"Bowl with Human Feet", pottery from predynastic Egypt (circa 3700–3450 BCE). Currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. All images of public domain works in the Met's collection are themselves in the public domain as a part of their Open Access policy. More public-domain predynastic Egyptian works can be found on the Wikimedia Commons.
Terracotta mask of an unidentified animal (suggested as "a fox, dog, or bat") from Cyprus, circa 600-480 BCE. Now in the possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. More ancient Cypriot art can be found in their collection and on the Wikimedia Commons.
VOTE!, 2024 sculpture by Matthew Mazzota for the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections in Florida. Per the artist's statement:
At the heart of our voting process, we are a collection of unique individuals with a diverse range of experiences, but together we make the world we live in. Voting shapes day-to-day life in the US, however, the actions and policies of America extend to all reaches of the globe. As we become more and more aware of how interconnected we all are, we see the direct implications of our decisions on a global level, impacting all living creatures around the world. VOTE! urges us to consider the weight of voting on behalf of the people and beings who cannot vote but are affected by what we decide, for example, what would be on Nature's mind if it had a chance to vote?
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art description on this piece:
The priestess Tagerem was God's Wife of the god Re in Sakhebu in the southwestern Delta, a temple functionary of special order, intimate of the god.
From the Ptolemaic Period, circa 300–250 BCE. More pieces are available as a part of the Met's Egyptian collection. This piece was found via No Brash Festivity on Tumblr, and is in the public domain as a part of the Met's Open Access program.
The Skara Brae Buddo is an ancient humanoid figurine, carved from whalebone, dating to approximately 2900–2400 BCE and found in the Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae in what is now modern-day Scotland. Per the Stromness Museum description of the piece:
Buddo is an Orcadian word which is a term of endearment and isn’t gender-specific. It’s an appropriate name, as although many prehistoric figurines are thought to be female, there is nothing to suggest Buddo’s gender.
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Sweet Dreams, 1892 marble sculpture by Antonio Frilli. Exhibited at the 1915 San Francisco Panama–Pacific International Exposition. More of the artist's work can be found on Wikimedia and at the Art Renewal Center.
Wrought iron, 15th or 16th century CE, from Spain. Currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. All images of this piece are in the public domain as a part of the Met's Open Access policy.
Crab Vessel with Double Spout, indigenous ceramic from the Ilama culture in current-day Colombia. Estimated origin 1500 BCE–100 CE. Currently in collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. More information on the Calima culture (of which the Ilama are a subset) can be found at World Archaeology.
Hey, 2005, by Ken Little. More of the artist's work can be found on his collection at D. M. Allison's Art Flow site.
Ivory furniture plaque in the shape of a hawk, circa 18th century BCE, from the Anatolian region of modern-day Türkiye. Currently in the Ancient Near-Eastern collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and believed to originate from the palace of Acemhöyük. From the item's description:
The plaque is discolored with a combination of reddish areas, where iron oxides are present on the surface, and a gray hue that indicates the object was exposed to considerable heat, perhaps during the destruction of the palace.
Additional pieces believed to come from this archaeological site can be found on the Met's site and on the Wikimedia page for Acemhöyük. This image is in the public domain as a part of the Met's Open Access policy.
Harvest, 2019, mixed-media sculpture work by indigenous Canadian artist Mary Anne Barkhouse. Per the artist's description on her website:
Harvest was created to reflect on the history of the Hudson River in New York from an aboriginal perspective, but the premise could easily extend to other situations. Once the site of vast oyster beds and plentiful fur-bearing animals, the Hudson quickly became environmentally devastated as a result of European market forces. Recent rejuvenation of both flora and fauna has occurred due to concerted conservation efforts on the part of humans and the resilient nature of some native species. But restoration is far from complete, and the beaver and coyote that appear in Harvest are reminders of the lingering effects of ideologies such as Manifest Destiny.
More of the artist's works are available on her site.
From the collection of the Walters Art Museum. Their description:
This bronze toy mounted knight is one of the earliest extant toy soldiers. The figure would have held a jousting lance, possibly made of wood, in his right hand. Many such toys were undoubtedly made – they were easy to produce, not requiring precision in their modeling to make them effective, but few survive today. Most were lost or broken through long use. The workmanship is crude, but for any little boy with his head full of dreams of becoming a knight, it was enough.
"For those who are acquainted with the procedure of working with marble, they surely know that this material is not easy to handle as it requires both mental and physical efforts by the artist from the minute that the idea is conceived to its realization. Despite its difficulty in handling there is a translucency in the material that gives any marble sculpture a visual depth beyond its surface and this evokes a certain realism in the works created. This is the case with Fabio Viale as his works do not seem to be created from bulky marble but rather seem like they have been created by lightweight styrofoam."More of the sculptor's work is available on his website.
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