EditorialUkrainian mechanics repair a captured Russian armored personnel carrier in the Donetsk region on Aug. 25, 2022. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
EditorialMaría Inés Pereyra, the main coordinator of a barter market where household and clothing items are traded, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 2022. (Sebastián López Brach/The New York Times)
Editorialmedal, Marinus Smeltzing, 1708, minted, General: 3.7 x 0.2cm (37 x 2mm), Weight: 17.3g, double portrait, cityscape, figure, bust, minerva, Tin medal, minted in honor of J. van den Bergh (Mayor of Leiden) and FA van Rheede (barter lord of Renswoude), as...
EditorialPeople barter basic goods in exchange for fish, in Parmana, a fishing village on the banks of the Orinoco River in central Venezuela, on Dec. 3, 2019. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)
EditorialSalt Lake, Thibet. There are hundreds of salt lakes in the northern plateaus of Tibet, including the highest salt lake in the world. Nomads made journeys to these remote waters cradled by snow peaks, returning with salt-laden yak caravans to barter the...
EditorialSalt Lake, Thibet. There are hundreds of salt lakes in the northern plateaus of Tibet, including the highest salt lake in the world. Nomads made journeys to these remote waters cradled by snow peaks, returning with salt-laden yak caravans to barter the...
EditorialPetticoat panel, third quarter 18th century, Indian, Coromandel Coast, for the Dutch market, Cotton, painted resist and mordant, dyed, 33 5/8 x 67 1/2 in. (85.4 x 171.5 cm), Textiles-Painted and Printed, The primary goal of the Dutch East India Trade C...