A pre-Columbian or colonial obsidian mirror now housed at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Documentary investigations revealed that the lens was sent in 1737 from Quito, Ecuador, to France by members of the Godin–La Condamine geodesic expedition [1400×1820]May 17, 2025
Model of equipment for Opening-of-Mouth ceremony: 3 rock crystal vessels and one obsidian vessel; one pink limestone implement and one schist implement; set into recesses in rectangular limestone tablet. From the Tomb of Idy in Abydos, Egypt. 6th Dynasty (c. 2345-2181 BCE), British Museum [802×1068]May 17, 2025
The Brynhildsvollen Dagger from Røros in Central Norway. The dagger or the red-green slate raw material must have been imported either from North Norway or Norrland in Sweden in the Late Stone Age (5000-2000 BCE). Now housed at the NTNU University Museum in Norway [1174×2462]May 17, 2025
10th century.The God Kama, the God of amorous desire and his consort Ratì, wall decoration of the temple of Parshvanath in Khajuraho[1284×1818]May 17, 2025
Japanese Helmet with black-lacquered bear’s head, late 16th century. Iron, black laquer, and white cord. Courtesy of Private Collection. San Antonio Museum of Art. [1281×2130]May 17, 2025
Terraced water jar. San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, ca. 1860-1920. Ceramic. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art [3000×3399] [OC]May 17, 2025
Copper effigy sheets from Hopewell Chillicothe mounds, recorded in 1922 by Warren K. Moorehead. [804×934]May 17, 2025
Some of the collection of gold ornaments and vessels, made during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 CE), and now housed at the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi’an, China [5013×9686]May 17, 2025
A Chachapoya cliffside tomb located at Diablo Wasi in Peru, 8th-15th century CE [720×900]May 17, 2025
The Minakuchi rapier, believed to have been made in Japan in the early Edo period (first half of the 17th century CE) . It is currently on loan from the Fujisaka Shrine to the Minakuchi History and Folklore Museum in Japan [376×884]May 17, 2025
