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    Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, The Arts

    Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)

    *Indian Sign Talk* (1893)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Language

    Indian Sign Talk (1893)

    *Shy Guy* (1947)
    Film / 
    Customs & Culture, Wisdom

    Shy Guy (1947)

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)

    *Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship* (1890)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship (1890)

    Law and Ordure: *Scatalogic Rites of All Nations* (1891)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Food, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Law and Ordure: Scatalogic Rites of All Nations (1891)

    John H. White’s Photographs of Black Chicago for DOCUMERICA (1973–74)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, People, Politics

    John H. White’s Photographs of Black Chicago for DOCUMERICA (1973–74)

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher*
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Politics, War

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s Fechtbücher

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Natural World, Novelty

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)

    *The Procession of the Months* (ca. 1889)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Victorian

    The Procession of the Months (ca. 1889)

    *Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales* (1922)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1922)

    Playing Indian: *Cummings’ Indian Congress at Coney Island* (1903)
    Audio / 
    Customs & Culture, Novelty, People

    Playing Indian: Cummings’ Indian Congress at Coney Island (1903)

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Novelty, Politics, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Language, Religion

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Sport

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    Theresa Babb’s Photographs of Friendship (ca. 1898)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Landscapes, Love, People

    Theresa Babb’s Photographs of Friendship (ca. 1898)

    Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)

    Seeking Enlightenment: Denis Diderot’s *Letter on the Blind* (1749)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    Seeking Enlightenment: Denis Diderot’s Letter on the Blind (1749)

    On *Sprezzatura*: Baldassare Castiglione’s *The Book of the Courtier* (1528)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    On Sprezzatura: Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier (1528)

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era
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    Customs & Culture

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)
    Books / 
    Victorian, Customs & Culture

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)

    Nonsenseorship (1922)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    Nonsenseorship (1922)

    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations

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