EditorialOrnaments of the Native Americans of Virginia (Powhatan) worn in a dance: belts 1,2,3, girdle of Thevetia ahouai kernels 4, bead necklaces 5,6,7, feather headdresses 8,9, apron 10 and shirt 11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's ...
Editorial" Hacha", a flat, polished sculpture associated with the Maya ballgame. The significance is unknown; hachas may have been markers, or trophies, or models for the players' leather belts. From El Salvador, 600-900 CE. Basalt. Height 30 cm. Inv....
EditorialYoung Italian women, 14th century. They wear robes without belts, each trimmed with fur at the hem. One wears her hair laced up, while the other two wear bonnets with long tails. From the Titius Livius manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambroisana, Milan. Ha...