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Name |
Artist/Origin |
Date |
Material |
 | La Calavera de la Catrina | José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852–1913) | 1913 | Zinc etching |
 | Bis Pole | Asmat artist(s), Omadsep village, New Guinea, Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia | Late 1950s | Wood, paint, and fiber |
 | Twin Figures (Ère Ìbejì) | Yoruba artist, Nigeria | Early 20th century | Wood |
 | Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve (The Ambassadors) | Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497–1543) | 1533 | Oil on oak |
 | My Love Sings When the Flower is Near (The Philosopher and the Woman) | Angelo Filomeno (Italian, b. 1963) | 2007 | Embroidery on silk shantung stretched over linen with crystals |
 | Memorial for Solomon and Joseph Hays | Unknown artist, United States | 1801 | Watercolor, pearls, gold wire, beads, and locks of blond and brown hair (natural, chopped and dissolved) on ivory |
 | Eagle Coffin | Workshop of Kane Quaye, Teshe, Ghana | 1991 | Painted wood |
 | Death leading a doctor holding a vial of urine. La Danse Macabre. | Unknown artist, France | Late 15th century | Tempera on parchment |
 | Triumph of Death | Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, c. 1525–1569) | ca. 1562 | Oil on panel |
 | A page from the Ars Moriendi | Unknown artist, Germany | ca. 1466 | Woodcut |
 | Terracotta Army (detail) from the Tomb Complex of Qin Shi Huangdi | Unknown artist(s), China | Qin Dynasty, ca. 210 BCE | Terracotta |
 | Kha and His Wife Meryt Before Osiris (detail) from the Book of the Dead | Unknown artist, Egypt | New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1567 BCE–320 BCE | Pigment on papyrus |
 | Realm of Hungry Ghosts (from The Six Realms of Rebirth) | School of/Style of Hirotaka, Japan | Edo period, 19th century copy of 13th century original | Ink and color on paper |
 | Coffin of Henettawy | Unknown Artist, Deir el-Bahri, western Thebes, Egypt | Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1040 BCE–992 BCE | Gessoed and painted wood |
 | Ancestral Effigy (Rambaramp) | Vanuatu artist(s), Tomman Island, Vatbuyang Village, Vanuatu | Mid-20th century | Fiber, bamboo, bone, paint |
 | Funeral Portrait of a Woman | Unknown Artist, Egypt | Roman Period, 1st – 3rd century | Encaustic wax painting on wood |
