EditorialBird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogenic substances. It was collected in 1777 by Captain Geronimo Verde on Santa Catarina Island (Brazil). Sambaqui culture (3000 BC-500 AD). Stone. Coast of Brazil. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
EditorialArtist: Ning Zhai, Chinese, active late 15thearly 16th century, Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi with an?Attendant, late 15thearly 16th?century, Hanging scrol, I, ink and color on silk, without mounting: 63 1/4 ? 38 1/8 in. (160.7 ? 96.8 cm), The flute iden...
EditorialRudy Gonsior, who served as a sniper in the Army Special Forces, at the Soltara Healing Center in Costa Rica, Dec. 5, 2019. (Adam Ferguson/The New York Times)
EditorialBird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogenic substances. It was collected in 1777 by Captain Geronimo Verde on Santa Catarina Island (Brazil). Sambaqui culture (3000 BC-500 AD). Stone. Coast of Brazil. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
EditorialCast gold pendant of a winged shaman, from Popayán, Colombia, 100-1500. The figure on this pendant combines human attributes with the outstretched wings of a bird. These elements allude to shamanic powers of flight. After careful ritual preparat...