EditorialPilgrims to Mecca. Miscellany of Iskandar Sultan. Southern Iran, 1410-1411. Pilgrims to Mecca. A miniature painting from a treatise on the law of religious observances by Abu Hanifah, part of a fifteenth century manuscript written for Jalal al-Din Iska...
EditorialPilgrims to Mecca. Miscellany of Iskandar Sultan. Southern Iran, 1410-1411. Pilgrims to Mecca. A miniature painting from a treatise on the law of religious observances by Abu Hanifah, part of a fifteenth century manuscript written for Jalal al-Din Iska...
EditorialStick God (Akua Ka'ai), 18th?early 19th century, United States, Hawai'i, Hawai'i, Wood, H. 12 1/4 x W. 1 3/4 x D. 1 1/8 in. (31.1 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm), Wood-Sculpture, The Hawaiians venerated, and in some cases still honor, a multitude of supernatural being...
EditorialTerracotta head with wreath, Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made, H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), Terracottas, The head originally wore a large wreath that is now mostly broken off. In Cypriot limestone sculpture, representations...