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28.5 x 12.5 x 11 cm (632 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911); Late 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This carving from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) consists of a mountain in a continuous design of birds, animals, and figures...

53.4 x 23.5 x 17.5 cm (6548 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911); Late 18th - early 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a rootwood carving of Li T'ieh-kuai - one of the eight Daoist immortals (Pa Hsien) - represented as a beggar leaning on a staff...

20 x 11 x 9 cm (632 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911); 18th Century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Chinese boxwood carving of Guanyin (Kuan Yin), the Chinese name for the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara...

2.88 x 1.51 x .39 cm (1 g)

Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911); 18th Century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is the back cover for a Chinese boxwood carving of Guanyin (Kuan Yin), the Chinese name for the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara...

13.5 x 2.3 cm (43 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Edo Period (1603-1868); Late 18th - early 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of an Ashinaga and a Tenaga. The Ashinaga and Tenaga (long legs and long arms) are two legendary races, one consisting of long legs and short arms with the other having long arms and short legs, that cooperated together in catching fish...

20.5 x 14 x 11 cm (474 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Chinese lacquer carving of a Lohan with a Ch'i-lin (Qilin) and a small child. A Lohan is one of the 500 Buddhist disciples to achieve enlightenment...

19 x 14 x 12 cm (441 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Edo Period (1603-1868); 1690
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of the Rakan (Lohan) Kalika, a Buddhist holy figure. Rakans have learned the teachings of the Shaka (historical Buddha) and earned the title of Mugaku (nothing else to learn) when passing the different stages of the Noble Path...

63.4 x 11.8 x 3.2 cm (570 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Late Edo Period (1603-1868) - Early Meiji Period (1868-1912); 19th Century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of a dried salmon with rope. Fish can be found in Japanese legend and art as symbols of fertility, perseverance, beauty, and wealth...

17.6 x 7 cm (315 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Period: Meiji Period (1868-1912); Late 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art
Description: This is a Japanese okimono of a Komuso, a disgraced Ronin, who was not able to fulfill their pledge to their master and must wander as a beggar...

28.5 x 14.5 x 12.5 cm (681 g)

Location: America, South: Peru
Period: Pre-Columbian; 200-400 A.D.
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Funerary Objects

25 x 23 x 13 cm (1286 g)

Location: America, South: Peru
Period: Pre-Columbian; 300 B.C. to 100 A.D. or 100 to 300?
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

21 x 17 x 8.1 cm (686 g)

Location: America, South: Peru
Period: Pre-Columbian; 100 BC - 100
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

22 x 17.5 x 14 cm (987 g)

Location: America, South: Peru
Period: Pre-Columbian; 300 or 100 B.C. to 100 A.D.
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects

17.9 x 13.5 x 11.7 cm (504 g)

Classification/Nomenclature: Materials T&E : Food Service T&E : Serving Vessels

10.1 x 6.5 cm (<1 g)

Location: Asia, East: Japan
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Exchange Media

14.6 x 10.4 cm (49 g)

Location: America, North: United States
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents

14.6 x 10.4 cm (47 g)

Location: America, North: United States
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents

14.6 x 10.4 cm (49 g)

Location: America, North: United States
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents

14.6 x 10.4 cm (47 g)

Location: America, North: United States
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents

8.7 x 7.2 x 1.9 cm (43 g)

Period: 1918
Classification/Nomenclature: Personal Artifacts : Personal Gear : Personal Carrying & Storage Gear

8.8 x 7.8 cm (7.76 g)

Classification/Nomenclature: Materials T&E : Textileworking T&E : Needleworking T&E

.5 x .4 cm (0.36 g)

Classification/Nomenclature: Materials T&E : Textileworking T&E : Needleworking T&E

.8 x .5 cm (1.83 g)

Classification/Nomenclature: Materials T&E : Textileworking T&E : Needleworking T&E

.6 x .5 cm (0.55 g)

Classification/Nomenclature: Materials T&E : Textileworking T&E : Needleworking T&E

.7 x .6 x .3 cm (0.36 g)

Classification/Nomenclature: Materials T&E : Textileworking T&E : Needleworking T&E