January 31, 2025 | Steven G. Alpert
“Fisherman’s God” — Figure of a Supernatural Being
© Museum Fünf Kontinente, Marietta Weidner
January 29, 2025 | Editorial Team
Double-Headed Snake Mosaic Pectoral (Detail)
© The Trustees of the British Museum
January 24, 2025 | Editorial Team
Courtesy of the family of KP Hardi Danuwijoyo.
January 23, 2025 | Editorial Team
Plaque: Warrior and Attendants
Edo artist
16th–17th century
Nigeria, Igun-Eronmwen guild, Court of Benin
Brass
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1990
1990.332
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 22, 2025 | Editorial Team
PLAQUE D’ORNEMENT À MOTIF DE LION
Époque Tang, période Tubo (viie-ixe siècle)
Argent doré
H. 15,3 cm, l. 15,5 cm
Xining, musée de la culture médicinale tibétaine du Qinghai
© Musée de la culture médicinale tibétaine du Qinghai
January 20, 2025 | Editorial Team
Courtesy of BBC and AMC Networks
December 31, 2024 | Steven G. Alpert
Figurative Jar Lid
© Kulturhistorisk Museum Universitetet i Oslo
December 30, 2024 | Editorial Team
Left: Male figure (now known as the 'Anthropomorph'), possibly representing Boinayel the Rain Giver
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Middle: 西周早期 “噩侯”方罍 2007年隨州安 居羊子山4號鄂墓出土 Lidded fanglei wine vessel of the Marquis of E
Suizhou Municipal Museum
Right: Male Protective Figure | Pangulubalang
© Musée du quai Branly — Jacques Chirac
December 26, 2024 | Editorial Team
Element d incrustation en forme de tete
Inlay
Egypt, New Kingdom, Ramesside, 19th-20th Dynasty, c. 1292-1070 BC
Glass
3.8 x 4.6 cm
The Al Thani Collection, ATC1038
© The Al Thani Collection 2019. All rights reserved. Photography by Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd.
December 23, 2024 | Editorial Team
Statuette
Quimbaya culture, Colombia
200-1000 CE
Gold
Museum of the Americas, Madrid, Spain
December 20, 2024 | Editorial Team
‘Het zwaard van Ommerschans’
Brons, lengte 68,3 cm.; datering: 1500-1350 v.Chr.; gevonden in Ommerschans bij Balkbrug, Overijssel
Collectie en © foto: RMO, inv. d 2017/7.1
December 18, 2024 | Editorial Team
Figure du théâtre d'ombres représentant Siwa Murti
Bali
Deuxième moitié du 19e siècle
Cuir découpé et peint.
71.1939.127.314
© Musée du quai Branly — Jacques Chirac
November 30, 2024 | Steven G. Alpert
Trophy Skull
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
November 29, 2024 | Editorial Team
Detail of Sarong, 1933. Cotton (drawn batik), 105.5 × 101.5. Signed: Nj: Oeij Kok Sing. Stamped: Oeij Kok Sing:/ 15 Maart. 33. 2024-00361. Lee gift.
November 27, 2024 | Steven G. Alpert
War Canoe Prow Ornament
© Borneo Cultures Museum
November 22, 2024 | Editorial Team
Jaap Kunst demonstrates a conch shell | 1940-1960
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen