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Cabinet with an ornate historical battle scene, wood, silver, and bronze, France, 1867 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Breech-loading rifle of Emperor Franz Josef I, Austria, 1874 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/hinterlader-scheibenstutzen-374724-1

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Chimera by Emmanuel Fremiet, about 1896. Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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From the display: French sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet merged the contemporary fascination with medieval imagery- particularly gargoyles- with his lifelong zoological studies.

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Souvenir model of the Great Pyramid, limestone, Egypt, 1854 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Walking stick of Emperor Franz I with a hidden stiletto, Austria, ~1815 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Wooden helmet, the Philippines, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Cased set of flintlock firearms and accessories, France, ~1800 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24861

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The Draisiene Walking Machine Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Cat armour has a long and complex, but obscure history. (notes in post) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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From time to time, cats were highly useful in wartime scenarios. For example, they could fit through small openings and scale various walls using their nimble footwork and sharp claws. Other times, they might serve as stealthy messengers when enemy surveillance was high. They didn’t always wear armor, of course, but sometimes it was appropriate to the situation.

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[OC] Moon rock collected in 1972 Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Lunar Sample Number 79155,10. Retrieved during Apollo 17’s Moon walks, December 7-19, 1972.

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German U-boat spare diesel piston. Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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WW2 US Navy summer flight suit. Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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German U-boat's torpedo stopwatch Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Religious idol, brass, Nepal, early 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate spoons, Lithuania, 19th century AD? Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Knightly robes, Austria, 1808 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Steel sword with animals depicted on a brass hilt, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Japanese depiction of the US Civil War, 1879 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Aboriginal 'Sword-Club', Australia, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate South Indian dagger, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Yoruba tribal council figure, bronze and iron, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Glazed pottery tile, Iran, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Buddhist shrine in miniature, East Asia?, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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No. 15 Grenade, made for rapid mass production, UK, WW1, 1915 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Gold perfume holder, France, ~1840 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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An early hairdryer from the 1910's-1920's (7 more pics and mini-article in link) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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When the Early Hairdryers Looked Like Crazy Robots, 1910-1930

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Elaborately decorated steel shield, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate knife and scabbard, Ottoman Empire/Turkiye, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Sword, Tibet, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Steel axe with gold inlay, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Spanish dagger, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Traditional-style ceremonial sword, Ghana, 20th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Traditional tools, Kurdistan, Iraq, date unknown Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Metal Orthodox Christian icon, Russia, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Palm wine container, Congo, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Rhino hide shield, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate Shashka sabre, Ottoman Empire, 1850 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ceremonial swords, Thailand, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Incredible bronze figurine of a Caucasian warrior, Russian Empire, 1851 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ceremonial wooden shield with Islamic inscriptions, Indonesia, ~1900 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Knife with a jade handle carved to resemble bamboo, Qing China, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Wood sculpture of a goat, Nigeria, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Sword with a silver guard in the shape of a phoenix, Vietnam, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Nobleman's sword hilt, Sri Lanka, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Wooden strainer, Cote d'Ivoire, ~1900 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Traditional Maori spear, ~1900 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Saranghi, a musical instrument, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Musket, Qing-Dynasty China, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Blade of a polearm sans shaft, Qing Dynasty China, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Silver-inlaid musket, Southern Arabia, 1885 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Silver stirrup cup in the shape of an Irish Wolfhound, UK, 1878 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Beautiful steel dagger, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Qing Dynasty wicker shield, China, early 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Cutter for areca nuts, Indonesia, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Engraved pocket pistols, England, ~1800 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Silver figurines for holding salt, the UK, 1872 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Porcelain statuette of an ox with flute player atop, Qing-Dynasty China, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Scissor-bladed katar, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Moro armor made of brass rings and buffalo horn plates, the Philippines, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Steel hunting bow, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Tibetan sword, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Pulwar sword and sheath, Afghanistan, 17th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Opium pipe, ivory and silver (with a terracotta bowl), China, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Boarding axe for sailors and marines, France, ~1830 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Katar with a multitool sheathe, India, mid-19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Carved coconut gourd with porcelain eyes and silver mountings, convict work from European colonies?, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Flint striker in the shape of a dragon, India, 18th or 19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Woodwork watchtower by a French POW at a British prison camp, 1800-1810 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Glazed plate with an illustrated scene, Iran, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Sword with a chevron pattern forged into the blade, India, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ship pharmacy, British, ~1870 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate hunting sword, India, 18th or 19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Gilded spyglass, UK, ~1800 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Microscope, Japan, ~1810 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Opium pipe, China, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Watch-holder with scrimshaw (whaletooth carvings) of a sailing ship and the Statue of Liberty, uncertain region?, 1890 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ivory memento mori (reminder of mortality) in the form of a skull with a snake coiled on top, Japan, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Whaling suit, Greenland, early 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Driver's license, British Mandate of Palestine, 1932 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Combination Gun-Whip, India, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate tabletop mirror, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Iron box with gold and silver inlays, Spain, late 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Qing-era saber ('dao') and sheathe, China, mid-19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate axe with decorated iron shaft, Qing-Dynasty China, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Kurdish shield, Turkiye, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Hanyang 88 rifle used in the Chinese Revolution of 1911 Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Silver-hilted Tulwar sword, India, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Shamshir (sword) with an ornate enameled hilt, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate knife with a hilt of walrus ivory, Iran, 1842 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Powder flask inlaid with bone, Ottoman Empire, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Weapons of the Boxer Rebellion, China, ~1900 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Tibetan armor, 18th-19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ceremonial flail, Iran, 18th-19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate katar, India, ~1850 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Gilded copper plaques depicting a battle from mythology, Thailand, ~1900 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Traditional-style harpoons made by the Yahgan people; wood, bone, and seal hide; Argentina, specific examples made ~1920 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Full set of Moro armor, The Philippines, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ornate blunderbuss, Kashmir, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Steel bow, Pakistan, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Steel expanding shot for cannon, India, 18th or 19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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