In Focus

Disk, 2008.69

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (pua sungkit)

Peoples & Societies

Ekonda

In Focus

Skirt (lawo butu), 1983.100

object

Mask

object

Head of a malagan figure

object

Mask

object

Drum (gama)

In Focus

Shrine object with figure atop a dwelling flanked by two mythological animals

Cultures & Traditions

Ancient Egyptian Beliefs

object

Disk

In Focus

Sword with handle resembling a human face in profile

object

Ceremonial mat

Times & Places

The Northwest Coast

object

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (paporitonoling)

In Focus

Mouth mask probably depicting the head of a rooster

Peoples & Societies

Baga

object

Breton Women Attending a Pardon

object

Tea table

object

Cup in form of head

object

Suspension hook

object

Cup in form of male figure

Cultures & Traditions

Senufo Funerary Practices

object

Uli figure

object

Ceremonial pole (mbis): ancestor figures

object

Ear ornament or pendant (mamuli)

object

Ceremonial cloth (bebali)

object

Shield

object

Mask

object

Two-mouthed cup with faces in relief

object

Ring depicting ritual sacrifice

In Focus

Ceremonial banner cloth (palepai)

Cultures & Traditions

Art for Coming-of-Age

Cultures & Traditions

Sicán (Lambayeque)

object

Ceremonial cloth (tampan)

object

Ceremonial hanging (palepai)

object

Ceremonial cloth (tampan)

In Focus

Man's shoulder or hip cloth (hinggi), 1983.91

object

Ceremonial rod in case

Cultures & Traditions

Mesoamerican Sacrifice and Bloodletting (Autosacrifice)