Beaker Depicting a Costumed Performer Holding Decapitated Head, 180 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

Rapier, 1640/60

Mold-Made Female Figurine with Pierced Holes in Head and Shoulders, c. 100–600 CE

Moche

Circular Tweezers with Bird in Relief Against a Stippled Background, Probably 1000–1400

Chimú

Flaring Bowl with Repeating Pattern of Abstract Figures, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

Circular Vessel Depicting Figures Holding Ceremonial Staffs, 180 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

South Brent, Devon, from Picturesque Selections, 1860

James Duffield Harding

Ceremonial Skirt (tapis), Early 19th century

Abung

Plate 50 A from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Park on the South Shore Looking Northwest Towards the City., 1896

Daniel Hudson Burnham

Flute, 180 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

Jar in the Form of a Human Head Showing Teeth, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

Central South Dakota, from the series “Guggenheim Project: From Canada to Texas” (1996-98), October 17, 1997

Terry Evans

New Kids on the Bike, 2002

Robin Rhode

Whistle in the Form of a Figure Playing Pipes, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

Vessel Depicting Ritual Performer Wearing a Feline Mask with a Symbolic Headdress Trailer, 180 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

One Ninety South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective, 1986

John H. Burgee

Cover of a Reliquary Container with the Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon, about 1480

Furniture Leg with Dancing Nature spirits (Yakshis), c. 17th century

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini), 9th/10th century

Dancing Mother Goddess Brahmani, 10th century