The exotic artifacts on view range in size from a finger ring of coiled brass wire to a coffinlike wooden storage chest seven feet long.
Because of the artisan background of Constantinople, the more exotic artifact that could be presented, the better it was for relations.
Hula Hoops become exotic artifacts, interchangeable with spare tires that are used like Hula Hoops when not piled up to construct a make-believe car.
Half by accident, most ship people acquired souvenirs of the places they had visited, exotic, alien artifacts to keep or to give to friends and family back home.
Broster's team also found a number of "exotic" artifacts at the Cochran area.
ON the grounds of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in New London, where scientists invented sonar, stands an exotic artifact that seems as if it lost its way.
In the room's dim corner, Foley made out cabinets filled with exotic artifacts - snuff bottles, porcelains, and small bronze figures.
Various exotic artifacts discovered at the site show that Mound Bottom was part of a vast trade network that extended to the Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, and the Appalachian Mountains.
The earlier temporal village dated before 1550 CE which yielded no pottery made with legs nor lizard effigy on the rims nor exotic crafted artifacts.
He grasped a thick stack of mail and pulled letters out one by one, examining each as if pondering some exotic artifact.