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Textile fragment with Artemis and Actaeon. Egypt, probably city of Akhmim, ca. 5th c AD. Undyed linen textile decorated with tapestry-woven coloured wools. British Museum collection

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Textile fragment with Artemis and Actaeon. Egypt, probably city of Akhmim, ca. 5th c AD. Undyed linen textile decorated with tapestry-woven coloured wools. British Museum collection

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A tapestry with fish motifs, from Antinoe in Egypt. Wool on linen, 2nd-3rd century CE, now housed at the Textile Museum in Lyon, France

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A tapestry with fish motifs, from Antinoe in Egypt. Wool on linen, 2nd-3rd century CE, now housed at the Textile Museum in Lyon, France

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Relief fragment with men presenting cattle. Egypt, Old Kingdom, 5th dynasty, ca. 2500-2350 BC. Limestone. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Relief fragment with men presenting cattle. Egypt, Old Kingdom, 5th dynasty, ca. 2500-2350 BC. Limestone. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Fragment with engraved decoration, possibly from a handle. Old Bering Sea II culture, Alaska, ca. 100-300 AD. Walrus ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fragment with engraved decoration, possibly from a handle. Old Bering Sea II culture, Alaska, ca. 100-300 AD. Walrus ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Chimú Prisoner Textile, fragment of a wall hanging that was over 100 ft long. Chimú culture, central coast, Peru, ca. 1200-1290 AD. Cotton with red, ochre, green, and blue pigments. Princeton University Art Gallery collection

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Chimú Prisoner Textile, fragment of a wall hanging that was over 100 ft long. Chimú culture, central coast, Peru, ca. 1200-1290 AD. Cotton with red, ochre, green, and blue pigments. Princeton University Art Gallery collection

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Fragmentary ear stela dedicated to Ptah. Egypt, dynasty 19-20, ca. 1295-1070 BC. Limestone. Newark Museum of Art collection

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Fragmentary ear stela dedicated to Ptah. Egypt, dynasty 19-20, ca. 1295-1070 BC. Limestone. Newark Museum of Art collection

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Ancient Roman-era Egyptian tapestry fragment with geometric designs made of linen and wool, c. 3rd-4th century CE.

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Ancient Roman-era Egyptian tapestry fragment with geometric designs made of linen and wool, c. 3rd-4th century CE.

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Egyptian gold ring with a cat. Made around 1070-712 BC, the ring is now in the collection of the British Museum.

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Egyptian gold ring with a cat. Made around 1070-712 BC, the ring is now in the collection of the British Museum.

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Textile with woven feline figure. Pre-Colombian Peru, created between 900-1430 CE. Housed with the British Museum, but not currently on display

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Textile with woven feline figure. Pre-Colombian Peru, created between 900-1430 CE. Housed with the British Museum, but not currently on display

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Beaded necklace of spondylus shell, mussel shell and stone beads with mother-of-pearl tabs on cotton strings. Probably Chan Chan, Chimor kingdom, Peru -- undated, but that city flourished ca. 850-1470 AD. American Museum of Natural History collection

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Beaded necklace of spondylus shell, mussel shell and stone beads with mother-of-pearl tabs on cotton strings. Probably Chan Chan, Chimor kingdom, Peru -- undated, but that city flourished ca. 850-1470 AD. American Museum of Natural History collection

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Clothes iron. Late 19th c, probably American. Iron and wood. Newark Museum of Art collection

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Clothes iron. Late 19th c, probably American. Iron and wood. Newark Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Slit tapestry mantle with stylized birds. Peru, Chimú empire, undated but likely corresponding to ca. 1300-1470 AD . Camelid fiber and cotton. American Museum of Natural History collection

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Slit tapestry mantle with stylized birds. Peru, Chimú empire, undated but likely corresponding to ca. 1300-1470 AD . Camelid fiber and cotton. American Museum of Natural History collection

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Lapis-lazuli bull's head, probably Mesopotamian in origin, set into a gold mount of Egyptian workmanship, from the 3rd Intermediate Period , with floral decoration. From Dahshur in Egypt, now housed at the British Museum

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Lapis-lazuli bull's head, probably Mesopotamian in origin, set into a gold mount of Egyptian workmanship, from the 3rd Intermediate Period , with floral decoration. From Dahshur in Egypt, now housed at the British Museum

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Neck fragment of a red figure volute krater . Apulia, Italy, ca. 340 BC. Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art collection

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Neck fragment of a red figure volute krater . Apulia, Italy, ca. 340 BC. Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art collection

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Jar decorated with a frieze of foraging giraffes and undulating snakes spitting ankh signs. Meroitic culture, Nubia, 1st c BC. Excavated from Karanog cemetery in present-day southern Egypt. Ceramic with paint. Penn Museum collection

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Jar decorated with a frieze of foraging giraffes and undulating snakes spitting ankh signs. Meroitic culture, Nubia, 1st c BC. Excavated from Karanog cemetery in present-day southern Egypt. Ceramic with paint. Penn Museum collection

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Turkish tent captured by Polish forces during the Battle of Vienna . Created c. 1683, made of linen and cotton, richly decorated, Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection, Kraków, Poland.

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Turkish tent captured by Polish forces during the Battle of Vienna . Created c. 1683, made of linen and cotton, richly decorated, Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection, Kraków, Poland.

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Globular pot with wheat motif. Rhenish , Gallo-Roman, ca. 25-50 AD. Gray ware with black burnished slip and Barbotine decoration. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Globular pot with wheat motif. Rhenish , Gallo-Roman, ca. 25-50 AD. Gray ware with black burnished slip and Barbotine decoration. Cleveland Museum of Art collection

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Fragment from a calyx-krater . Gnathian ware, Apulia, ca. 360-340 BC. Terracotta with added color. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Fragment from a calyx-krater . Gnathian ware, Apulia, ca. 360-340 BC. Terracotta with added color. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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