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A governed exhibition of open-access museum objects connected through living-heritage themes.
14th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A fourteenth-century silk lampas fragment whose bright bands and interlaced inscriptions show the technical richness of late medieval textile weaving in Iberian Islamic contexts.
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18th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An eighteenth-century German sampler that condenses household training, needle technique, and moral instruction into a single textile surface.
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mid-15th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A mid-fifteenth-century Netherlandish embroidery that translates the Annunciation into shimmering threadwork and textile surface.
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ca. 1720
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An early eighteenth-century British sconce that embeds tent stitch and cross stitch within a gilded furnishing object.
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ca. 1724–36
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A British pair of side chairs in which furniture-making and textile ornament meet through contemporary tent-stitch upholstery.
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15th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A fifteenth-century devotional cradle whose carving, embroidery, enamels, and miniature scale bring domestic piety into material form.
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600–1000 CE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Classic Veracruz ceramic sonriente whose animated face, painted surface, and rattle gesture connect sculptural form to ritual performance.
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10th–11th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A dyed linen fragment printed with a kufic inscription and gilded accents, linking textile production to repetition, ornament, and the circulation of everyday devotional phrases.
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500–850 CE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ancient woven shirt representing traditional Moche clothing.
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18th–19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Traditional kettle drums used in ceremonial music.
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1747
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th-century waistcoat showing traditional British clothing techniques.
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1450–1550
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ceremonial tunic representing Chimú weaving and iconography.
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650–1000 CE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Peruvian Wari tunic illustrating intricate weaving techniques.
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1600–1700
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Miniature garment blending Indigenous and Spanish weaving traditions.
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7th–9th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fragment of Wari tunic reflecting ancient weaving patterns.
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650–1000 CE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Another Wari tunic fragment demonstrating weaving motifs.
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ca. 1900
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yup'ik ceremonial mask used in dances and rituals.
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Edo period, dated 1745
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Japanese samurai mask (mempō) used in ceremonial armor.
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1770–1776
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th-century silver basket reflecting colonial silversmithing.
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1833
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Early 19th-century men's coat demonstrating tailoring and fabrics.
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ca. 1820
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Indigenous North American coat decorated with pigments.
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400 BCE–500 CE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pre-Columbian stone mask used in ancient ceremonies.
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400 BCE–700 CE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Another stone mask from the Condorhuasi-Alamito culture.
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400 BCE–500 CE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ancient lapis-lazuli mask used in Pre-Columbian rites.
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19th–20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wooden mask from Papua New Guinea used in rituals.
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1672–1673
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Silver communion dish used in church rituals.
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8th–9th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chinese sancai-glazed pillow used in traditional furniture.
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12th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pottery mold illustrating medieval Islamic ceramic production.
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Early 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mino ware ewer with decorations typical of Japanese ceramic tradition.
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3rd–9th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pre-Columbian whistle showing musical instrument traditions.
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17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tea jar used in Japanese tea ceremony with kintsugi repairs.
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