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52	Harem wall-painting fragments	H : 14.4 cm / W : 10.2 cm / D : 3 cm	OA+.10621
H : 11 cm / W : 10.5 cm / D : 2.7 cm	OA+.1062
53	Lothair Crystal	W : 18.6 cm / D : 1.3 cm	1855,1201.5
54	Statue of Tara	H : 143 cm / W : 44 cm / D :29.5 cm	1830,0612.4
55	Chinese Tang tomb figures	Tallest H : 107.7 cm / W : 49 cm / D 25 cm	1936,1012.220–229 and 1936,1012.231 –232
56	Vale of York hoard	cup H : 9.2 cm / W : 12 cm	2009,4133.77–693
2009,8023.1–76
57	Hedwig glass beaker	H : 14.3 cm / W : 13.9 cm	1959,0414.1
58	Japanese bronze mirror	W : 11 cm	1927,1014.2
59	Borobudur Buddha head	H : 33 cm / W : 26 cm / D : 29 cm	1859,1228.176
60	Kilwa pot sherds	Largest
H: 12.5 cm / W : 14 cm / D : 2.5 cm	OA+ .916
61	Lewis Chessmen	Tallest H : 10.3 cm	1831,1101.78-144
62	Hebrew astrolabe	H : 11 cm / W : 9 cm / D : 2.1 cm	1893,0616.3
63	Ife head	H : 35 cm / W :12.5 cm / D : 15 cm	Af1939,34.1
64	The David Vases	H : 63.6 cm	PDF,B.613 -4
65	Taino ritual seat	H . 22 cm / W . 14 cm / D : 44cm	1949,22.118
66	Holy Thorn Reliquary	H : 30 cm / W : 14.2 cm / D : 6.8 cm	WB.67
67	Icon of ‘The Triumph of Orthodoxy’	H : 37.8 cm / W : 31.4 cm / D : 5.3 cm	1988,0411.1
68	Shiva and Parvati sculpture	H : 184.2 cm / W : 119.4 cm / D : 32 cm	1872,0701.70
69	Sculpture of Huastec goddess	H : 150 cm / W : 57 cm / D : 14 cm	Am,+.7001
70	Hoa Hakananai’a Easter Island statue	H : 242 cm/ W : 100 cm / D : 55 cm	Oc1869,1005.1
71	Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent	H : 45.5 cm / W : 61.5 cm	1949,0409,0.86
72	Ming banknote	H : 34 cm / W : 22.2 cm	CIB,EA.260
73	Inca gold llama	H . 6.3 cm/ W . 1.5cm / D . 5.5 cm	Am1921,0721.1
74	Jade dragon cup	H : 6.4 cm / W : 19.4 cm	1959, 1120.1
75	Dürer’s Rhinoceros	H :24.8 cm / W :31.7 cm	1895,0122.714
76	Mechanical galleon	H : 104 cm / W :78.5 cm / D : 20.3 cm	1866,1030.1
77	Benin plaque: the Oba with Europeans	H : 43.5 cm / W : 41 cm / D : 10.7 cm	Af1898,0115.23
78	Double-headed serpent	H : 20.5 cm / W : 43.5 cm / D : 5 cm	Am1894,-.634
79	Kakiemon elephants	H : 35.5 cm / H : 44 cm / D : 14.5 cm	1980,0325.1-2
80	Pieces of eight	W : 4 cm	1920,0907.382
1950,0805.1
1956,0604.1
1990,0920.31,
1991,0102.61
1906,1103.1951
81	Shi’a religious parade standard	H : 127 cm / W : 26.7 cm / D : 4.5 cm	1888,0901.16-17
82	Miniature of a Mughal prince	H : 24.5 cm / W : 12.2 cm	1920,0917,0.4
83	Shadow puppet of Bima	H : 74.5 cm / W : 43 cm	As1859,1228.675
84	Mexican codex map	H : 50 cm / W : 77 cm	Am2006,Drg.22070
85	Reformation centenary broadsheet	H : 28.4 cm / W : 34.7 cm	1880,0710.299
86	Akan drum	H : 41 cm / D : 28 cm	Am,SLMisc.1368
87	Hawaiian feather helmet	H : 37 cm / W : 15 cm / D : 30 cm	Oc, HAW.108
88	North American buckskin map	H : 126 cm / W : 100 cm	Am2003,19.3
89	Australian bark shield	H : 97 cm / W : 29 cm	Oc1978,Q.839
90	Jade bi	W : 15 cm / D : 1 cm	1937,0416.140
91	Ship’s chronometer from HMS Beagle	H : 17.6 cm / W : 20.8 cm / D : 20.8 cm	1958, 1006.1957
92	Early Victorian tea set	Tallest H : 14.4 cm / W : 17.5 cm / 10.7 cm	1909,1201.108
93	Hokusai’s The Great Wave	H : 25.8 cm / W : 37.9 cm	2008,3008.1
94	Sudanese slit drum	H : 80 cm / W : 271 cm / D : 60 cm	Af1937,1108.1
95	Suffragette-defaced penny	W : 3.1 cm	1991,0733.1
96	Russian revolutionary plate	W : 24.8 cm / D : 2.87 cm	1990, 0506.1
97	Hockney’s In the Dull Village	H : 35 cm / W : 22.5 cm	1981,1212.8.8
98	Throne of Weapons	H : 101 cm / W : 61 cm	Af2002,01.1
99	Credit card	H : 4.5 cm / W : 8.5 cm	2009,4128.2
100	Solar-powered lamp and charger	H : 17 cm / W : 12.5 cm / D : 13 cm