCE, 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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