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1000 objects · 20 featured stories

A pale carved cylinder on the left and a darker modern impression on the right, showing figures in two horizontal registers.

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Featured story · Small worldsAbout 2600–2350 BCE

One roll reveals a gathering from over four thousand years ago

Mesopotamia · Sumerian culture

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

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1560–80

Helmet

Germany, Saxony, 16th century

Comb (cisakulo), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worldsmid- to late 1800s

Comb (cisakulo)

Africa, Central Africa, Angola, or Democratic Republic of Congo, Chokwe-style

Miniature Reliquary, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Belief & ritualc. 1–200 CE

Miniature Reliquary

Afghanistan, probably Begram

A reddish-brown ceramic bottle with several rootlike projections, a human face wearing a headdress above, and a looped spout behind.

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Featured story · Nature & imagination600–800 CE

Part potato, part creature—and still a bottle

North coast of Peru · Moche culture

Desk and Bookcase, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1780

Desk and Bookcase

America, Massachusetts, Boston or vicinity

Covered Box and Shawabtys of Ditamenpaankh, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders715–656 BCE

Covered Box and Shawabtys of Ditamenpaankh

Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 25

Bodhisattva of Compassion (Avalokiteshvara), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Belief & ritual1647–48 or 1658

Bodhisattva of Compassion (Avalokiteshvara)

Tibet

Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot-à-oille), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft1735–38

Covered Tureen on Stand (Pot-à-oille)

France, Paris

Ryal: Edward IV in Ship with a Shield of Arms and Rose (obverse); Sun with Fleurs (reverse), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worlds1464/5–70

Ryal: Edward IV in Ship with a Shield of Arms and Rose (obverse); Sun with Fleurs (reverse)

England, Edward IV (first reign 1461-1470, second reign 1471-1483)

Nō Costume (Nuihaku) with Blossoming Trees and Flowers, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft1675–99

Nō Costume (Nuihaku) with Blossoming Trees and Flowers

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Bowl with Auspicious Ideographs and Floral Motifs, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders1600s

Bowl with Auspicious Ideographs and Floral Motifs

China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Paper Knife, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wondersc. 1900

Paper Knife

America, late 19th-early 20th century

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

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1150–1200

Virgin and Child in Majesty

France, Auvergne

Cloth of gold with winged lions and griffins, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Dress & textiles1225–75

Cloth of gold with winged lions and griffins

Central Asia

Tulwar sword, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craft1700s

Tulwar sword

India, probably Deccan

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

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Collection record · Small worlds1700s

Ring

India, Mughal, 18th century

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

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1880

Centerpiece

France, Paris

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

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1690

Cabinet

France, late 17th Century

Book of the Dead of Hori, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1069–945 BCE

Book of the Dead of Hori

Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasty 21

Raft Cup, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Everyday wonders1300s–1400s

Raft Cup

China, Yuan (1271-1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Stater: Three-Petal Flower (obverse); Horse and wheels (reverse), in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Small worlds20 BCE–10 CE

Stater: Three-Petal Flower (obverse); Horse and wheels (reverse)

England, Iceni

Woman's Bridal Dress: Dragon Jacket, Pleated Skirt, Tabard, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Dress & textiles1800s

Woman's Bridal Dress: Dragon Jacket, Pleated Skirt, Tabard

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Tea Set with Orchids, in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Collection record · Objects & craftc. 1893–1914

Tea Set with Orchids

Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)