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532,164 results for Accession Number: 1994.405.1a–f

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The "Number One Bill Clinton" Tenor Saxophone

June 30, 2015

By Deborah Check Reeves

Guest blogger Deborah Check Reeves reflects on the 1994 donation by President Bill Clinton of an L.A. Sax Company Presidential Model saxophone, currently on view in Celebrating Sax: Instruments and Innovation, to the National Music Museum.
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Capac Hucha as an Inca Assemblage

November 1, 2017

By Bryan Cockrell

The ceremony of capac hucha, or “royal obligation” in Quechua, reportedly occurred to mark natural events like a drought or the accession or death of an Inca ruler.
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Exhibition at The Met Featuring an Unprecedented Number of Drawings by Michelangelo Reaches Milestone Mark of 500,000 Visitors

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The Artist Project: Robert Longo

June 22, 2015
Artist Robert Longo reflects on Jackson Pollock's _Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)_ in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Photojournalism and the Picture Press in Germany

October 1, 2004

By Department of Photographs

As the number of new illustrated magazines increased, competition among publications grew keener and editors began to experiment with more dynamic designs and page layouts.
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A New Visual Language Transmitted Across Asia

October 1, 2003

By Qamar Adamjee and Stefano Carboni

A number of motifs that were part of the existing artistic repertoire were adopted as imperial symbols of power and dominance.
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Design, 1975–2000

October 1, 2004

By Jane Adlin

The last quarter of the twentieth century saw a surge of unbridled consumerism manifested in a number of diverse, often contradictory, design currents.
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Board Games from Ancient Egypt and the Near East

October 1, 2018

By Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi

Ancient Egypt and the Near East share a number of games that were transmitted through military campaigns and trade relations.
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Indian Textiles: Trade and Production

October 1, 2003

By Marika Sardar

The popularity of Indian textiles is evidenced in the number of words that have made their way into English: calico, pajama, gingham, dungaree, chintz, and khaki.
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Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate in Early Colonial America

October 1, 2003

By Beth Carver Wees

Celebrated by some, deplored by others, these stimulating brews gave rise to a number of important social institutions, such as the coffeehouse, the tea garden, and the ritual of afternoon tea.
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Ensemble

Date: ca. 1765
Accession Number: 1994.405.1a–f

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The Met Cloisters

Explore an extraordinary world full of triumphs of medieval imagination in The Met Cloisters Primer.
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British Galleries

Explore five unexpected themes in the new British galleries of decorative arts and design.
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Letter with hieratic inscription

Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Accession Number: 27.3.561a, b

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Magic Wand

Date: ca. 1850–1640 B.C.
Accession Number: 86.1.91

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Accession of Louis-Philippe, August 9, 1830

Medalist: Alexis Joseph Depaulis (French, Paris 1790–1867 Paris)

Date: 1830
Accession Number: 1991.168

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Part of the shrine of Queen Henhenet

Date: ca. 2051–2030 B.C.
Accession Number: 07.230.1d

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Library accession books, 1881-1969

Date: 1881–1969
Accession Number: Z675.A85 M48 1881 Q v.1 March 1881-February 1892

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Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406

Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862)

Date: ca. 1853
Accession Number: 1995.336