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Tainos
1000 AD - 1492 AD
Mediaeval+Mesoamerica
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Taino art centered on cult objects associated with the veneration of zemis-revered deities, ancestors, or landscape spirits. The term also refers to the idols and fetishes that were believed to be inhabited by powerful spirits. Large, cadaverous stone heads are thought to represent the deity Maquetaurie Guayaba, lord of the Land of the Dead. Zemis were kept in the home or in sanctuaries where they were honored with food and gifts. (wikipedia)
Category: SculptureMaterial: StoneAttribution:
Licence: [🡭]Collection: N/A
Qin Dynasty
247 BC - 206 BC
Ancient+China
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By Charlie - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39195412
Category: SculptureMaterial: TerracottaAttribution: By Charlie - Own work
Licence: [🡭]Reference: CC BY-SA 4.0Collection: N/A
26th Dynasty of Egypt
685 BC - 525 BC
Ancient+Egypt
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Painted and gilded sycomore fig wood sun-disc headdress of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris.
Category: SculptureMaterial: Wood, gold, paintDimensions: H:16.7cm, W:6.8cmAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedReference: BM EA9851Collection: The British Museum
Zapotec
700 BC - 1521 AD
Mediaeval+Mesoamerica
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Zapotec mosaic mask that represents a Bat god, made of 25 pieces of jade, with yellow eyes made of shell(wikipedia)
Found: Monte Alban
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68208236
Category: SculptureMaterial: JadeAttribution: Adrian Hernandez
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedCollection: N/A
Neo-Assyrian Empire
911 BC - 609 BC
Ancient+Mesopotamia & Persia
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Ivory head of a woman: with long hair and wearing a necklace with four rows of beads. She wears a headband or diadem, knotted at the back, consisting of alternating flowers and discs linked together. (BM) Nimrud
Category: SculptureMaterial: IvoryDimensions: H 4.4cm W 3.1cm D 3.6cmAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedReference: 118234Collection: The British Museum
18th Dynasty of Egypt
1550 BC - 1292 BC
Ancient+Egypt
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Rock crystal amuletic figure of Taweret: supporting a sa-symbol. The missing headdress would have been horns with disc, and a low cylindrical pillbox hat or feathers.(Wiki)
Category: SculptureMaterial: Rock CrystalDimensions: H:9.83cm, W:2.97cm, D:4.21cmAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedReference: BM EA24395Collection: The British Museum
18th Dynasty of Egypt
1550 BC - 1292 BC
Ancient+Egypt
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Statue of Sekhmet from the temple of Mut. granite, Luxor.
National Museum, Copenhagen
Category: SculptureLocation: Karnak (Thebes)Attribution:
Licence: [🡭]Collection: N/A
Olmec
1600 BC - 400 BC
Ancient+Mesoamerica
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=525791
Museo de Antropología de Xalapa
Category: SculptureLocation: San Lorenzo TenochtitlánAttribution:
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0[🡭]Collection: N/A
Neo-Palatial Minoan
1750 BC - 1500 BC
Ancient+Greece & Asia Minor
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Ancient+Greece & Asia Minor
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This vase is a type of rhyton, or libation vase. The offering was poured through the hole in the animals muzzle. The vase was filled either by immersion in a large container or through the hole on the head. Using the principle of the siphon, liquid would not flow out as long as the opening at the top was closed with the thumb.
Category: SculptureMaterial: TerracottaLocation: CreteAttribution: New York Met
Licence: CC0 1.0[🡭]Reference: 1973.35Collection: New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Akkadian Empire
2270 BC - 2083 BC
Ancient+Mesopotamia & Persia
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Mace head; carved fromf pink marble; perforated, polished and incised with votive inscription of Shar-kali-sharri to Shamash at Sippar.(BM) From Abu Habba
Category: SculptureMaterial: MarbleAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedCollection: The British Museum
Old Elamite Period
2700 BC - 1500 BC
Ancient+Mesopotamia & Persia
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Inscribed hollow, clay cone with Akkadian inscription of Puzur-Inshushinak; convex head covered with large regular holes at the top; missing the lower portion of the peg.
Category: SculptureLocation: SusaAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Collection: The British Museum
Sumer
2900 BC - 2124 BC
Ancient+Mesopotamia & Persia
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Copper alloy lions head with sand and bitumen filling; associated metal fragments found separately. (BM) Early Dynastic III, Tell Al-Ubaid
Category: SculptureYear: 2500 BCMaterial: Copper alloy, bitumen, sandAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedReference: 117918Collection: The British Museum
Sumer
2900 BC - 2124 BC
Ancient+Mesopotamia & Persia
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Symbolic weapon deposited in a temple on behalf of a king(BM).From Girsu, Early Dynastic III, Telloh
Category: SculptureMaterial: StoneDimensions: H 11.7 cm Diam 11 cmAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedReference: 23287Collection: The British Museum
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