Bust of an African Child
Roman, 2nd-3rd century CE
Bronze
5 × 3 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (12.7 × 10 × 4.9 cm)
RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (11.035)
Photo: Erika Gould
Chest with view of Manila
Philippines, around 1650-60
Wood, pigments, binders, forged iron
© Gobierno del Estado de Puebla/Secretaría de Cultura, OPD “Museos Puebla”
Raft Cup, 1300s–1400s. Attributed to Zhu Bishan (Chinese, c. 1300-aft 1362). Hammered silver soldered together, with chased decoration; overall: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1977.7
Book of the Dead Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, son of Taber (Detail)
375–275 B.C.
Papyrus and ink
Egypt
83.AI.46.2
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kraus
© Getty Museum
Kisar Gold and Trade Bead Necklace
© The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA
Pendant
18th–19th century
United States, Hawai'i
Whalebone
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.1587
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Picture no. 2: Father Drabbe (second from the left) and his MSC colleague Mgr. Aerts in conversation with some village heads on the island of Fordate, Tanimbar archipelago, in 1922.
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
Standing Buddha image offering a myrobalan fruit. Wood, lacquer, gold and glass, Myanmar, late 19th century.
© 2023 The Trustees of the British Museum
Ritual wine ewer (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals
ca. 1100-1050 BCE
China
Bronze
Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
F1961.33a-b
Tara, 12th century
India: West Bengal or Bangladesh Brass
4-5/8 x 3-5/16 in. (11.7 x 8.4 cm)
© The Norton Simon Foundation