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A painting can be out of copyright and thephotograph of it can still be protected.

Museums publish two different things about the same artwork: whether the work is in copyright, and whether their picture of it is. OpenPlate reads both, does the arithmetic on the published term, and shows you the sentence behind every point of the score.

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    385 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Ritual staff"8 records

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Staff of Office by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Staff of Office

Unrecorded maker

early to mid-1800s · Sculpture, Wood and iron

Cleared · CC0

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Rattle Staff (ukhuhre) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Rattle Staff (ukhuhre)

Unrecorded maker

1900s · Sculpture, Wood, paint, cowrie shells, and plant fiber

Cleared · CC0

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Dance staff for Èṣù (Ògò Èlẹ́gba) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Dance staff for Èṣù (Ògò Èlẹ́gba)

Unrecorded maker

1800s · Sculpture, Wood, leather, cowrie shells, seeds, and natural fiber

Cleared · CC0

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Pair of Ritual Staffs (ẹdan Ògbóni) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Ritual Staffs (ẹdan Ògbóni)

Unrecorded maker

possibly 1800s · Sculpture, Copper alloy and iron

Cleared · CC0

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Female Figurine or Finial by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Female Figurine or Finial

Unrecorded maker

late 1800s-early 1900s · Sculpture, Ivory and iron

Cleared · CC0

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Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse by Katsushika Hokusai, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

Katsushika Hokusai (d. 1849)

1835–36 · Print, color woodblock print

Cleared · CC0

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Goddess Siddhalakshmi by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Goddess Siddhalakshmi

Unrecorded maker

1000s · Sculpture, bronze

Cleared · CC0

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Pair of Ritual Staffs (ẹdan Ògbóni) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Ritual Staffs (ẹdan Ògbóni)

Unrecorded maker

1800s · Sculpture, Copper alloy and iron

Cleared · CC0

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