Object 139443: Anaatomical Votive Analysis

This chapter shows the trade over the ocean in 1000 ce. The ship was carrying raw materials and goods from all across Asia, containing tin and many more valuable metals.This shows the importance of tin in southeast Asia. Also Tin as a part of another important metal, bronze, was necessary for the production of everyday objects in many areas in Asia. This chapter shows how important metal was at this time and how much of use it was. The maps made it easy to show how Asia connected around other parts of the Asian world."Finally, trade was essential to the everyday practice of culture in the Asian world." [Page 73] this quote shows how trade was good for Asia in bringing it together

This sculpture is carved from the sacrum bone of a now-extinct camelid. The sacrum bone is the large triangular bone at the base of the spine. The sculpture was handmade. Geologists argue that it was carved with a sharp instrument. The two carved circles which represent the nostrils are perfectly symmetrical.

Looking at an artifact’s physical attributes is always the first step to uncovering the archaeological significance

The Harvester’s Vase was rediscovered in the ruins of the Hagia Triada, (a Minoan settlement near Knossos) by British Archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in 1902, the Harvester’s Vase, is a beautiful and rare artifact of Minoan culture, the artist is unknown, but it is believed to have been created around 1500 BCE at the apex of Minoan civilization. But this isn’t any old vase, in fact, it is not a vase at all, according the art historian John Forskyse, but a stone sculpture made up of steatite or soapstone, (a metamorphic rock made up talc and magnesium) a very common medium for carving during this

The Beaker with Ibex Motifs is a prehistoric pottery art work, found in near-perfect condition during a 1906-1908 excavation of a Susian necropolis in Susa, Iran. The Beaker with Ibex Motifs is a large vessel with dimensions at 28.90 x 16.40 cm. Used by the first inhabitants of Susa, this beaker is a the first example of a funerary item. The identity of artist is unknown, however, it is thought the beaker was created sometime between 4200 and 3500 B.C.E.

The Nok heads and sculptures of Nigeria are made hallow, life-sized terra-cotta figures with a coiling technique commonly used to make pottery vessels (Thames & Hudson, 2015, pg.451). Nok heads were made with clay and although clay is very durable it is also breakable. However, very few sculpture have been found undamaged. The head of the figures was larger than the bodies because the artists wanted to emphasize the association between the head with knowledge and identity. The Nok head below is from Rafin Kura, sculpted in c. 500 BCE-200 CE. Like many Nok heads, this sculpture has a unique hairstyle, with three buns on top. It also has triangular- shaped eyes with holes in the pupils, nostrils, mouth, and

In the 7th Century AD, an important individual was buried inside a ship in East Anglia. The ship most likely hauled up from the nearby river, a burial chamber was built in the center of the massive vessel. Luckily grave robbers did not reach the ship burial as they did other nearby burial mounds, because the ship was rich in history and artifacts including gold, silver, bowls, spoons, weapons, drinking horns and much more. Originally discovered in 1939, the artifacts and ship burial have been closely examined another 2 times. The artifacts found within the magnificent burial site have created a lot of stir over the past 80 years. Theories have changed on the significance and origins of the artifacts due to changing hypothesis or the arrival of new and different evidence. Because there are dozens of artifacts within Sutton Hoo, this paper will be focusing on a select four of them including; the ‘baptismal’ spoons, the Merovingian coin hoard, the whetstone, and the scepter. According to scholars over the past 80 years, how have opinions, evidence, or assumptions changed relating to these exact artifacts? This paper will be taking a contemporary look at the perspectives of different scholars on different artifacts and, finally, analyze why these perspectives have shifted or changed over time. To my knowledge, scholars do give credit to previous perspectives, but no scholar has every brought all the perspectives together and analyzed their findings.

This paper is an analysis of the single cultural artifact that best represents the culture in which I live in today. The paper will provide a detailed analysis of the artifact and how it relates to the values and beliefs of the culture. Additionally, it will address the deep cultural roots of the artifact, the historical roots of the artifact, what allowed it to come into being and who was affected by its development. This information will come as someone trained from the humanities.

Evidence of tattoos is found not only on mummies or in text, but on the objects left behind by ancient civilizations.

The beautiful magic wands of the Egyptian past are a great example of the how the Ancient Egyptians revered their gods, but more importantly, they glorified their living and sanctified their dead. The appearance during the Middle Kingdom of the magic wands in tombs tell a story of a culture that struggled with surviving childbirth. In order to protect their laboring mothers, in this life and the next, the Egyptians evoked deities from their pantheon and spellbound them to a piece of hippo bone. In the magic wands found scattered about Egypt, all possess carvings of knife wielding deities, some were three dimensional and even the material it has made from held great significance.

With works in every known medium, from every part of the world, throughout all points in history, exploring the vast collection of the Museum of Modern Art was an overwhelming experience. The objects in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts are an important historical collection, reflecting the development of a number of art forms in Western Europe. The department's holdings covered sculpture in many sizes, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, jewelry, and tapestries. The gallery attracted my appreciation of the realistic qualities of the human body often portrayed in sculpture.

The Praeneste fibula has been the center of controversy amongst scholars since it’s initial presentation of discovery on January 7, 1887. There have been debates over the authenticity of the inscription ranging from the unique language and grammatical features to undetermined discovery site. The artifact has been estimated to origin from around the 7th century B.C., but there are scholars who argue the artifact is a forgery dating from the 19th century. The inscription uses lettering that resembled early Etruscan and Greek inscription from around 7th century B.C. The Praeneste fibula is an early indication that other Italian languages influence on Latin in a frontier city such as the early Praeneste. In more recent years, scholars have used a new scientific method to perform an in-depth examination of the inscription to determine the origin date. The results have determined that the Praeneste fibula is in fact authentic and dates to 7th century, which is well before the believed forgery was produced.

His right hand may have held some type of parchment. Here are two images of the sculpture, at the time that he probably held the office of Pontificus Maximus…

On Key Symbols Author(s): Sherry B. Ortner Reviewed work(s): Source: American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 75, No. 5 (Oct., 1973), pp. 1338-1346 Published by: Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Anthropological Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/674036 . Accessed: 05/09/2012 09:42

Within this essay I will try to provide information that explains what “Ouroborus” is, investigate and include text that links the Ouroborus to many different carving cultures that the Ouroborus has had or still does have an effect on, and cover some of the many different impacts this symbol has an those cultures.