L: Hunting trophy (utet sipangangasa). Stag skull (Cervus unicolor Oceanus), combined with a composite bird atop a vertical stick between the antlers. Both have been painted with black stripes and dots. Wood, black paint, rattan, 90 cm. Samonganuot uma in the Rereiket Valley, Central Siberut, ca. 1950. NMVW 7086-9.
R: Wooden human figure (tularat sirimanua), carved in relief on the house post supporting the front left corner of the dance floor of the Bulakmonga uma in North Pagai, ca. 1920. It has an oval heart-shaped face with flat triangular nose, incised eyes and mouth, and protuberant ears. The arms are crossed in front of the chest in relief. Notched zigzag ornaments at the lower border, 14 x 66 cm. Attached to this pole were stools for the kerei to sit on when summoning benevolent spirits and the souls of game animals. The figure had no specific religious connotation but its decorative form was meant to attract good forces. The Dallas Museum of Art. The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Fund, Inc.
South Sumatra | TM-10025782
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815). Enjoying the evening cool on the banks of the Sumida River. Edo period (1615– 1868), ca. 1784. Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper. Dimensions: A: H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm). B: H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); W. 9 15/16 in. (25.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (JP1734). Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Falcons
Ptolemaic Dynasty, 305-30 BCE
Egypt
Stone
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1909.140 | F1909.141
Hatzegopteryx shown in “Prehistoric Planet,” now streaming on Apple TV+.
Basket-Carrier (Canastero) with Fangs and Serpents, Colombia, Calima region, (Ilama period), 1500 BCE–100 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Jorge G. and Nelly de Muñoz and Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Ceremonial Cloth | Tampan
© The Dallas Museum of Art | Texas, USA
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI
(Edo, 1760–1849)
Storm Below the Summit [Sanka hakuu], from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji [Fugaku sanjūrokkei]
Japan, late 1831
Woodblock print (nishike-e)
H. 26; W. 38.7 cm
Louvre Abu Dhabi, LAD 2020.090
Photo credit: ©Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi. Photo: Sylvie VanRoey
Fang: Mvai culture; Gabon
Male Reliquary Guardian Figure (Eyema Byeri)
19th–early 20th century
Wood, beads, and pigment
Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., 2000.3.MCD
Image courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art
Zhongli Quan Crossing the Ocean, 1368-1644. Zhao Qi (Chinese, active early 1500s). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; image: 135 x 57.5 cm (53 1/8 x 22 5/8 in.); overall: 233 x 71.6 cm (91 3/4 x 28 3/16 in.); with knobs: 233 x 77.5 cm (91 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.13