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Santee Smith’s permanent public sculpture welcomes visitors to the Museum and celebrates the ongoing Indigenous presence on Turtle Island.
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Plate with scene from the story of Metabus and Camilla, Urbino, Italy, 1534, Maiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, lustre, and hand-built, Gift of George and Helen Gardiner
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Jeannot Blackburn, Untitled (covered jar), Montreal, Canada, c.1989, Earthenware and glazes, Gift in memory of the artist by G. Louden and P. Durand
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Dog-form Effigy Vessel, Colima, Mexico, 300 BCE – 300 CE, Red earthenware, red slip, burnishing, and hand-built, Gift of George and Helen Gardiner
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‘Bianhu’ (flask) with bajixiang or the eight Buddhist emblem, Jingdezhen, China, c.1736-95, Porcelain, underglaze cobalt blue, The Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Blue and White Chinese Porcelain
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Learn more about our permanent collection of more than 5,000 objects and access it online.
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