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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

The Academicians animal head-post from the Oseburg Viking ship burial, 9th century
Animal head-post from the Oseburg ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museums collection in Oslo, 9th century

Head of a bronze sceptre from Luristan (Persia), from the British Museums collection

Bronze medallion of the Greek god Apollo and the serpent Python, 15th century. Artist: Antonio de Brescia
Bronze medallion of the Greek god Apollo and the serpent Python, 15th century

Bronze medallion of Abundance and a Satyr, 15th century. Artist: Antonio de Brescia
Italian bronze medallion of Abundance and a Satyr, from the V&As collection, 15th century

A German medal depicting Paracelsus, 16th century
A German medal depicting Paracelsus (11 November or 17 December 1493 - 24 September 1541) from the British Museums collection

Italian earthenware plate showing the birth of Adonis, c. 16th century
Depiction of the birth of Adonis (Ovids Metamorphoses X) on an Italian earthenware plate from Urbino, c.16th century

Italian earthenware plate, Erysichthon felling a tree in grove of Ceres, 16th century
Depiction of Erysichthon felling a tree in the sacred grove of Ceres (Ovids Metamorphoses VIII), on an Italian earthenware plate, from the V&As collection, 16th century

Italian earthenware plate showing Pelias being killed by his daughters, 16th century. Artist: Francesco Durantino
Italian earthenware plate showing Pelias being killed by his daughters on the instructions of Medea, made in Urbino and from the V&As collection, Francesco Durantino, 16th century

Italian earthenware plate showing Artemis turning Actaeon into a stag
Depiction on an Italian earthenware dish of Artemis turning Actaeon into a stag, from the V&As collection

Portrait of a woman from the Florentine School, 16th century
Portrait of a woman from the Florentine School, at the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna, 16th century

Mochicha stirrup-spout vessel, 1st century
Mochicha stirrup-spout vessel of warriors in combat, 1st century

Tawny Owl in flight

Etruscan terracotta head of a satyr
Etruscan terracotta antefix of a head of a satyr, from the British Museums collection

Detail of an Etruscan gold fibula showing gold working techniques, 7th century BC
Detail of an Etruscan gold fibula from Vulci, showing the granulation technique of gold work. From the British Museums collection, 7th century BC

Etruscan terracotta figure of a comic actor, 2nd century BC
Etruscan terracotta figure of a comic actor from Vulci, Italy, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Gold hand of fortune, from the Museum of African and Oriental arts collection

Phoenician statuette of a votary, 7th century BC
Phoenician statuette of a votary, from the British Museums collection, 7th century BC

Detail of a Mycenaean pot, 13th century BC
Detail of a Mycenaean pot found in Cyprus, from the British Museums collection, 13th century BC

Detail of a Phoenician silver bowl showing soldiers attacking a city, 7th century BC
Detail of a Phoenician silver bowl from Amanthus in Cyprus, with incised and repousse decoration, showing Greek, Egyptian, and Assyrian soldiers attacking a city, from the British Museums collection

Wooden figure of a sea spirit, with head in the form of a shark, from the Solomon Islands
Wooden figure of a sea spirit, with head in the form of a shark, from San Cristobel Island, in the Solomon Islands. From the British Museums collection

Coconut-fibre mask from the Torres Straits islands
Coconut-fibre mask, with eyes of coiled wire. From the Torres Straits islands, from the British Museums collection

Roman bronze statuette of Mercury carrying a purse, a symbol of good fortune and wealth, and wears a travellers cloak and winged hat. From the British Museums collection

Roman bronze magic hand of fortune, with magical symbols engraved on it. From the British Museums collection

Bronze Roman household god
A bronze Roman household god (Lar), from the British Museums collection

Chinese bronze ritual vessel, 12th century BC
Detail of a Shang Dynasty Chinese bronze ritual vessel, showing a rams head. From the British Museums collection, 12th century BC

Han Dynasty Chinese bronze horse
Han dynasty Chinese bronze horse, From the British Musems collection

Detail of a Celtic-Iberian style bronze female figurine
Detail of a Celtic bronze female figurine from Aust on the Severn, Gloucestershire, England, in Celtic-Iberian style. From the British Museums collection

Roman bronze of a Gaulish prisoner
Imperial period Roman bronze statuette of a Gaulish prisoner with his hands tied behind his back, from Umbria. From the British Museums collection

Anglo-Saxon ivory carving of the crucifixion, 10th century
Anglo-Saxon walrus ivory carving of the crucifixion from the British Museums collection, 10th century

Ivory panel showing the baptism of Christ, 6th century
Ivory panel showing Te Baptism of Christ by St John the Baptist, possibly made in Egypt, 6th century. From the British Museums collection

Ivory box showing Daniel in the lions den, 6th century
Ivory box (pyxis) made in Egypt (?), showing Daniel in the lions den, 6th-7th century. From the British Museums collection

Mayan figurine of a seated god
Pre-Columbian Mayan figurine of a seated god, from the British Museum

Mayan mask of polished stone, from the British Museums collection

Aztec terracotta figure from a pre-columbian grave, from the British Museums collection

Aztec statuette of a duckbilled god, from the British Museums collection

Peruvian earthenware jar in the form of a squatting figure, 5th century BC
Peruvian earthenware jar in the form of a squatting figure, from Mochica on the north coast. From the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Roman bronze of Alexander the Great on horseback, probably from Rome. From the British Museums collection

Western inuit wooden mask, 19th century
Western inuit wooden mask, North American. From the British Museums collection, 19th century

Inuit arrowshaft straightener
Western Inuit ivory arrowshaft straightener, engraved with a scene of shamanism or hunting magic; North American. From the British Museums collection

Ivory arrow straightener in the form of a bear with engraved pictographs, North American. From the British Museums collection

Inuit carving of a human figure, 19th century
Western Inuit ivory carving of a human figure, probably a shamans charm. From the British Museums collection, 19th century

Haida tribe Native American figure of a medicine man
Haida tribe Native North American wooden figure of a shaman prepared for burial. The inscription says: This man was lost in the woods. He fell and broke both legs and was found as represented here

Maya culture Mexican stone mask
Pre-Columbian Maya culture Mexican stone mask, from the British Museums collection

Pre-Columbian gold mask from Columbia
Gold mask from Columbia, from the pre-Columbian period. From the British Museums collection

Native American copper mask representing a killer whale, 19th century
Pacific North-Western Native American mask representing a killer whale, made from scrap copper, from the British Museums collection, 19th century

Carving of an Inuit whale-hunt on an ivory snow-knife, 19th century
Carving of a Western Inuit whale-hunt on an ivory snow-knife made from walrus tusk. From the British Museums collection, 19th century

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