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Spike fiddle (endingidi or iningidi), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft1900s

Spike fiddle (endingidi or iningidi)

Eastern Africa, Uganda or Rwanda-Burundi, unknown maker

Ceremonial Dagger-Axe with Animal Masks (Ge), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Nature & imaginationc. 1600–1050 BCE

Ceremonial Dagger-Axe with Animal Masks (Ge)

China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE)

Gathering at Lanting (Orchid Pavilion), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft1400s–1500s

Gathering at Lanting (Orchid Pavilion)

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Bull's-Head Amulet, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worldsc. 3500–2950 BCE

Bull's-Head Amulet

Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada II–III (3650–3000 BCE)

Canopic Jar with Falcon's Head, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders664–525 BCE

Canopic Jar with Falcon's Head

Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26

Ivory Plaque with Enthroned Mother of God ("The Stroganoff Ivory"), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft950–1025

Ivory Plaque with Enthroned Mother of God ("The Stroganoff Ivory")

Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period

Plate with Nandi in Center, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wondersc. 1800

Plate with Nandi in Center

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur

Tea and Coffee Service, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1907

Tea and Coffee Service

France, Paris

Comb with Gazelle, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wondersc. 1391–1353 BCE

Comb with Gazelle

Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE)

Pomegranate Vase, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders1479–1425 BCE

Pomegranate Vase

Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Tuthmosis III (1479–1425 BCE) or later

Jar-shaped Basket, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders1910

Jar-shaped Basket

Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley

Inlay: Head of a King, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft380–246 BCE

Inlay: Head of a King

Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)

Wild Bull Hunt Scarab of Amenhotep III, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1391–1353 BCE

Wild Bull Hunt Scarab of Amenhotep III

Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE)

Witmen Tremissis: Bust and Trident (obverse); Cross Fourchée (reverse), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worldsearly 600s

Witmen Tremissis: Bust and Trident (obverse); Cross Fourchée (reverse)

England, Anglo-Saxon, early 7th century

Bwami Prestige Cap (Mukuba or Nkumbu), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftearly to mid-1900s

Bwami Prestige Cap (Mukuba or Nkumbu)

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lega-style maker

Teapot with Pines, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders1893–1914

Teapot with Pines

Japan

Bell-shaped Mirror, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders918–1392

Bell-shaped Mirror

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

Bodhisattva of Compassion as Lokeshvara the Sky Flyer (Khasarpana), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Belief & rituallate 1000s

Bodhisattva of Compassion as Lokeshvara the Sky Flyer (Khasarpana)

Eastern India, Bihar, Pala dynasty, reign of Ramapala (reign 1078/79–at least 1130)

Fragment with falconer riding a bull in a rondel, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Dress & textiles1000s–1100s (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Fragment with falconer riding a bull in a rondel

Iran, Rayy, Seljuk period

Corinthian Helmet, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft500–475 BCE or modern (before 1926)

Corinthian Helmet

Greece

Ring, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worldsbefore 1975

Ring

Africa, West Africa, Mali, Dogon-style maker

Grape Trellis Hanging Shade, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1905–10

Grape Trellis Hanging Shade

America, New York

Set of Four Armchairs and Settee, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1715

Set of Four Armchairs and Settee

France

Guqin made by Zhang Ruixiu of Suzhou, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft1584

Guqin made by Zhang Ruixiu of Suzhou

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)