Black Background Collection (page 11)

Fossil skull of a primitive horse
Fossil skull of Equus Plesippus Soshoneisis, a primitive horse

Roman bronze of Hercules from Salzburg

Celtic bronze vessel, 6th century BC
Celtic Iron Age bronze vessel from Cremation Grave 505, in Hallstatt, Austria, 6th century BC

Celtic Axehead, 6th century
Celtic Iron Age axehead with horseman decoration, from cremation burial no. 641 in Hallstatt, Austria, 6th century

Portrait of Louis XIV, 17th century
Portrait of Louis XIV on a medal, 17th century

Bronze coin of Constantine, 4th century
Bronze coin of the Roman Emperor Constantine, 4th century

Equestrian statue of Charlemagne, 8th century
Equestrian statue of Charlemagne, King of the Franks. The statue is cast in bronze, and was originally gilded, 8th century

Bronze coin of Diocletian, 3rd century
Bronze coin of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, 3rd century

Gold coin of Paulina, 3rd century
Gold coin of Paulina, the wife of Emperor Maximinus Thrax, 3rd century

Gold coin of Faustina II, 2nd century
Gold coin of Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century

Roman Phallic Amulet
Roman phallic amulet made of bone in the Dorset County Museum

Punic stela of a priest holding a child, from Carthage, now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis

Minoan pot with an octopus motif, from Heracleion Museum in Crete

Ritual axe-head in the shape of a leopard from Crete, now in the Archaeological Museum in Heracleion

Minoan gold votive double-axe, 16th century BC
Minoan gold votive double-axe from Arkalokhori, Crete. Now at the Archaeological Museum in Iraklion, 16th century BC

Lead plaque asking questions of an oracle at Dodona, reading Hermon asks to which god he should pray to have useful children by his wife Kretma, apart from those he already has

Minoan vase from Phaestos, 21st century BC
Proto-Palatial Minoan vase from Phaestos, now in the Archaeological Museum in Heracleon, 21st century BC

Minoan snake-goddess, 18th century BC
Faience Minoan snake-goddess or priestess from Knossos, Crete, 18th century BC

A 14th century box from Certosa, 14th century. Artist: Balthazar Embriachi
A 14th century box from Certosa, from the school of Embriachi of Genoa and Venice, now at the National Museum of Ravenna in Italy, 14th century

The Palestrina Pieta, 16th century
The Palestrina Pieta, from the Barbarine Chapel of San Rosalia in Palestrina, Florence. Now in the Galleria dell Academica in Florence, 16th century

Native American Penobscot cradle-board

Native American male pottery figure, 9th-15th century
Native American male pottery figure from the Spiro Mound, Oklahoma, USA. It is part of the Missisipi Valley Culture, 9th-15th century

Dakota Native American mans vest, 19th century
Dakota Native American mans vest. The small beads came from Venice, and replaced quills, 19th century

Pueblo pot with a bird design
Zuni tribe Pueblo pot with a bird design

Native American Memomini Dolls, for keeping husband and wife faithfull to one another

Gold alligator from Panama
Pre-columbian gold alligator from Panama

Miniature portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, 16th century

Gold noble of Henry VI, 15th century
Gold noble of Henry VI from the Barmouth Hoard in Gwynedd, 15th century

Miniature portrait of a young man, 16th century

German fibula in the form of a fish

Mayan hieroglyphs on part of a door lintel, 7th century
Mayan hieroglyphs on part of a door lintel from Naranjo in Guatemala. The glyphs give the date of 27th January AD 633

Bronze coin minted at Damascus, 7th century
Bronze coin (a fals) minted at Damascus, with a figure holding crosses, 7th century

Inuit wooden mask of a fish and its spirit

Western inuit bronze adze haft

Incan silver figure of a man with pan-pipes

Mochica stirrup-spout vessel of a male figure with a jaguars head, 3rd century
Mochica stirrup-spout vessel of a male figure with a jaguars head and a crouching jaguar with a mans head, 3rd century

Jaw and teeth of Java Man (Homo Erectus) from Sangiran, Java

Skull of Australopithecus Africanus from Transvaal

Neolithic Chalk Goddess from a flint mine at Grimes Graves, Norfolk, England. From the British Museums collection

Neolithic bear-headed stone club from Finland

Flint polishing stone from Neolithic France
Flint polishing stone for finishing Neolithic stone tools, about two foot long, from France

Mycenaean Warrior Vase, 12th century
Mycenaean Warrior Vase, from the National Museums collection in Athens, 12th century

Detail of inlay on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt, 16th century
Detail of inlay in gold, niello and electrum, on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt. It was discovered in shaft grave IV at Mycenae, by Schliemann in 1876

Minoan pot painted with dolphins
Minoan pot from Thera painted with dolphins, now from the National Museums collection in Athens

Melanesian mask from New Ireland, from the Hornimann Museums collection

Maya Eagle-vase offering bowl for the hearts of sacrificial victims
A Maya Eagle-vase offering bowl for the hearts of sacrificial victims in the form of a Chacmdoh figure. From the British Museums collection

Human skull with features modelled in clay and painted, from New Guinea
Human skull used for ancestor worship with features modelled in clay and painted, from the Sepik river in New Guinea. Now in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh

Skull of a dead Rain-Maker from New Ireland
Skull of a dead Rain-Maker, with the features moulded and decorated. The skull is kept by a living rain-maker and is used in rain-making ceremonies

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