World Cultures

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The Museum’s collection of antiquities consists of terra cotta figures, relief fragments, sculptures, bronzes, earthenware vases and pottery, as well as a small but significant collection of Coptic textiles.

The selection of Islamic art includes ceramics, glass, metalwork (including a 13th-century bowl inlaid with silver) and textiles.

Generous donors have added extensively to our collection of Asiatic art from China, Korea, Japan and India, which boasts textiles, jades, lacquers, ceramics, bronzes and Buddhist sculptures.

Art from Africa and Oceania includes figures, masks, textiles and functional objects, notably a superb Bini brass head from Nigeria and a Kuba mask from Zaïre.

The Pre-Columbian collection covers the three main cultural areas of Central and South America and numbers over 625 pieces, among which are a rare tapestry panel from Peru and a ceramic dog from a Colima tomb.

Japan, Edo-Tokugawa (1615-1867) Incense Box	Possibly Taras (Taranto), Italy Ephedrismos Group Young Woman with Eros on Her Shoulder
Roman Chigi Apollo	Roman Portrait of the Emperor Alexander Severus
Egyptian, 2040-1786 B.C. Statue of a Man	Egyptian Egyptian Coffin of Isis-weret, the Sistrum Player
Persian (1256-1336) Lajvardina Ware Ewer with Rooster’s Head	China, Tang dynasty (618-906) Court Lady
African Plaque	ETHIOPIA Processional Cross
Male "Buti" Figure	Standing Shaman
Double Head Standing Female Figurine	Dog
Early Intermediate Period (200 B.C.-700 A.D.) Stirrup Spout Bottle: Figure in a Trance	Maya Late Classic Period (600-900) Incense-Burner