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Mask representing the mythological figure Bwoom, from the Kuba Kingdom (part of present-day Democrat

Ngaady aMwaash mask of the Kuba people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Now in the Ro

Wooden bwoom helmet-mask of the Kuba people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Artist u

Buddha.Indo-Greek Buddhist art from Gandhara (present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan).

Assyrian lamassu from the Throne Room (Room B) of the North-West Palace at Nimrud (present-day Iraq)

A stilt (water bird).  Fresco from the peristylum of a Roman villa in ancient Vienna = present-day V

Chennamma the queen of Kittur.Kittur as princely state (in present-day Karnataka). She married Raja

Carved wooden figure (nzambi) of the Holo people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo or An

Ancient Greek gold jewelry from the region of Pontika (in present-day Ukraine), formed in a Heracles

Bound figure (terracotta) of the Jenne people of the inland Niger River delta, in present-day Mali. 

Woven mantle (camelid hair) of the Paracas culture, on the southern coast of present-day Peru.  Arti

Face mask of the Kifwebe society, Songye or Luba peoples, present-day Democratic Republic of the Con

Cap mask of the Yaka peoples, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Made from wood, pigment

Fragment of a terracotta head, from the ancient Yoruba city of Ife, in present-day Osun State, Niger

Bronze horse bit cheekpiece, from Luristan, in present-day Iran.  Artist unknown; ca. 700 BCE.  Now

slam-asian: A Present-Day Kagesue, Mizuno Toshikata, 1895, Saint Louis Art Museum: Asian Art

Funerary stele from Nicomedia, Bithynia (present-day Izmit, Turkey), depicting the deceased reclinin

Warrior ancestor figure of the Hemba people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Artist u

Face mask of the Galwa or Mpongwe peoples, living on the northern and central coast of present-day G

Statue of a prince of Tekhet, a district in Nubia (present-day Sudan).  The prince is depicted in tr

Wooden pot with lid, of the Swazi people, present-day South Africa or Swaziland.  Artist unknow

Mask with ritual scarification, of the Ngbandi culture, Ubangi River region, present-day Democratic

Mask (tsekedi, myondo, or nyeemba) of the Yaka people, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Yoruba mask from the Kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Benin).  Artist unknown; collected in 1966

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