EditorialAnthropomorphic domestic idol-altar. Chalcolithic. 4th millennium BC. Basalt. Cylindrical in shape with handles. The upper part has a small deposit for offerings. It was placed inside dwellings. From the Golan Heights (Middle East). Sephardic Museum. T...
EditorialVessel used to drink cacao. It was drunk in cylindrical, narrow and tall ceramic vessels. Maya culture. Late classical (600-900 AD). Guatemala. Ceramics. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
EditorialCylindrical Vessel, 1st century B.C.?A.D. 1st century, Guatemala, Mesoamerica, Maya, Ceramic, slip, Height 10 in. (25.4 cm), Ceramics-Containers, The clean lines and spare ornament of this Maya ceramic vessel illustrate the early stages of an art form ...
EditorialAtrium of the House of Obellius Firmus, Pompeii. In the center a " cartibulum", a table with a cylindrical base, on which stood the fountain-statue of a faun, behind it a marble table. 1st CE.
EditorialDrum, Native American (Creek, Muskhogean family), 19th century, Oklahoma, United States, Native American (Creek, Muskhogean family), wood, skin, and various materials, 7 1/2 ? 15 15/16 in. (19 ? 40.5 cm), Diameter (Of heads): 15 3/8 in. (39 cm), Membra...
EditorialDrum, Native American (Hopi, Shosonean family), 19th century, New Mexico, United States, Native American (Hopi, Shosonean family), Wood, skin, Overall: 20 x 32cm (7 7/8 x 12 5/8in.), Other (heads): 20cm (7 7/8in.), Other (stick): 30.5cm (12in.), Membra...
EditorialDrum, Native American (Hopi), 19th century, Arizona, United States, Native American (Hopi), Metal, skin, Overall: 25.5 x 29cm (10 1/16 x 11 7/16in.), Other (heads): 24.5cm (9 5/8in.), Other (stick): 26cm (10 1/4in.), Membranophone-double-headed, cylind...
EditorialCup with personifications of the four continents, inserted soil. Cylindrical body. The four continents are depicted on the body. Europe is personified by the Amsterdam mayor Joan Huydecoper (1599-1661), with a feathered hat, standing in front of his Go...
Editorial'The beauty of the earthenware vessels in which they cook food'. Engraving of a large cylindrical earthenware pot, with conical base, which rests on a wood fire. The pot contains a liquid mixture, with fish, ears of maize, and probably small fruit. Tw...
EditorialLate Neolithic. Chalcolithic. Idols of stone. Oculate cylindrical idols (left). Unknown provenance and Bollullos del Condado (province of Huelva, Andalusia); Hopper idols (right). Los Millares (Santa Fe de Mondujar, province of Almeria, Andalusia). Nat...
EditorialIdol of Extremadura. Anthropomorphic cylindrical sculpture. Chalcolithic. 2500 BC. Alabaster. Found in the Guadalquivir Valley. Andalusia. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.