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High ResolutionCSA30341
© The Field Museum, CSA30341, Photographer Charles Carpenter.
Cane, rattan, feathers ceremonial dance mask from Papua New Guinea, Pacific. Image of unidentified man holding the white backdrop is visible at left. He is blurry because he was moving while the image was being taken. On display at the Field Columbian Museum.This mask is on display currently in Stanley Field Hall right next to the south entrance along with other similar masks.
11x14 glass negative
1910
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Ceremonial Sword
- Dated: 18th century
- Culture: Eastern Tibet or Mongolia
- Medium: Steel blade, jade handle; silver sheath inlaid with coral and turquoise; silk tassel
- Measurements: 21 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (54.6 x 8.89 cm)
Source: © Museum Associates 2011 - LACMA
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High ResolutionSYMBOLS & MYSTICISM # 9
Eyes without a face
Workers restoring the newly relocated temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt, 1968 created by King Ramesses Il during the 12th Century B.C.
More insight on the salvage of the temple from the encroached Lake Nasser | read more.
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Although archaeological illustration shares many things with scientific illustration it has its own conventions and techniques. Here are a few recommended books and resources for anyone interested in archaeological illustration:
Archaeological Illustration by Lesley Adkins & Roy Adkins
Student’s Guide to Archaeological Illustrating by Brian Dillon
Approaches to Archaeological Illustration - A Handbook by Mélanie Steiner - particularly good as it covers the techniques used by illustrators in great detail.
There are various technical papers published by The Association of Archaeological Illustrators & Surveyors:
http://www.aais.org.uk/html/papers/papers.html
Archaeological Illustration (PDF)
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High ResolutionPair of gold, lapis lazuli, glass and pearl bracelets, Byzantine, circa 5th-7th Century A.D. | CHRISTIES
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Con Co Ngua excavation potentially the earliest cemetery site in Southeast Asia
More than 140 ancient burials including men, women, teenagers and children have been recovered from the site in the Thanh Hoa province in Northern Vietnam.
The burial site, known as Con Co Ngua, is believed to have existed sometime between 5,000 and 6,000 years ago. Rising sea levels helped preserve the site under a thick cap of marine clay.
“Archaeological cemeteries and living sites of such antiquity are all but unknown in the region, with only a handful of burials from a number of cave sites previously known,” Dr Oxenham said. [full article]
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High ResolutionThe XII Mounthes of the Yeare in the Habits of Severall Nations / August
Published by Thomas Booth
Print made by Robert Vaughan
1620-23
The British Museum
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High ResolutionHow snow helps archaeologists discover ancient sites. (via Snowy landscape reveals Wales’ forgotten ancient remains - Need to Read - News - WalesOnline)
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The skull of Homo erectus (as Pithecanthropus erectus) compared with modern human, modern ape and microcephalic skulls by Eugène Dubois, the discoverer of Homo erectus.
From: Näheres über den Pithecanthropus erectus als Menschenähnliche Uebergangsform by Eugène Dubois
See also: Pithecanthropus erectus : eine menschen aehnliche Uebergangsform aus Java
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Coins representing different historical periods in ancient Persia and Mesopotamia. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Photo by Babylon Chronicle
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"I tell my students, it’s not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What’s more difficult is to identify with someone you don’t see, who’s very far away, who’s a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders."
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High ResolutionFunerary gifts found in a royal tomb. A bronze situla (urn) held a sword, horse equipment and various tools.
Oss, the Netherlands, ca. 800-500 B.C.
Source: Leiden Museum of Antiquities
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Inuit carved figures (20th century):
- Top: Caribou; antler (Canada, Nunavut, Pelly Bay; 1954)
- Second row: Seagull with fish, Inuki; ivory (Canada, Baffin Island, Nunavut; ca. 1951)
- Third row left: Seal; ivory (United States, Alaska; 20th century)
- Third row right: Seal; Walrus ivory (Canada, Baffin Island, Nunavut; 18th-19th century)
- Fourth row: Seal; Caribou antler and ink (Canada, Baffin Island, Nunavut; ca. 1952)
- Fifth row left: Walrus, Annawakalook; ivory and ink (Canada, Baffin Island, Nunavut; ca. 1950)
- Fifth row right: Wolf; antler (Canada, Nunavut, Pelly Bay; 1954)
- Bottom: Bear, Marion Wenaka; ivory (United States, Alaska; 20th century)
See also:
- Auger, E.E. 2004. The Way of Inuit Art: Aesthetics and History in and Beyond the Arctic. MacFardland Press.
- Crandall, R.C. 1999. Inuit Art: A History. MacFarland Press.
- Graburn, N.H.H. 1987. “Inuit Art and the Expression of Eskimo Identity,” American Review of Canadian Studies 17(1).
- Graburn, N.H.H. 2004. “Authentic Inuit Art Creation and Exclusion in the Canadian North,” Journal of Material Culture 9(2):141-159.
- Graburn, N. 2004. “Inuksuk: Icon of the Inuit of Nunavut,” Art et Représentation 28(1):69-82.
- Philips, R.B and Steiner, C.B.1999. Unpacking Culture - Art and Commodity in colonial and Postcolonial Worlds. University of California Press.
- Pupchek, L.S. 2001. “True North: Inuit Art and the Canadian Imagination,” American Review of Canadian Studies 31(1-2):191-208.
- Ray, D.J. 1996. A Legacy of Arctic Art. University of Washington Press.
(Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City).
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Ancient Pyu City-State from Sri Ksetra Dynasty (RFA Burmese)
ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံမွာ ေရွးေဟာင္းသုေတသန ဌာနက တူးေဖာ္ သုေတသန ျပဳလုပ္ေနတဲ့ ပ်ဴၿမိဳ႕ေဟာင္းေတြ အမ်ားအျပား ရိွေနပါတယ္။ အဲဒီၿမိဳ႕ေဟာင္းေတြ အထဲက ပဲခူးတုိင္း ျပည္ၿမိဳ႕အနီးမွာရိွတဲ့ သေရေခတၱရာ ပ်ဴၿမိဳ႕ေဟာင္း အေၾကာင္း RFA ေဆာင္းပါးရွင္ ရွင္ေဒဝီက တင္ျပထားပါတယ္။
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