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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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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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Religious traveling icon depicting the crucifixion of Christ, Russian Empire, 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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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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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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Opium pipe, China, 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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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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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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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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Hanyang 88 rifle used in the Chinese Revolution of 1911 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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Jade serpent statuette, China, between 1644 AD - 1911 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Lacquered manuscript holder, Indonesia, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Statuette of Shiva and Parvati, copper alloy, Nepal, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Victorian-era golden brooch depicting a bee, England, 1870 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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A mosaic tile representing the picture of Karl Marx made by the order of Iranian Qajar king, Naser al-Din Shah (1831-1896) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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With thanks to @dan@literature.cafe

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Coconut cup, the Baltics, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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🎵 Put the lime in the coconut, drink ‘em both up 🎵

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

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Mourning necklace made of human hair, Victorian England, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Anthropomorphic figure of Polar bear and cub, Walrus ivory, Bering Sea Strait, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Cuirass of the Yi People, China, ~1900 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Iron face armor, Japan, between 1615 AD and 1868 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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

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Military sidearms, Western Europe, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Sikh Khanda, Pakistan, early 1800s AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Suit of mail armor made of copper and brass rings, India, ~1860 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Combination pistols and push-dagger, India, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ottoman sword and scabbard, Turkiye, 19th century AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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One of the Faberge Eggs ('Rosebud'), Russia, 1895 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Silver belt clasp, Albania, 1800-1850 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Sequined silk stockings with snake motif, France, ~1900 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Iron table clock with silver and gold inlay, Spain, ~1880 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Iron and enamel ring, Poland, 1831 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Decorated vase, Japan, ~1890 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Qiblah compass for determining the direction to pray towards Mecca, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, 18th or 19th century AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Ceremonial axe, Iran, 1700 AD - 1886 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Breech-loading pistol using Lefaucheaux pinfire cartridges, Lviv, then-part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ~1870 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Iron plaque with a depiction of a knight, Switzerland, made between 1850 AD and 1950 AD Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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