Smithsonian Institution Collection (page 105)

4 1 / 2c White House approved large die proof, 14072. Creator
4 1/2c White House approved large die proof, 14072. 4 1/2-cent White House Large Die Proof, originally attached by staples to certified plate proof 21972 as a reference copy for the Bureau of

Female figure, 10th-15th century. Creator: Unknown
Ceramic reclining female figure on a slab form bed with one hand under her head and the other on her stomach, and both legs bent

Commemorative trophy head, Late 15th-early 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Naturalistic human head with circular opening in the top of the tiered twisted-strand hairstyle. A beaded collar covers the neck

Jar, ca. 1880. Creator: Unknown
Light colored bowl widening out from its base to the middle and then gradually narrowing towards the top. A series of incised parallel horizontal lines go around the shoulder

Jar, 13th-15th century. Creator: Unknown
Red colored bowl with lightly incised parallel lines around the rim

Pipe, Mid-late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Wood pipe with high relief of a snake which extends along the stem and wraps around the bowl. Inlaid lead forms the pattern on the snake and the second snake on the pipe bowl

Hand cross, 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Iron cross with a cylindrical shaft with cube base, and topped by a flat openworked cross with arms of equal length

Prayer staff finial, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Cast copper alloy cylindrical shaft with three rings supporting a T- shaped top with cross base

Processional cross, 14th-15th century. Creator: Unknown
Cast copper alloy cross with a central four-cross openwork design encircled by openwork triangular patterns. A hollow tubular shaft would have fit over the end of a pole to be carried aloft during

Commemorative head, Late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Low fired ceramic head with small clusters of hair, a triangular hole in the back and an abraded area on its proper left cheek

Grave object, ca. 1800. Creator: Unknown
Columnar shaped object divided into four horizontal registers and opened at both ends. The top and third registers are decorated with interlace patterns

Snuff container, Mid-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Snuff container composed of a gourd covered in glass bead netting with bottom beaded fringe. The gourd hangs suspended from a glass bead necklace

Caftan, Mid-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Long saffron yellow colored gown of richly brocaded cloth with wide bell-shaped sleeves and no collar. It is decorated with a double row of buttons worked in thread down to the waist

Plaque, Mid-16th to 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Cast copper alloy plaque showing a man with a rattle, a net covered sphere, in outstretched hands. Incised foliate background with two relief rosettes. Red clay patina

Icon, Late 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Distemper on wood diptych composed of St. George and the Dragon on the proper right panel, with an equestrian saint on a white horse spearing a serpent on a background of red seperated by a green

Bartmann jug, ca. 1800. Creator: Unknown
Large stoppered brown colored ovoid shaped vessel with a burnished body, a handle and an impression of a bearded face just below the neck

Pendant, Mid-16th to mid-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Cast copper alloy D-form center loop pendant with three figures of equal size. The center figure is of a king (oba) supported by attendants

Bell, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Cast copper alloy four-sided flat topped bell with iron clapper

Pipe, Early-late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Pipe composed of a greyish black globular ceramic bowl and a long red-brown wood stem. The exterior of the bowl is a black burnished slip, and a band of herringbone pattern is incised below the rim

Female figure, Early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Ivory standing female figure on a square base holding a plain, broad C-shaped object in her proper right hand, with a center crest hairstyle, a representation of strands of beads at the neck, waist

Hand cross, ca. 16th-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Wood cross with triangular ends, an open circle connecting the arms, a square form on the lower shaft, and an overall dark, smooth patina with circle-dot motifs

Rug, oblong, Qing dynasty, 1662-1722. Creator: Unknown
Rug, oblong, Qing dynasty, 1662-1722

Kang or furniture cover (quilt), Qing dynasty, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Kang or furniture cover (quilt), Qing dynasty, 18th century

Rug, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Creator: Unknown
Rug, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Fragmentary base of a bowl, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragmentary base of a bowl, 12th-13th century

Woman stretching cloth to dry; two children at play, Edo period, late 17th-early 18th century

Pinback button featuring Marshall Major Taylor, ca. 1899. Creator: Unknown
A circular pinback button featuring an image of a Marshall " Major" Taylor dressed in a blue and red striped shirt

Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman, mid to late 20th century
A circular pinback button featuring a sepia portrait of the aviator Bessie Coleman. The portrait is the one used on her aviation license issued by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale

Carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth, 1863. Creator: Unknown
A carte-de-visite portrait of Sojourner Truth, born Isabella " Belle" Baumfree (c. 1797-1883), who was an African-American abolitionist and womens rights activist

The Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States... 1862
The Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States, to take effect January 1st, 1863, 1862. This booklet was produced in December 1862 specifically for Union soldiers to read

Identification button used by Thomas Porter II, ca. 1820. Creator: Unknown
A round copper-alloy button with the initials " T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved persons shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II

Pinback button for Channing Phillips presidential campaign, 1968. Creator: Unknown
A metal and plastic pinback button produced during the campaign of African-American minister, civil rights leader and social activist Channing E. Phillips (1928-1987)

Portrait of a Boy, 1868. Creator: Charles T. Webber
Portrait of a Boy, 1868

Egyptian Landscape, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: C. Morgan McIlhenney
Egyptian Landscape, late 19th-early 20th century

William Linn, early 1790s. Creator: Archibald Robertson
William Linn, early 1790s

Abraham Lincoln, 1916. Creator: George H. Story
Abraham Lincoln, 1916

One of the Adams Children, ca. 1820. Creator: Unknown
One of the Adams Children, ca. 1820

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