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.
797-10484 - Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, Chapultepec Park Museo National Antropologia Paraguas or Umbrellas central column architectural feature.
797-10491 - Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Antropologia Replica wall painting from Chiapas depicting line of figures with symbols below.
797-10492 - Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Antropologia Detail of lintel 43 de Yaxchilan relief carving from Chiapas depicting figure carrying ceremonial staff.
1113-12570 - Entrance Hall with the aztec stone of the sun, National Anthropology Museum, Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, Mexico D.F., Mexico
857-47382 - A skull whearing a wig, found in Chihuahua is displayed in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, December 1, 2011. The National Museum of Anthropology and History museum(Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia) is located in the histori
776-1063 - Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer sculpture by Craig Dan Goseyun and Anthropology Laboratory, New Mexico Museum, Museum Hill, City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, North America
776-1043 - Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer sculpture by Craig Dan Goseyun and Anthropology Laboratory, New Mexico Museum, Museum Hill, City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, North America
763-659 - Gold Artifacts Moche (Mochica) Culture, 100 to 700AD, NCoast Lord of Sipan Tomb, c300AD model of Lord's attendant in ornaments of gold and turquoise, Peru
763-657 - Gold Artifacts Chimu-Lambayeque Culture, 1100 to 1400AD, from the Lambayeque Valley on north coast a Funeral Mask created in one piece of gold, Peru
763-656 - Gold Artifacts Moche (Mochica) Culture, 100 to 700AD, NCoast necklace from Old Lord of Sipan Tomb, 200AD, with gold spiders (front and back details), Peru
763-655 - Gold Artifacts Moche (Mochica) Culture, 100 to 700AD, NCoast funeral mask from the Old Lord of Sipan Tomb, 200AD, with gilded pectoral of Octopus arms, Peru
763-654 - Gold Artifacts Moche (Mochica) Culture, 100 to 700AD, NCoast 'feline-man' fr Old Lord of Sipan Tomb, 200AD, gilded divinity reigns over sea, land & sky, Peru
763-653 - Gold Artifacts Moche (Mochica) Culture, 100 to 700AD, NCoast 'crab man' from Old Lord of Sipan Tomb, 200AD, gilded copper figure of divinity of the sea, Peru
763-621 - Artifacts from the Chancay Culture, 1100-1400AD, north coast textile with repeating feline and bird designs Museum of the Nation in Lima, Peru
763-619 - Gold Artifacts Mochica Culture, 200-800AD, Classic Period gold breastplate (pectoral) in human and animal form Rafael Herrera Museum, Lima, Peru
763-616 - Precolumbian Gold Nazca Culture, 100-700AD mummy with gold ornaments and wrapped in feather blanket in collection of the Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru
763-615 - Precolumbian Gold Chimu Culture, 1000-1400AD drinking vessel of gold and turquoise, depicts idol with staff and headdress Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru
763-614 - Precolumbian Gold Chimu Culture, 1000-1400AD mask with feline features in gold, turquoise and cinnabar paint collection of Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru
763-613 - Precolumbian Gold Chimu Culture, 1000-1400AD TUMI ceremonial knife depicting legendary chief Naym Lap, gold and turquoise in Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru