EditorialRing of Figures, 2nd century B.C.?A.D. 3rd century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Colima, Colima, Ceramic, H. 6 1/8 x Diam. 8 1/2 in. (15.6 x 21.6 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, In this scene eight alternating male and female figures holding each other at the shoulde...
EditorialLanius excubitor, Print, The great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor), known as the northern shrike in North America, is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the Iberian g...
EditorialTinnunculus sparverius, Print, The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. It has a roughly two-to-one range in size over subspecies and sex, varying in size from about the weight of a blue jay to a ...
EditorialLanius excubitor, Print, The great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor), known as the northern shrike in North America, is a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae). It forms a superspecies with its parapatric southern relatives, the Iberian g...
EditorialPair of Keros, 16th?17th century, Peru, Quechua, Wood, pigmented resin inlay, Height 7 in., Wood-Containers, The counterpoised figures depicted here may echo the traditional Andean worldview of balanced dichotomy. The opposing forces, male figures (in ...