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

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Collection record · Dress & textilesc. 300 BCE–200 CE

Mantle

Peru, South Coast, Paracas (Cavernas) style

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

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1550

Breastplate

Germany, Nuremberg

Necklace (ashän ketab) with amulet pendants (tälsäm), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worldslate 1800s or early 1900s

Necklace (ashän ketab) with amulet pendants (tälsäm)

Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, unknown silversmith

Pair of Firedogs, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1785

Pair of Firedogs

France

Addedomaros Stater: Crescents (obverse); Horse, Branch, and Spiral Sun (reverse), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worlds50 BCE–10 CE

Addedomaros Stater: Crescents (obverse); Horse, Branch, and Spiral Sun (reverse)

England, Catuvellauni

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

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Collection record · Objects & craft1800s

Headdress

probably southeastern Europe, Balkans

Italo-Geometric Bird Askos (Oil Vessel): Hunter (Herakles?) and Stag, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Nature & imaginationc. 700 BCE

Italo-Geometric Bird Askos (Oil Vessel): Hunter (Herakles?) and Stag

Etruscan, likely made at Vulci

Mirror with a Pair of Phoenixes, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders1100s

Mirror with a Pair of Phoenixes

China, Song dynasty (960–1279)

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

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Collection record · Objects & craft1500s–1600s

Plaque

Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild

Icon of the Virgin and Child, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Dress & textiles500s CE

Icon of the Virgin and Child

Egypt, Byzantine period

Closed Sallet with Grotesque Face (Schembart visor), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1500

Closed Sallet with Grotesque Face (Schembart visor)

Germany, Nuremberg

Pendant: Crocodile, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worlds1930 or earlier

Pendant: Crocodile

Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, probably Baule-style goldsmith

High Chest of Drawers, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1770–1785

High Chest of Drawers

America, Connecticut, 18th century

Two Pound Piece: George III (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (reverse), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worlds1820

Two Pound Piece: George III (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (reverse)

England, George III, 1760-1820

Placket and Cuffs, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftlate 1800s

Placket and Cuffs

Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?

Fire-flame Cooking Vessel (Ka'en Doki), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 2500 BCE

Fire-flame Cooking Vessel (Ka'en Doki)

Japan, Jōmon period (c. 10,500–300 BCE)

Mirror with Engraved Scene: Two Female Figures, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders330–300 BCE

Mirror with Engraved Scene: Two Female Figures

Etruscan

Head of a Sphinx, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft540–520 BCE

Head of a Sphinx

Greece, Archaic period

Roundels with Hunters, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Dress & textiles800s

Roundels with Hunters

Eastern Iran or Central Asia

Executioner's Sword, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftlate 1600s

Executioner's Sword

Germany, late 17th Century

Pair of Earrings with Four-Armed Vishnu Riding Garuda with Nagas (serpent divinities), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worlds1600s or 1700s

Pair of Earrings with Four-Armed Vishnu Riding Garuda with Nagas (serpent divinities)

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley

Card Table, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wondersc. 1820

Card Table

American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse); Head of Aphrodite (reverse), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worlds465–449 BCE

Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse); Head of Aphrodite (reverse)

Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia)

White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Atalanta and Erotes, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 500–490 BCE

White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Atalanta and Erotes

Greek, Attic