Artifact Collection (page 5)

Kero with Formal Style Scene, mid 17th century (wood, lacquer-like paint)
1068460 Kero with Formal Style Scene, mid 17th century (wood, lacquer-like paint) by Incan; 19.05 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Post-Conquest Inca)

Kero: Feline Head, late 17th-early 18th century (wood, laquer-like paint & metal)
1068357 Kero: Feline Head, late 17th-early 18th century (wood, laquer-like paint & metal) by Incan; 23.81x19.21x20.95 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Pedestal Kero, 1630-1780 (wood, lacquer-like paint)
1068464 Pedestal Kero, 1630-1780 (wood, lacquer-like paint) by Incan; 10 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Post-Conquest Inca)

Kero with fautastic birds adn dragon motifs, mid 17th-late 18th century (wood, lacquer-like paint)
1068459 Kero with fautastic birds adn dragon motifs, mid 17th-late 18th century (wood, lacquer-like paint) by Incan; 16.67 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Post-Conquest Inca)

Kero with palm trees and flowers, mid 17th-late 18th century (wood, lacquer-like paint)
1068456 Kero with palm trees and flowers, mid 17th-late 18th century (wood, lacquer-like paint) by Incan; 17.31 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Post-Conquest Inca)

Kero, late 16th-mid 18th century (wood, metal & paint)
1068454 Kero, late 16th-mid 18th century (wood, metal & paint) by Incan; 15.4 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Post-Conquest Inca)

Kero with geometric design, 1435-1600 (ceramic, slips)
1068453 Kero with geometric design, 1435-1600 (ceramic, slips) by Incan; 11.27 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Late Horizon, Inca period); The Nora and John Wise Collection

Bell in the form of a head, 16th to 19th century (cast copper alloy)
1068409 Bell in the form of a head, 16th to 19th century (cast copper alloy) by African School; 14.29 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Lower Niger Bronze Industry); gift of Mr

Royal belt ornament, c.500-700 (jadeite)
1068472 Royal belt ornament, c.500-700 (jadeite) by Mayan; 13.02x16.8275x4.13 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Classic period Maya culture); The Nora and John Wise Collection

Kero: Plowing with Oxen, early 17th-mid 18th century (wood, metal, cane & paint)
1068458 Kero: Plowing with Oxen, early 17th-mid 18th century (wood, metal, cane & paint) by Incan; 18.42 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Post-Conquest Inca)

Kero with cerimonial scene and Inca key tocapu, late 16th-mid 17th century (wood, lacquer-like paint)
1068457 Kero with cerimonial scene and Inca key tocapu, late 16th-mid 17th century (wood, lacquer-like paint) by Incan; 15.88 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Post-Conquest Inca)

Cauliflower Tureen, Chelsea, c. 1755

Seal, Chelsea, 1750/70

Mexica, Nayarit, Molcajete Recipient

Woman's skirt (lau pahudu), 19th century (homespun cotton)
1069074 Woman's skirt (lau pahudu), 19th century (homespun cotton) by Indonesian; 154.9403x67.31x cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: From the Sumba islands)

Man's shoulder or hip cloth (hinggi), 20th century (cotton)
1069073 Man's shoulder or hip cloth (hinggi), 20th century (cotton) by Indonesian; 264.7955x114.93x cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: From the Sumba islands)

Mirror (tinned bronze plate)
475302 Mirror (tinned bronze plate) by Celtic; National Museum Wales; (add.info.: Found at Llechwedd-du Bach, near Harlech, Gwynedd, in the mid-19th century with a tinned bronze plate)

Bracelet (komba lola'), 19th century or earlier (gold, burmese rubies, red and blue glass, pastes & wood)
1069823 Bracelet (komba lola'), 19th century or earlier (gold, burmese rubies, red and blue glass, pastes & wood) by Indonesian; 4.445xx cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Man's shoulder cloth or hip cloth (hinggi), 19th century (homespun cotton)
1069072 Man's shoulder cloth or hip cloth (hinggi), 19th century (homespun cotton) by Indonesian; 264.1605x111.12x cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: From the Sumba islands)

Ceremonial mat (lampit), 19th century (split rattan and bast fiber with pyrographic design)
1069070 Ceremonial mat (lampit), 19th century (split rattan and bast fiber with pyrographic design) by Indonesian; 92.7102x99.69x cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Ruins of the ancient city of Corinth, Greece

Teapot with gilded fittings, c. 1675-99 (stoneware & gilt bronze)
5183918 Teapot with gilded fittings, c.1675-99 (stoneware & gilt bronze) by Chinese School, Qing Dynasty - Kangxi Period (1662-1722); 11.4x15x9 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Fragments of a fresco from Knossos, with modern restorations; soldiers at the run, c
3704876 Fragments of a fresco from Knossos, with modern restorations; soldiers at the run, c.1450-1400 BC (fresco) by Greek school, (14th-15th century BC); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

13 inch mortar shell, American War of Independence, 1765-83 (metal)
3429546 13 inch mortar shell, American War of Independence, 1765-83 (metal) by French School, (18th century); diam: 33 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Wall painting, Afrosiab Museum, also known as Afrosiyob Museum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Wall painting, Afrosiab Museum, also known as Afrosiyob Museum

Romania, Constanta, Ceramic pots in the Roman Mosaic Museum, also known as the Roman Edifice

Statue of Samuel Adams outside Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Statue of Samuel Adams outside Faneuil Hall

Clock and Hercules, Mercury and Minerva sculptures, Grand Central Terminal Railway
USA, New York City, Manhattan, Clock and Hercules, Mercury and Minerva sculptures, Grand Central Terminal Railway Station

Statue of Paul Revere, Old North Church behind, North End, Paul Revere Mall, Boston
USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Statue of Paul Revere, Old North Church behind, North End, Paul Revere Mall

Mrs Mallard, Make way for ducklings sculpture by Nancy Schon, Boston Public Garden
USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Mrs Mallard, Make way for ducklings sculpture by Nancy Schon, Boston Public Garden

Lekythos, detail of Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, 700-480 BC (ceramic)
473377 Lekythos, detail of Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, 700-480 BC (ceramic) by Greek School; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info)

Moccasins and gaiters, Plains Indians, c. 1820 (leather & beads)
XBP343130 Moccasins and gaiters, Plains Indians, c.1820 (leather & beads) by American; Private Collection; Photo eBoltin Picture Library; American, out of copyright

Ancient Egyptian Hyksos Statues from Tanis
Vintage engraving of Ancient Egyptian Hyksos Statues from Tanis

The remains of St. Mamiliano, Duomo di Sovana, Sovana, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy

Statue at National Museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Oregon Trail covered wagons
Restored covered wagons (Conestoga wagon at rear), at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Digital photograph

Earlier Titanic, Certificate of Discharge, William Edwards
Earlier ship named Titanic - a rare Certificate of Discharge issued to Seaman William Edwards, following his discharge from the ship as an able bodied seaman on 4 January 1890

Bird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogens
Bird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogenic substances. It was collected in 1777 by Captain Geronimo Verde on Santa Catarina Island (Brazil). Sambaqui culture (3000 BC-500 AD). Stone

Greek art. Attic krater painted with black figures representing an Homeric battle around the body of a dead warrior (possibly Patroclus). Found at Pharsala. Dated circa 530 BCE. Detail

Mycenaean art. Greece. Funerary Mask in gold foil embossing. Found in Tomb IV at the Acropolis. Mycenae. Dated in 1580 BCE. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Mycenaean art. Greece. Funerary Mask of Agamemnon in gold foil embossing. Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876 in Tomb V, Circle A at Mycenae. Dated in 1550 BCE. National Archaeological Museum

Mirror case (valve de miroir) (ivory)
5903256 Mirror case (valve de miroir) (ivory) by French School, (14th century); 12.2x12x1.2 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Mirror case (valve de miroir) (ivory)
5903255 Mirror case (valve de miroir) (ivory) by French School, (14th century); 12.2x12x1.2 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Dagger and sheath, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (c. 1370-1352 BC) New Kingdom (gold inlaid with lapis lazuli)
XBP234070 Dagger and sheath, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (c.1370-1352 BC) New Kingdom (gold inlaid with lapis lazuli) by Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC); Egyptian National Museum, Cairo

Mirror case (valve de miroir) (ivory)
5903254 Mirror case (valve de miroir) (ivory) by French School, (14th century); 12.2x12x1.2 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Ceremonial bedhead made for the marriage of King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves, 1539 (oak)
5890677 Ceremonial bedhead made for the marriage of King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves, 1539 (oak) by English School, (16th century); 83.9x195.6x11.4 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Reconstruction of helmet elements from the Staffordshire Hoard (gold & silver)
6182365 Reconstruction of helmet elements from the Staffordshire Hoard (gold & silver) by Anglo-Saxon; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; (add.info)

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