Kuba Divination Object
This small wooden animal carving is known as an itoom and is used as an object of divination among the Kuba people, who live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Click the link to learn more.
Guna Mola
This colorful textile made by the Kuna people of the San Blas Islands in Panama is known as a mola. Molas form an important part of a Kuna woman’s traditional clothing. Click the link to learn more.
Kayak Model
This model of a kayak was made by the Yup’ik people in the Kuskokwim River Valley of Alaska. It was collected by Moravian missionaries who worked in the area beginning in the late 1880s. Click the link to learn more.
Heart Ex-Voto
This wooden carving from Canindé, Brazil, is known as an ex-voto or milagre (Portuguese). Ex-votos can take the form of paintings or sculptures made from a variety of materials. Click the link to learn more.
Ceremonial Flute
This ceremonial flute is from the Mumeri Village in the Middle Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Click the link to learn more.
Inuit Lithograph
This 1976 framed lithograph by Canadian Inuit artist Pitseolak Ashoona is titled “Memories of Childbirth.” Click the link to learn more.