EditorialSummer Flowers: Irises and Water Plantains, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1. Katsukawa Shunsho; Japanese, 1726-1792; Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1776. Dimensio...
EditorialThe Ekahum ceremony, consisting of the release of a bull. A young bull stands in the courtyard of the deceased's house. His eldest son performs a sacrifice with rice, plantains and three brass pots of water decorated with mango leaves. The widow is dre...
EditorialView at Korakatoa. View at Krakatoa, with native hut. Two huts, the large one containing stores, and an open-air trestle with objects. Behind, plantains and coconut palm. . Ninety drawings, some in Indian ink, some coloured, executed by J. Webber duri...
EditorialFruit of the Plantain and Banana. West India Scenery, with illustrations of negro ch. R. Jennings & Co.: London, [1836?]. Bunch of Bananas and Plantains. Sections of each fruit. Image taken from West India Scenery, with illustrations of negro character...
EditorialThe Ekahum ceremony, consisting of the release of a bull. A young bull stands in the courtyard of the deceased's house. His eldest son performs a sacrifice with rice, plantains and three brass pots of water decorated with mango leaves. The widow is dre...
EditorialVessel in the Form of Three Plantains, 12th?15th century, Peru, Chim?, Ceramic, H x W x D: 5 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 12 1/8in. (13 x 18.8 x 30.8cm), Ceramics-Containers.