Halberd, Arms and Armor
Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Steel, wood, brass, gold
Figure Lime Spoon, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Copper
Funerary Mask Turban, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Wood, paint, gold, cloth, shell
Stone Pulidor, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Bequest of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1993 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Stone
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“Chinese sword with gold hilt. Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC), found in Shaanxi [407x800]
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Chinese sword with gold hilt. Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC), found in Shaanxi [407x800]
Limestone incense burner on four legs, Greek and Roman Art
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Limestone
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Fragments
Paracas/Nasca
Early Intermediate, Phase 2, 0–A.D. 200
Object Place: South Coast, Peru
Ground: dark reddish violet wool. Design: on each piece a conventionalized human figure worked with wool in crewel stitch. The figure (A) wears a red tunic, an elaborate headdress decorated with small heads, and a mouth mask. He holds a staff similarly ornamented and stands on two heads. (B) similar, but wears a neutral violet tunic. The outer colors are cream, blue, pink, deep yellow, green and black. The black has rotted, and taken the color from the material beneath it.