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 “Las Bocas artist(s)” — 64 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 06:59 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.
Seated hollow figure with helmet, by Las Bocas artist(s)

Seated hollow figure with helmet

Las Bocas artist(s) · 1200–800 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Securidaca scandens Jacq.

Securidaca scandens Jacq.

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Oct 1977

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stylized Figure Pendant, by Darién artist(s)

Stylized Figure Pendant

Darién artist(s) · 1 - 900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Pterocarpus acapulcensis Rose

Pterocarpus acapulcensis Rose

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Jan 1978

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stylized Figure Pendant, by Darién artist(s)

Stylized Figure Pendant

Darién artist(s) · 1 - 900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Bocconia arborea S. Watson

Bocconia arborea S. Watson

Artist not stated in the record · 21 Oct 2007

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pendant with sea mammal, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Pendant with sea mammal

Chiriquí artist(s) · 700–1550 CE

Public domainThe Met
Canna indica L.

Canna indica L.

Artist not stated in the record · 31 Jan 1989

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Funerary mask, by Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s)

Funerary mask

Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s) · 900–1100 CE

Public domainThe Met
Canna indica L.

Canna indica L.

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ear ornament with winged runner, by Moche artist(s)

Ear ornament with winged runner

Moche artist(s) · 400–700 CE

Public domainThe Met
Pera distichophylla (Mart.) Baill.

Pera distichophylla (Mart.) Baill.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Nov 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ear ornament with winged runner, by Moche artist(s)

Ear ornament with winged runner

Moche artist(s) · 400–700 CE

Public domainThe Met
Mabea sp.

Mabea sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Nov 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Eagle relief, by Toltec artist(s)

Eagle relief

Toltec artist(s) · 900–1200 CE

Public domainThe Met
Micrandra sp.

Micrandra sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Nov 1994

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
unpublished name

unpublished name

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Nov 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing figure, by Teotihuacan artist(s)

Standing figure

Teotihuacan artist(s) · 350–600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Emmotum sp.

Emmotum sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Nov 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Whistling vessel, by Maya artist(s)

Whistling vessel

Maya artist(s) · 400–500 CE

Public domainThe Met
Tovomita sp.

Tovomita sp.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Nov 1994

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Face, by Olmec artist(s)

Face

Olmec artist(s) · 900–400 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Malouetia calva Markgr.

Malouetia calva Markgr.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Nov 1994

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. 1734 matched · 24 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. 1175912 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 2026-08-27 06:59 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.