Cultural artifact

In its final week at the Bowers Museum in southern California is Sacred Gold: Pre-Hispanic Art of Colombia, an exhibition highlighting a dazzling array of gold artifacts from the renowned Museo del Oro in Bogotá, Colombia. The impressive assemblage includes over 200 figures and ornaments full of expression and inventiveness inspired by the natural environment and by supernatural visions. A selection of ceramic tomb figures and stone tools accompany the exhibition. View the exhibition's…

Disclaimer: as fun as it might sound, these tattoo designs won’t be the ones depicting young cows, but rather the ones meant for your calves - as in the portion of your lower leg. However, it would be truly charming if someone were to get a calf tattoo on their calf. Or, a tattoo of your own calf on your calf. Now that’s meta!

Picture and photos of Sanxingdui Museum In Guanghan, Chengdu, Yangtze river Gallery.

We decided to visit the Istanbul Archaeology Museums on the grounds of the Topkapı Palace outer gardens. Inside, they have a breathtaking collection of glazed brick reliefs from ancient Babylon. Many major museums around the world have lion reliefs from the processional way but in Istanbul they have bulls and "dragons from the actual gate.

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Ivory Otter Amulet. Inuit, c. 1870-1880

It’s a good bet your first box of crayons or watercolors was a simple affair of six or so colors... just like the palette belonging to Amenemopet, vizier to Pharaoh Amenhotep III (c.1391 - c.1354 BC), a pleasure-loving patron of the arts whose rule coincided with a period of great prosperity.

Originally started as part of Kevin Brunt's art stream challenge at https://www.twitch.tv/sirdigitalbacon. Theme was Hunter Gatherer. Wasn't done in time for life reasons so I pushed it further than the requirements asked for by the jam. I didn't want to follow a specific concept or recreate an artifact that already exists in real life. Instead, I used the mesoamerican influence to create something a bit unique, yet look Mayan. I hope the design comes across as interesting enough and…