OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Chincha artist(s)” — 53 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 10:03 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Burial post, by Chincha artist(s)

Burial post

Chincha artist(s) · 1400–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Coursetia grandiflora Benth.

Coursetia grandiflora Benth.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 9/2/47

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceremonial digging stick, by Chincha artist(s)

Ceremonial digging stick

Chincha artist(s) · 1200–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Dunalia sp.

Dunalia sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 29 Oct 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceremonial digging stick, by Chincha artist(s)

Ceremonial digging stick

Chincha artist(s) · 1200–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Eupithecia chincha

Eupithecia chincha

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceremonial digging stick, by Chincha artist(s)

Ceremonial digging stick

Chincha artist(s) · 1200–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Eragrostis pastoensis (Kunth) Trin.

Eragrostis pastoensis (Kunth) Trin.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 1/3/47

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ceremonial digging stick, by Chincha artist(s)

Ceremonial digging stick

Chincha artist(s) · 1200–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br.

Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br.

Artist not stated in the record · 1 Mar 1947

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gourd-shaped bottle, by Topará artist(s)

Gourd-shaped bottle

Topará artist(s) · 200 BCE–100 CE

Public domainThe Met
Chondracanthus chamissoi (C. Agardh) Kützing

Chondracanthus chamissoi (C. Agardh) Kützing

Artist not stated in the record · 18 Jun 1907

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary staff, by Inca artist(s)

Funerary staff

Inca artist(s) · 1400–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Agardh

Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Agardh

Artist not stated in the record · 12 Jun 1907

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary staff, by Inca artist(s)

Funerary staff

Inca artist(s) · 1400–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Tribulus terrestris L.

Tribulus terrestris L.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 8/2/47

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Beaker with face, by Inca artist(s)

Beaker with face

Inca artist(s) · 1400–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Pteridium aquilinum var. arachnoideum (Kaulf.) Herter

Pteridium aquilinum var. arachnoideum (Kaulf.) Herter

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Beaker with face, by Inca artist(s)

Beaker with face

Inca artist(s) · 1400–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Pteridium aquilinum var. arachnoideum (Kaulf.) Herter

Pteridium aquilinum var. arachnoideum (Kaulf.) Herter

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[Mining Site Chincha Islands], by José Negretti

[Mining Site Chincha Islands]

José Negretti · 1860s–70s

Public domainThe Met
Zapoteca caracasana subsp. weberbaueri (Harms) H.M. Hern.

Zapoteca caracasana subsp. weberbaueri (Harms) H.M. Hern.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 9/2/47

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[Mining Site Chincha Islands, Lima], by José Negretti

[Mining Site Chincha Islands, Lima]

José Negretti · 1860s–70s

Public domainThe Met
Calliandra taxifolia (Kunth) Benth.

Calliandra taxifolia (Kunth) Benth.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 9/2/47

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 13 matched · 13 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 878605 matched · 40 examined · 4 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-02 10:03 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.