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 “Garment Hook in the Shape of a Feline” — 64 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-10 17:38 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.
Garment Hook in the Shape of a Feline

Garment Hook in the Shape of a Feline

Artist not stated in the record · 6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Costume worn by Nona Hendryx of Labelle, by Larry LeGaspi, American, 1950 - 2001

Costume worn by Nona Hendryx of Labelle

Larry LeGaspi, American, 1950 - 2001 · 1975

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle in the shape of a feline, by Wari artist(s)

Bottle in the shape of a feline

Wari artist(s) · 600–900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 3rd–4th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle with caiman, by Cupisnique artist(s)

Bottle with caiman

Cupisnique artist(s) · 1000–800 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Dress designed by Ann Lowe, by Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981

Dress designed by Ann Lowe

Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981 · 1958

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Incense burner with feline head, by Tiwanaku artist(s)

Incense burner with feline head

Tiwanaku artist(s) · 500–1000 CE

Public domainThe Met
Evening coat from the collection of Lucy Cordice, by Unidentified

Evening coat from the collection of Lucy Cordice

Unidentified · 1870-1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa

Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 4th–5th century

Public domainThe Met
Dress designed by Ann Lowe, by Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981

Dress designed by Ann Lowe

Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981 · ca. 1960

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reliquary Statuette of Saint Christopher

Reliquary Statuette of Saint Christopher

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1375–1425

Public domainThe Met
Dress designed by Ann Lowe, by Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981

Dress designed by Ann Lowe

Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981 · 1966-1967

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup in the shape of an archaic vessel with feline dragons

Cup in the shape of an archaic vessel with feline dragons

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Dress designed by Ann Lowe, by Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981

Dress designed by Ann Lowe

Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981 · 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Coronation of the Virgin, and Saints, by Giovanni di Tano Fei

The Coronation of the Virgin, and Saints

Giovanni di Tano Fei · 1394

Public domainThe Met
Cotton scale with weight

Cotton scale with weight

Artist not stated in the record · mid 19th-mid 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Suspension Hook

Suspension Hook

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornament in the form of a feline-like animal on a foot-shaped stand

Ornament in the form of a feline-like animal on a foot-shaped stand

Artist not stated in the record · 206 BCE-220 CE

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Paddle Doll

Paddle Doll

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2030–1802 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Gray beaded capelet with fur collar and trim, by Unidentified

Gray beaded capelet with fur collar and trim

Unidentified · 1950s - 1960s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rafter finial in the shape of a dragon’s head and wind chime

Rafter finial in the shape of a dragon’s head and wind chime

Artist not stated in the record · 10th century

Public domainThe Met
Cream dress with floral lace and embroidery, by Unidentified

Cream dress with floral lace and embroidery

Unidentified · ca.1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dragon Hook

Dragon Hook

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Hieracium albiflorum Hook.

Hieracium albiflorum Hook.

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Jul 1988

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. 1099 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 7485236 matched · 40 examined · 19 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 2026-09-10 17:38 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.