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The Olmec Stela 2 at the Parque-Museo La Venta, in Mexico, is a 3.66 m tall low-relief basalt sculpture, dating back to 900-400 BCE. The front of the stele depicts a central, highly adorned figure, surrounded by other stylized individuals, and wearing an elaborate, tall headdress
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Winged Victory statuette, Bronze, Pompeii, 1st century AD. Smaller copy of a well-known Greek piece, frequently reproduced in antiquity. The original gilded bronze was created by the Tarentines to celebrate their victory over Rome at Heraclea in 281 BC with the help of King Pyrrhus...
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This 12th-century CE sock, from Egypt, was knitted from the toe upward to the leg. Its heel was made separately at the end and attached to loops left during leg knitting. This ingenious practice allowed the heel to be replaced when it wore out without the necessity of making new socks
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The Tuxtla Statuette is a 16.5 cm high Nephrite figurine, from Mexico, carved as a squat, bullet-shaped human with a duck-like bill and wings. Its Epi-Olmec glyphs include a Mesoamerican Long Count date, possibly March 162 CE. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
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19th-century Irish needlework instruction book titled “A Concise Account of the Mode of Instructing in Needle Work,” printed in Dublin in 1833.The book served as a portfolio for girls , likely from orphanages, demonstrating skills in sewing, embroidery,knitting ETC to potential employers.
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