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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Carved bone Awl with the head of a deity

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 600–800
    Medium: 

    Bone (probably jaguar ulna) with traces of cinnabar

    Accession Number: 
    2002.124.1
    Culture: 
    Guatemala or Mexico, Maya
    Period: 
    Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Bell

    Date: 
    ca. 500–1 B.C.E.
    Medium: 

    Cast bronze

    Accession Number: 
    2015.70.14
    Culture: 
    Thai
    Period: 
    Bronze Age, Dong Son Culture
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Ancient Art

    Fulcrum from a couch with Dionysus’ head and head of a dog

    Date: 
    150–100 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Bronze

    Accession Number: 
    1966.105
    Culture: 
    Roman
    Period: 
    Roman
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Ancient Art

    Mirror with Dioskouroi

    Date: 
    3rd century B.C.
    Medium: 

    Bronze, incised decoration

    Accession Number: 
    1952.52.8
    Culture: 
    Etruscan
    Period: 
    Hellenistic
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Seal

    Maker: Jacob Hurd, American, 1702–1758
    Date: 
    ca. 1749
    Medium: 

    Silver, wood

    Accession Number: 
    1939.676
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Presentation Trumpet

    Date: 
    1817
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    1934.369
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Planishing Hammer

    Date: 
    1800–1900
    Medium: 

    Steel, wood

    Accession Number: 
    1978.88C
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Burin

    Maker: E.C. Muller, 1860–1880
    Date: 
    1860–80
    Medium: 

    Steel, wood, brass

    Accession Number: 
    1978.88D
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Coffin Plate for Gertrude Kemble

    Maker: Hugh Wishart, American, active ca. 1793–1824
    Honorand: Gertrude Kemble, American, 1759–1806
    Date: 
    1806
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    1936.183
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Ceremonial Shrine Staff (Asen)

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Iron

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.483
    Culture: 
    Fon
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Tools and Equipment
    Status: 
    Not on view

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