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The ethnographical collection was originally linked to the Department of Natural History and Curiosities. [1] The addition of material gathered by Captain James Cook and his companions between 1767 and 1780, and presented to the British Museum by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Cook himself and Joseph Banks, were a substantial addition to the material previously collected by Sir Hans ...
The Burney Relief (also known as the Queen of the Night relief) is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old-Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions.
The museum's collection of Islamic art, including archaeological material, numbers about 40,000 objects, [79] one of the largest of its kind in the world. As such, it contains a broad range of pottery, paintings, tiles, metalwork, glass, seals, and inscriptions from across the Islamic world, from Spain in the west to India in the east.
Capital Museum: Beijing: 1981 Archaeology and art China: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Montreal: 1860 Art Canada: National Gallery of Victoria (St Kilda Road) Melbourne: 1861 Art Australia: Palais de Tokyo: Paris: 2001 Art France: Salar Jung Museum: Hyderabad 1855 Art India: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Richmond 1934 Art United States: Tate ...
The Amaravati Collection, sometimes called the Amaravati Marbles, is a series of 120 sculptures and inscriptions in the British Museum from the Amaravati Stupa in Amaravathi, Guntur in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Amaravati artefacts entered the museum's collection in the 1880s.
The museum's collection of Islamic art, including archaeological material, numbers about 40,000 objects, [2] one of the largest of its kind in the world. As such, it contains a broad range of pottery, paintings, tiles, metalwork, glass, seals, and inscriptions from across the Islamic world, from Spain in the west to India in the east.
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The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, also known as MAA, at the University of Cambridge houses the university's collections of local antiquities, together with archaeological and ethnographic artefacts from around the world. The museum is located on the university's Downing Site, on the corner of Downing Street and Tennis Court Road. In ...