Objects excavated at Poverty Point and related sites were often made of materials that originated in distant places—implying viable trade networks.
Aislelike openings run between the concentric rings, which are thought to have stood
Assistant Conservator Jennifer Schnitker writes about the restoration of the Thomas Appleton pipe organ.
If you play a guitar or another stringed instrument, you may have tuned its strings
Interns Yuhan Nie and Emily Sun introduce the sounds, stories, and families of musical instruments at The Met.
Membranophones is the family name for instruments that have a stretched surface,
The Mahafaly have adopted the term aloalo to refer strictly to the works that are
Andean people attentively observed the natural world, and the various roles attributed to birds in religions and artistic representations often seem to derive from their properties and behaviors in nature.
On the coast, domesticated muscovy ducks may have been part of the subsistence.
Commissioned by Ẹsìgie (r. ca. 1517–50), Benin City; by descent to Òvá»�Ì�nránmwẹ̀ (r. 1889–97); removed from the Royal Palace by Sir Ralph Moor, 1897; Sir Ralph Moor and his wife, Adrienne Moor, London, 1897–1909; John Sparks, London, 1909; Prof
Although images of women are rare in Benin’s courtly tradition, these two works have
View research from The Met’s Medieval Art and The Cloisters
of The Met Cloisters Designed as an integral feature of the Museum, the gardens have
Catherine Benincasa was born in Siena about 1347, died in 1380, and was canonized in 1461. She was a member of the Dominican order, a mystic, and minister to the poor and plague-stricken. This picture illustrates Saint Catherine’s miraculous levitation and exchange of her bloody heart with Christ
According to Os (1971), the main panel would have been flanked by two large standing
set [me] up as a monument This is the most complete grave monument of its type to have
The officials of Senwosret III erected their tombs in a close group that was separated from the royal pyramid complex by a narrow desert strip.
major mastaba tombs belonging to the officials Nebit, Harkherti, and Khnumhotep have
