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Bead and pendants From Ur, southern Iraq about 2600-2400 BC http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/b/beads_and_pendants.aspx
Quilt made AD 2001 from Cook Islands, Polynesia
Bride’s apron Ndebele, probably 20th century AD From South Africa http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/b/brides_apron_jocolo.aspx
Pottery plate from Morocco, late 20th century AD www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/p/pottery_plate.aspx
Painted tiles made AD 1550 from Iznik, Turkey http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/u/underglaze-painted_tiles.aspx
Decorated Bronze Mirror Iron Age, 50 BC - AD 50 From Desborough, Northamptonshire, England http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/d/decorated_bronze_mirror.aspx
Maori Pendant (hei tiki) made AD 1700s from New Zealand http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/n/nephrite_pendant_hei_tiki.aspx
Pedestalled krater Greek, Geometric period, about 800-770 BC From Kamiros, Rhodes, Aegean Sea http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/p/pedestalled_krater.aspx
Anglo-Saxon brooch made in the AD 800s from England http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/t/the_strickland_brooch.aspx
Beaded pad saddle Blackfoot, 19th century AD From the Canadian Plains, North America http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/b/beaded_pad_saddle.aspx
Maori, late 20th century AD Contemporary baskets (kete) From New Zealand, Polynesia http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/c/contemporary_baskets_kete.aspx
The Bank of England mosaic Roman Britain, 3rd century AD Found under the Bank of England, London http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_bank_of_england_mosaic.aspx
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