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Artifacts from Shipwrecks

Eroded fragments and materials recovered from shipwrecks, including copper artifacts and clay bricks, highlighting maritime history.

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Excerpt of copper from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, 1700 - in or before 1743 Parts of artefacts; eroded fragments: materials; copper. Netherlands copper (metal) SecondBrick from the wreck of the East Indians' t Vliegend Hart ,, 1700 - 1735 brick (clay product) Very red -brown brick, rectangular, oblong. Brick Netherlands brick (clay product)Maniple. unknown, authorMummified Fish. Dimensions: L. 28 × W. 9 × H. 4.2 cm (11 × 3 9/16 × 1 5/8 in.). Date: 664-30 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Boarding Node from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in Or Before 1743 Boordeknoop. Stud; (1) circular, domed top, plain (1.3d, 1.1h). Netherlands copper (metal) SecondInterieuronderdeel, anonymous, 1636 Separate part, half -circular -shaped, which completes the doorbow, horizing with oak half circular door arch with a calf above it, in which a sculpted Frisian, consisting of two cartels with "Anno" and "1636", between which a coat of arms with three flowering lily plants on it. Northern Netherlands (possibly)Netherlands (possibly) wood (plant material). oak (wood) Separate part, half -circular -shaped, which completes the doorbow, horizing with oak half circular door arch with a calf above it, in which a sculpted Frisian, consisting of two cartels with "Anno" and "1636", between which a coat of arms with three flowering lily plants on it. Northern Netherlands (possibly)Netherlands (possibly) wood (plant material). oak (wood)Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp Hand-made. Broad, horizontal rim, ending at back of nozzle; shallow, open reservoir, sloping downward to front; long, rounded nozzle, with open channel for wick. Undefined, flat base.Intact, but one surface chip in right edge of rim.. Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp. Terracotta. TerracottasMetamorphic rock , schistLeather drum buff, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1850 musical instrument. elements (of musical instruments). percussion instrument. drum Europe leatherOne from a Pair of Flaring Cuffs with Bone Remnants 300 B.C.-A.D. 400 Thailand. One from a Pair of Flaring Cuffs with Bone Remnants 58404Digit from cow's leg, part of throwing game: flocks, koot game piece relaxant soil find lead leg metal, Koot from the foreleg of cow. One hole in it to weigh up the ground with lead archeology Rotterdam spoortunnel play koten kootspel fikkelen Soil discovery: trajectory rail tunnel Rotterdam.Cover of a Martavan from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw', Anonymous, Before 1613 lid Cover of a Martavan from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw', 50 present. southeast Asia earthenware Sint-HelenaPair of Trousers Matchsafe; Patented by A. H. Wirz; USA; metal; 7.2 x 3.4 x 2 cm (2 13/16 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in. )Pottery vase with inscription labeling a royal estate ca. 3100 B.C. Predynastic, Naqada III. Pottery vase with inscription labeling a royal estate. ca. 3100 B.C.. Pottery, ink. Predynastic, Naqada III. From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Umm el-Qaab, Tomb of Qaa (B7), Egypt Exploration Fund excavationsRelief from the tomb of Queen Neferu: part of a female attendant with a sunshade (see 26.3.353-1) ca. 2051-2030 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief from the tomb of Queen Neferu: part of a female attendant with a sunshade (see 26.3.353-1). ca. 2051-2030 B.C.. Limestone, paint. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Neferu (TT 319, MMA 31), MMA excavations, 1923-25. Dynasty 11Vase fragment ca. 4000-3000 B.C. Neolithic, Thessaly. Vase fragment 253232 Neolithic, Thessaly, Vase fragment, ca. 40003000 B.C., Terracotta, length 2 5/16in. (5.9cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Anonymous Gift, 1930 (30.119.27)Button, flattened with decorative pattern, anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596 button Button, round flattened in shape with decorative pattern. Imitation of a knot braided with yarn. Amsterdam tin (metal) casting Nova Zembla. Saving HuysMingqi: Hibou ". Terre Cuite, traces the polychrnomy. Dynasty Han (220 AP. J.-C.). JUSTY CUSTE Chinese art, Han dynasty, Han time, owl, mingqi, Chinese object, funeral substitute, terracottaTransshipment consisting of a robbery and ring with spring ram, anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596 Transshipment consisting of a robbery and ring with a spring ram. iron (metal) forging Nova Zembla. Saving HuysFragments or parts from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, Before 1743 fragment. part Varied parts or fragments, bar(-shaped) fragments; fragm, heavily eroded, broken, sim. 80H1763. Netherlands iron (metal) SecondIce strainer -Fragment; (possibly) belonging to the retable of Soest, c. 1475 - c. 1499 wood (plant material) wood (plant material)Stone. Culture: Coptic. Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 5/16 x 1/4 in. (4.5 x 8.4 x 0.7 cm). Date: 4th-7th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Jar fragment. Dimensions: h. 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in); w. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 12-13. Date: ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Section of a Sarcophagus Foundation or Epitaph Stone, late 7th-early 8th Century. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Limestone with carved decoration; overall: 33 x 17.8 cm (13 x 7 in.). This slab may have come from either the foundation of a house-shaped coffin or an epitaph stone that was inscribed with a dedication to the deceased. The combination of realistic and imaginary animals is typical of Tang funerary art.Shiitake mushroomPrzeszo Przyszoci unknownCylinder Seal. Iran, Kassite period, circa 14th-early 13th century B.C.. Tools and Equipment; seals. Jasper brecciaWhite clay pipe, unnoticed, smooth handle, small oval heel, clay pipe smoking equipment smoke floor pottery ceramics pottery, hand-formed baked White clay pipe unnoticed smooth handle small oval heel During the first half of the seventeenth century, the shape of the heel as carrier of the brand master brand still variable. At this pipe the heel is an oval lip where no mark would fit archeology smoking tobaccoDishwill of earthenware, with glaze on the top and bottom and an unclear representation in blue at the top, damaged, anonymous, 1500 - 1799 earthenware. glaze earthenware. glazeGoldweight Crab Claw, 19th-20th century, 2 x 1 in. (5.08 x 2.54 cm), Brass, Ghana, 19th-20th centuryFragment of the vessel; Unknown Nubian workshop; 2. PO. IX-XI century; Classic Christian period (851-00-00-1100-00-00);inscribed ceramics, nuub ceramics, bowls, nubian vessels, platesFragment of pewter candlestick, upper part. Fragment of a pewter candlestick. Only bake the upper part without a feet or base.Fish Pendant 1300 BCE-900 BCE China. Jade .Fragment of a Figure 4th-7th century Coptic. Fragment of a Figure 478462Tile New Kingdom, Ramesside ca. 1279-1213 B.C. View more. Tile. ca. 1279-1213 B.C.. Faience. New Kingdom, Ramesside. From Egypt, Eastern Delta, Qantir (Piramesse), Palace of Ramesses II. Dynasty 19Nose Ornament. Culture: Colombian. Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/8 in. (3.49 cm)Other: 9 13/16 in. (24.99 cm). Date: 13th-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Cypraecassis testiculus shell from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw, before 1613 Shell from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw'. . Sint-HelenaPiece 17th century China. Piece 71077Fragment sent with "Dancing Lady": Fragment of a Proper Right Hand, c. 50 BC. Greece, Alexandria (), 1st century B.C.. Marble; overall: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.).Bras De Lumiere; woodScherf of a jug of the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in or Before 1743 Stoneware, Rhenish, Frechen-ware, jug; fragm of body. Cologne stoneware SecondBobbin 18th century Flemish. Bobbin. Flemish. 18th century. Wood. Textiles-Methods and MaterialsEar of a pot from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in or Before 1743 Stoneware, Rhenish, Westerwald, handle; fragm, flat in section, slightly curved, flat surface. Westerwald stoneware SecondVase fragment ca. 4000-3000 B.C. Neolithic, Thessaly. Vase fragment 253235 Neolithic, Thessaly, Vase fragment, ca. 40003000 B.C., Terracotta, length 2 5/16in. (5.9cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Anonymous Gift, 1930 (30.119.30)Earthenware iron or polished stone, entirely glazed, iron bowls earth discovery ceramics earthenware glaze lead glaze, hand-formed glazed baked earthenware iron bright red shard covered with green lead glaze (missing) sausage-shaped handle One side rounded archeology Rotterdam City center Cool Schiedamsesingel indigenous pottery clothing washing ironing Soil discovery Schiedamsesingel.MESA DE OFRENDA. CALCAREA. PROCEDE DE HERAKLEOPOLIS MAGNA. PRIMER PERIODO INTERMEDIO 2170-2002 AC. Location: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM. KAIRO. EGYPT.Earrings corroded together Cypriot. Earrings corroded together 242609Fragment of a tobacco pipe., Anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1950 Fragment of a tobacco pipe with pressed decoration around the stem. earthenware. pipe clay Slot Loevestein Fragment of a tobacco pipe with pressed decoration around the stem. earthenware. pipe clay Slot LoevesteinFragment; (possibly) belonging to the retable of Soest, c. 1475 - c. 1499 wood (plant material) wood (plant material)Fragment of a woman's box sarcophagus; around 2055 1650 BC ; Average state (-2060-00-00--1645-00-00);Fragment Pijpenkop with piece of stem from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in Or Before 1743 Pipe, bowl, heelmark: mermaid; no hsm. Netherlands pipe clay SecondBlowjobswroeter with horse head, c. 1400 - c. 1950 Pijpenwroeter with a horse's head at the top. bone (material) Pijpenwroeter with a horse's head at the top. bone (material)Button from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in or before 1743 button Knoop. (1) slightly domed, plain (1.9d, 0.4t), flat base, loop-shank Netherlands tin (metal) SecondGlass astragal (knucklebone) 3rd-2nd century B.C. Greek Colorless.Shaped like the knucklebone of a sheep or goat. Solid with mold seam along one end.Intact; severe pitting and slight iridescent weathering.In antiquity, one of the most popular games of chance was played with astragaloi, knucklebones of sheep and goats. They could be used like dice or like jacks, thrown in the air and caught on the back of the hand. Knucklebones have been found in tombs where they must have been intended to help the deceased while away endless time.. Glass astragal (knucklebone). Greek. 3rd-2nd century B.C.. Glass; cast in a two-part mold. Hellenistic. GlassExcerpt of copper from the wreck of the East Indians Hollandia, 1700 - in or before 1743 fragment Varied parts or fragments, strips and strip-shaped fragments; fragm. Netherlands copper (metal) SecondField bottle. Stoneware flat flask flat. The bottle has a small neck to which two ears that walk to the top edge of the belly. Concentric rings are visible on the abdomen.Water Pipe Base 18th-19th century. Water Pipe Base 444588Ear Spool. Classic Maya; Mexico, Guatemala or Honduras. Date: 250 AD-900 AD. Dimensions: W. 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.). Jadeite. Origin: Central America. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Sample of Cork Insulation for Steam Pipes, anonymous, 1867 demonstration model Round metal tube with a cork upholstery, resulting in a seven -sided tube. The cork segments are held together with iron wire. This monster comes from the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867. France (possibly) cork (bark). metal. paper ParisCup, fragment. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: 3 3/16 × 2 9/16 × 1/4 in. (8.2 × 6.5 × 0.7 cm).Tambourine player between columns supporting figures of Athene Promachos. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment of a strip of needle side with curly tendrils and multifaceted flowers, anonymous, c. 1700 Fragment of a strip of natural -colored needle side: flat Venetian side. Originally pattern: richly branched curly tendrils with small multifaceted flowers on an irregular open soil with one -sided potented bars. The motifs are made with feston stitches where cut -outs were made with twisted stitches and form a pattern. The top was originally trimmed with a border bobbin, due to damage this finish is missing. A few small fragments can still be seen from the straight picot edge with arcs along the bottom edge. Venice linen (material) flat Venetian (needle point) Fragment of a strip of natural -colored needle side: flat Venetian side. Originally pattern: richly branched curly tendrils with small multifaceted flowers on an irregular open soil with one -sided potented bars. The motifs are made with feston stitches where cut -outs were made with twisted stitches and form a pattern. The top waCarnavalet museum, tokens collectionArek - Deployment; VIII-XI century (701-00-00-1100-00-00);Arabic (culture), glass, art of IslamAnonymous, shoulder paw - alone - from Lieutenant of Italian African and colonial troops (username), 1940, golden stamped metal, silky fabric, cardboard, machine seams, metal., Museum of the Liberation of Paris - General Leclerc MuseumTabakspijp., anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1950 Tobacco pipe. On the head Idis, including a crowned fish. earthenware. pipe clay Tobacco pipe. On the head Idis, including a crowned fish. earthenware. pipe clayVase fragment Greek, Laconian. Vase fragment 251286 Greek, Laconian, Vase fragment, Terracotta, 2 1/16 x 1 1/4in. (5.2 x 3.2cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1923 (23.119.10)Fragmented plate idol with triangular incised decoration, Chalcolithic, III BC, El Pozuelo, Zalamea la Real, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.Animal Pendant 5th-10th century International or Initial Style. Animal Pendant 316284Handle, tissue tissue of wood and round iron ring, anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596 Handle, part of the tool consisting of a wooden stick, one end ends in a round iron ring (loose) and the other end of the striker is probably an iron sting in the ring. There is now a small piece of wood in the ring (is this original ). wood (plant material). iron (metal) cutting / forging Nova Zembla. Saving HuysFragment earthenware spittoon, right-walled model, entirely white glazed, spittoon holder soil find ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze, hand turned glazed baked Pottery spittoon ('Delft') white shard entirely covered with tin glaze. Straight-walled model wide funnel-shaped top edge Extra shoulder thickened under the neck Stand with soul archeology Rotterdam City center Bombazijnen graveyard indigenous pottery removing tobacco room Soil discovery: Found in July 1905 on the site where the Binnenvest was previously located at the Bombazijne Kerkhof.Mallet New Kingdom-Ptolemaic ca. 1200-30 B.C. View more. Mallet. ca. 1200-30 B.C.. Wood. New Kingdom-Ptolemaic. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, MMA excavations, 1912-13. Dynasty 20 or laterFragment of pipe seal or tablet, on which embossed, Bacchus on the barrel, seal soil found ceramic pipe earth, baked in form Fragment pipe or tablet Round. Embossed wine barrel on which sat putto or Bacchus around the barrel vines. Remains of paint on some parts. Backside flattened with fingerprints of the maker archeology Rotterdam IJsselmonde indigenous pottery decorate play close seal Bacchus Soil discovery: Castle IJsselmonde pit 2 Rotterdam 1972.Projectile Point ca. 3850-2960 B.C. Predynastic Period. Projectile Point. ca. 3850-2960 B.C.. Stone. Predynastic Period. From EgyptEar Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Frog Motifs. Aztec (Mexica); Valley of Mexico, Mexico. Date: 1450-1521. Dimensions: 1 x 3 cm (3/8 x 1 3/16 in.). Ceramic. Origin: Valley of Mexico. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Abauntz map, cartographic document on stone, (around 19,000 BC), Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.Kris Hilt. Culture: Javanese, possibly Madura. Dimensions: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Wt. 3.4 oz. (96.4 g). Date: 16th-19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment Tabakspijp, Unknown, 1750 - 1790 Fragment tobacco pipe with a crown and the letters I v h a and n. Of the excavations on the Hofstede Arentsburg 1827-1831 under the supervision of Professor Reuvens. Schoonhoven (Possible) pipe clay Fragment tobacco pipe with a crown and the letters I v h a and n. Of the excavations on the Hofstede Arentsburg 1827-1831 under the supervision of Professor Reuvens. Schoonhoven (Possible) pipe clayBead 500-600 Frankish Beads from Frankish necklaces exhibit a stunning variety of patterns, colors, and forms. Though the beads seen here were made in the seventh century, the particular combination in which they were strung together is a creation of the late nineteenth century, when the beads were first found in graves.. Bead 464818 Frankish, Bead, 500600, Glass, Overall: 1 3/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in. (3 x 1 x 0.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.191.128)Weight 3rd-1st millennium B.C.. Weight 321507Carnavalet Museum, Medals CollectionFragment of red earthenware, partly with glaze, fragment crockery holder kitchen utensils earthenware ceramics earthenware glaze lead glaze w 9.3, hand-formed hand-turned baked Fragments of red pottery Frying pans jars pots grass and bottom of small jug Spicy or only partly glazed with lead glaze archeology Rotterdam Stadscentrum Stadsdriehoek Hoogstraat indigenous pottery water washing cooking nutrition food preparation handicraft pottery Bottomvondst Hoogstraat Rotterdam 15 June 1983.Waist clamp; XVIII-XIX century (1701-00-00-1900-00-00);Currency probably 19th century Kru peoples. Currency 317616Ax 1500-500 B.C. India. Ax 50634Mummy Bandage from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache ca. 1336-1327 B.C. New Kingdom In December 1907 Theodore M. Davis, a wealthy American who was funding excavations in the Valley of the Kings, discovered a small pit near the tomb of Seti I. Inside the pit were approximately a dozen large sealed whitewashed storage jars (09.184.1). Among other things, the jars contained bags of natron (a kind of salt), pieces of linen with hieratic inscriptions dated to Years 6 and 8 of a king named Tutankhamun (throne name Nebkheperure). At the time, almost nothing was know about Tutankhamun, and Davis declared that he had discovered the king's tomb.Davis received a number of the jars and their contents in the division of finds and, in 1909, he gave most of his share to the Metropolitan Museum. It was only later that Herbert Winlock, the field director of the Museum's excavations at Thebes, realized that the natron and linen were embalming refuse from the mummification of Tutankhamun.In ancient Egypt, liRectangular Stone Pendant 5th century B.C.-A.D. 3rd century Bahia. Rectangular Stone Pendant 313559Alabastron orientalizujący. unknown, authorFoot of stoneware drink jug or cup of brown and gray mottled glaze, cup drinking utensils tableware holder fragment soil found ceramic stoneware clay engobe glaze salt glaze, hand-turned glazed baked Foot of stoneware pot or cup. Pinched foot. Gray shard Anointed with ferrous engobe and covered with salt-glaze brown and gray mottled. Fuzzy rotational corners on the outside archeology City triangle Rotterdam Laurens church indigenous pottery import drink serve serve Soil discovery found during the restoration of the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam Excavation of chapels north of the tower.Palette shaped like a fish ca. 3650-3300 B.C. Predynastic, Naqada II. Palette shaped like a fish. ca. 3650-3300 B.C.. Greywacke. Predynastic, Naqada II. From EgyptFragment of red earthenware, partly glazed, fragment crockery holder kitchen utensils earthenware ceramics earthenware glaze lead glaze, hand-shaped hand turned glazed fried Fragments of red pottery Frying pans jugs pots of grass and bottom of small jug Spicy or only partly glazed with lead glaze archeology Rotterdam Stadscentrum Stadsdriehoek Hoogstraat indigenous pottery water washing cooking nutrition food preparation handicraft pottery Soil discovery Hoogstraat Rotterdam 15 June 1983.Relief fragment from a row of vulture figures ca. 2051-2030 B.C. Middle Kingdom Several examples of the griffon vulture, bird of the goddess Nekhbet of el-Kab in Upper Egypt and hieroglyph for mother,” appears in this group of fragments. Such depictions would have served to evoke the protection of this powerful deity.For other reliefs from the tomb of Neferu, see 26.3.353* and 31.3.1.. Relief fragment from a row of vulture figures. ca. 2051-2030 B.C.. Limestone, paint. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Neferu (TT 319, MMA 31), MMA excavations, 1923-25, 1930-31. Dynasty 11Shards of earthenware from the wreck of the East Indies Hollandia, Anonymous, 1700 - in or Before 1743 Shards of red -baking earthenware with glaze. earthenware. glaze SecondAnonymous, cut (common name). Cernuschi Museum, Asia Museum of Asia in the city of Paris.Knife lift from the wreck of the East Indiesman Hollandia.knife, Handle, Cylindrical: tapering; ID. NG 1979-403H, Ferrule ID.ng 1980-27H426.Frog Pendant 5th-8th century Venado Beach. Frog Pendant. Venado Beach. 5th-8th century. Gold (cast). Panama, Venado Beach. Metal-OrnamentsDisc from v.o.c.-ship the 'white lion'. Disc from v.o.c.-ship the 'white lion'.Scabbard ornament China. Scabbard ornament 42816wood cutting board isolated on white background. wood cutting boardPrinting roller, F. E. James Co., New York, New York, Wood and metal, Floral design with large and small blossoms and twisting leaves in random arrangement. Marginal notations are metal entirely., USA, 1850-55, Wallcoverings, Printing roller