Chess pieces carved from walrus ivory. Franz Josef Land, Eskimo peoples, around 1885 [1800×980] by MunakataSennin
September 21, 2024Roman hair net, dated to the 1st century CE. It is made of braided golden wires. [720×468]
September 21, 2024The Harbaville Triptych is a 10th century CE Byzantine ivory triptych with a Deesis and other saints, now in the Louvre. It is regarded as the finest and best-preserved of the “Romanos group” of ivories from a workshop in Constantinople, probably closely connected with the Imperial Court [1293×2394]
September 21, 2024In 2015, an 80-meter-long belyana that caught fire some 350 years ago and was abandoned by its crew, was found in the Vetluga river in Russia. Belyanas were among the largest wooden ships ever built, with the largest ones being up to 120 metres long with a load capacity up to 12,800 tons [1100×1470]
MunakataSennin on September 21, 2024 1:38 am [Museum](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/199921)
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You don’t say Eskimo anymore.