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Large tan woven basket with dark brown triangles.

Burden Basket, 1870–80

Pomo

Gold knife with figure on handle, round turquoise inlays on crown.

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi), 1100–1470

Chimú

A work made of wool, plain weave with "lazy lines" and dovetail tapestry weave; twined warp ends and selvages; looped and knotted corner tassels.

Sarape with Serrated Diamond Pattern, 1880–1900

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of gold.

Gold Pectoral with Zoomorphic Face, c. 500 BCE

Chavín

A work made of wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges; (remnants of) corner knotted tassel.

Blanket or Rug, Late 19th century

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of wool, plain weave with "lazy lines" and dovetail tapestry weave; warp and weft twining; corner tasseles.

Chief Blanket (Third Phase), c. 1880

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Southam Street, North Kensington, IH 22, c. mid 1950s

Roger Mayne

A work made of cotton and wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; main warp knotted cut fringe; twined selvages and heading terminating in tassels; needle-made fringe.

Blanket, 1890s

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of earthenware and slip.

Polychrome Jar with Rainbow, Macaw, and Floral Motifs, 1880s

Pueblo of Acoma

A work made of wool, single interlocking and slit tapestry weaves with "lazy lines"; twined warp ends and selvages.

Chief Blanket (Third Phase), c. 1880

Diné (Navajo)

A colorful geometric shelf with two red drawers and various red, green, pink, blue, yellow, and black panels arranged vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, forming a tiered, anthropomorphic form.

Carlton Room Divider, 1981

Ettore Sottsass

An orange-red ceramic vessel in the shape of an abstract figure with wide-set eyes and short arms, a handle at back.

Single Spout Vessel with Molded Abstract Figure, 1000–1476

Lambayeque

A work made of wool, plain weave and dovetail tapestry weave; twined warp ends and selvages; looped and knotted corner tassels.

Sarape with Terraced Zigzag Design, 1865–85

Diné (Navajo)

A work made of watercolor, with brush and black ink, on japanese paper.

North Sea Landscape, c. 1920

Emil Nolde

A work made of wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges; corner knotted tassel; two selvages present.

Blanket or Rug, c. 1900 (Transitional Period)

Diné (Navajo)

A head-shaped tan and red-orange ceramic vessel with a round, expressionless face atop two squat feet, darker markings around the eyes and down the cheeks.

Abstract Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Painted Face Resting on Feet, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A squat oval-shaped ceramic jar, painted black, with a cylindrical top and two very small handles on either side of the top. Some visible paint loss.

Blackware Jar with Single Spout, 1200–1450

Chimú

A work made of ceramic (earthenware) and pigment.

Black-and-White Storage Jar with Abstract Geometric Motifs, 1890s

Pueblo of Acoma

Stoneware coin with golden edges and engraved denomination "20" flanked by two leaves and topped with a German word "sachsen".

North Avenue Market, 1932

Aaron Bohrod

A light-brown, kettlebell-shaped vessel with a top spout features a red line drawing of a seated warrior facing right, wearing a stylized patterned dress and holding a weapon.

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Enthroned Warrior Motif, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

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