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Cat paw prints in the medieval floor tiles of the 12th century CE St Peter Church in Wormleighton, England.

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Inuit scrimshaw whale tooth carved with depictions, 19th century, Alaska

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masked creature design inspired by this artifact i found on r/artefactporn

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Medieval gold ring with heraldic motifs of a dragon, 15th century, made in Dubrovnik. Collection of National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade (x)

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A dress made of cotton muslin, gilded metal thread and Indian jewel beetles (sternocera aeqisignata), Britain, 1868-1869 CE. Over 5000 beetle wings or parts of wings were used to decorate this dress.

Now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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A late 19th century netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan.

Now housed at the British Museum.

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Lover's Eye Bracelet - ca. 1860, probably British, watercolor on ivory set in a gold bracelet.

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Lakota/Teton Sioux dress made by Ah-ho-appa, daughter of Spotted Tail, ca. 1870. In the Met Museum collections

Vertical lanes of beadwork, in place of the typical horizontal configuration, give this dress its distinctive character. The U-shaped motif at the lower center represents Turtle, a symbol of power relating to women’s health. Like most bead workers in the mid-nineteenth century, this maker favored tiny glass Venetian seed beads over the larger pony beads popular in earlier periods. Today, women wear elaborately beaded dresses reminiscent of this one for the Women’s Traditional Dance, one of several categories in powwow competitions.

Geography: Possibly made in North Dakota, United States; Possibly made in South Dakota, United States

Culture: Lakota/ Teton Sioux, Native American

Medium: Tanned leather and glass beads