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Pair of Transverse Flutes

Johann Wilhelm Oberlender ((the Elder 1681-1763))

Date: mid-18th century
Accession Number: 1996.13.1

Koto

Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1986.470.3

Sarangi

Date: ca. 1900
Accession Number: 1982.143.2

"État" Cabinet

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French, Paris 1879–1933 Paris)

Date: 1926
Accession Number: 25.231.1

Ivory decorative plaque

Date: 2nd half of 7th century B.C.
Accession Number: 17.190.73

Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls

Date: ca. 18th century B.C.
Accession Number: 32.161.46

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Benbridge (1743–1812)

Date: ca. 1770
Accession Number: 1996.563

Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.323

Handle for a Fly Whisk (Tahiri)

Date: 18th century or earlier
Accession Number: 1978.412.875

Cosmetic Box with a Swivel Top

Date: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Accession Number: 16.10.425

Guitar

Attributed to Matteo Sellas (German, Füssen ca. 1599–1654 Venice)

Date: ca. 1630–50
Accession Number: 1990.103

The Cloisters Cross

Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 63.12

Mirror Case

Date: 1350–75
Accession Number: 41.100.160

Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere

Date: ca. 1115–20
Accession Number: 17.190.47

Cornetto in A

Date: ca. 1575
Accession Number: 52.96.1

Openwork plaque with an oryx eating a plant beside a tree

Date: ca. 9th–8th century B.C.
Accession Number: 58.31.3

Soprano Recorder in B

Thomas Coenraet Boekhout

Date: ca. 1700
Accession Number: 89.4.912

Sideblown Trumpet

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1999.74

Booklet with Scenes of the Passion

Date: carving ca. 1300, painting ca. 1310–20
Accession Number: 1982.60.399

Diptych with the Coronation of the Virgin and the Last Judgment

Date: ca. 1260–70
Accession Number: 1970.324.7a, b

Koto

Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603 - 1673)

Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: 2007.194a–f

Plaque with Christ Receiving Magdeburg Cathedral from Emperor Otto I

Date: ca. 962–968
Accession Number: 41.100.157

Tea Urn

Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)

Date: 1791
Accession Number: 1990.226a–d

Musette de Cour

unknown, France

Date: ca. 1700
Accession Number: 2003.63a–d

Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)

Johan Adolph Grecke (Russian, Saint Petersburg, recorded 1755–90)

Date: 1786
Accession Number: 1986.265.1, .2

Cornet à Pistons in B-flat

Courtois frères

Date: 1833
Accession Number: 2002.190a–n

Game of Hounds and Jackals

Date: ca. 1814–1805 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.1287a–k

Guitar

attributed to Jean-Baptiste Voboam

Date: 1697
Accession Number: 1989.147

Lidded Saltcellar

Date: 15th–16th century
Accession Number: 1991.435a, b

Tribute bearer with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin

Date: ca. 8th century B.C.
Accession Number: 60.145.11

Yataghan from the Court of Suleyman the Magnificent

Workshop of Ahmed Tekelü (possibly Iranian, active Istanbul, ca. 1520–30)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1993.14

Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg

Attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (probably Swiss, active Stuttgart, recorded 1453–1460)

Date: dated 1460
Accession Number: 04.3.36

Oboe in C

Hendrik Richters (Netherlandish, 1684–1727)

Date: before 1727
Accession Number: 53.56.11

Female Figure

Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.1470

Plaque with Agnus Dei on a Cross between Emblems of the Four Evangelists

Date: 1000–1050
Accession Number: 17.190.38

Pair of Ivory Clappers

Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Accession Number: 32.5.2a, b

Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 17.190.135a-d, .136a-c, .137a-c

Lidded Vessel

Date: 17th–18th century
Accession Number: 1991.17.126a, b

Guitar

Attributed to Giacomo (Jacob) Ertel (German, ca. 1646–1711 Rome)

Date: late 17th century
Accession Number: 1984.225

Three Holy Women at the Holy Sepulcher

Date: early 10th century
Accession Number: 1993.19

Chair of Reniseneb

Date: ca. 1450 B.C.
Accession Number: 68.58

A Tusk Figurine of a Man

Date: ca. 3900–3500 B.C.
Accession Number: 23.2.31

Crucified Christ

Date: ca. 1260–80
Accession Number: 1978.521.3

Rectangular Octave Virginal

Date: ca. 1600
Accession Number: 89.4.1778

Bondjo

Date: ca. 1915
Accession Number: 1992.326

Morgan Casket

Date: 11th–12th century
Accession Number: 17.190.241

Spinet

Date: 1540
Accession Number: 53.6 a, b

Flower-Style Box with Drawers

Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1976.176.1

Guitar

Date: ca. 1800
Accession Number: 69.29

Pair of Minbar Doors

Date: ca. 1325–30
Accession Number: 91.1.2064