1350-2073 - New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.
1167-1738 - Misty Mount William, glaciers and icebergs, sunny weather, Anvers Island, from Bismarck Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1722 - Glaciers and mountains of Cape Errera with dramatic sky, Wiencke Island, from Bismarck Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions
1167-1723 - Glaciers, icebergs and misty mountains, Bismarck Strait, off Anvers Island and Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions
832-175349 - Aerial view, row houses, Solarsiedlung Bismarck solar village, Haverkamp, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-118705 - Aerial view, NRW-Urban city development, Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck district, Rhine?Herne Canal, Emscher river, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-98702 - Aerial view, Graf Bismarck 3, 5, former mine, Schachtzeichen mine indicators on the A2 motorway cover, Schachtzeichen RUHR.2010 art installation, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
817-120224 - Vertical image of a linkia (Linckia laevigata) sea star in mid water against the sun burst rays from the surface, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea