EditorialFemale Figure, 2nd century B.C.?A.D. 1st century, United States, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), Bone/Ivory-Sculpture, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established the...
EditorialHarpoon Counterweight, 10th century, United States, Alaska, Punuk, Ivory (walrus), H. 3 x W. 3 1/16 in. (7.6 x 7.7 cm), Bone/Ivory-Implements, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the rim of the ...
EditorialHead, 2nd?4th century, United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), H. 2 1/2 x W. 1 3/4 in., Bone/Ivory-Sculpture, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the rim of the North Pacific Ocea...
EditorialHarpoon Head, 4th?5th century, United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), L. 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm), Bone/Ivory-Implements, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the rim of the North Pa...
EditorialOrnament, 4th century (?), United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), H. 2 1/2 x W. 1 3/16 in. (6.4 x 3 cm), Bone/Ivory-Ornaments, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the rim of the ...
EditorialStanding Figure, 2nd century B.C.?A.D. 1st century, United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), Bone/Ivory-Sculpture, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the r...
EditorialFemale Figure, 2nd century B.C.?A.D. 1st century, United States, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), Bone/Ivory-Sculpture, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established the...
EditorialHarpoon Counterweight, 10th century, United States, Alaska, Punuk, Ivory (walrus), H. 3 x W. 3 1/16 in. (7.6 x 7.7 cm), Bone/Ivory-Implements, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the rim of the ...
EditorialFlowers, Edo period (1615?1868), 1831, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, 6 3/4 in. ? 12 ft. 7 5/16 in. (17.2 ? 384.3 cm), Paintings, Okada Hanko (Japanese, 1782?1846), Hanko, son of Okada Beisanjin (1744?1820), grew up in the literati circle t...
EditorialHead, 2nd?4th century, United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), H. 2 1/2 x W. 1 3/4 in., Bone/Ivory-Sculpture, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the rim of the North Pacific Ocea...
EditorialHarpoon Head, 4th?5th century, United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), L. 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm), Bone/Ivory-Implements, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the rim of the North Pa...
EditorialOrnament, 4th century (?), United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), H. 2 1/2 x W. 1 3/16 in. (6.4 x 3 cm), Bone/Ivory-Ornaments, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the rim of the ...
EditorialStanding Figure, 2nd century B.C.?A.D. 1st century, United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), Bone/Ivory-Sculpture, In the last two millennia before the Common Era, the peoples who established themselves along the r...
EditorialTerracotta model of a boat, Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, 1 1/16 x 2 5/16 in. (2.69 x 5.89 cm), Terracottas, In its simplicity, this piece conveys the fragility of ancient vessels in relation to the vastness and pow...
EditorialPoem on a Hermitage, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 49 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (126.4 x 27.3 cm), Calligraphy, Tu Long (Chinese, 1542?1605), Tu Long is best known as a poet and a dramatist. Forced out of government offic...