Song Dynasty Pottery Figure of a Boy beteljar is not only a testament

is not only a testament to the innovative spirit of early Islamic civilization but also a rare surviving artifact of its multifaceted contributions to science

This lovely unpolished Mayan terracotta head fragment likely represents a deity or warrior from Maya culture

Andean women have used tupus to secure and decorate their clothing

in which the bodies of the dead are dismembered and scattered over open ground to ‘give alms to the birds’

Trade and Transformation

Song Dynasty Pottery Figure of a Boy beteljar is not only a testamentNorthern Song Dynasty, c. 9601127 AD, China An exceptionally rare and evocative unglazed pottery figure of a naked baby boy, possibly representing the infant Buddha, and most likely modeled during the Northern Song Dynasty Period. The softly rounded figure stands upon a rectangular plinth, his right arm raised to the front and left arm resting at his side, both hands clenched into small fists. A faint raised line beneath the neck suggests the original