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Tupa Inca Tunic

April 30, 2024

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Tupa (T' oqapu) Inca tunic held at Dumbarton Oaks library, Washington. ...

Moccasin

April 30, 2024

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Moccasins from an Algonquian nation, 19th century. ...

Rare arrowheads found in Waskaganish

April 30, 2024

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The rough-looking stone blades and arrowheads found on Waskaganish territory could reveal how the Algonquians lived in Canada around 1500. ...

Bronce de Ascoli

April 26, 2024

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Plaque Showing Roman Citizenship ...

Incipient Jōmon Pottery

April 26, 2024

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Clay-based pottery from between 11000 and 7000 BC. ...

Tablet from the administrative archives of the temple of Ba'u at Lagash quoting the wages due to the different categories of personnel, about the time of Uruinimgina. These accounting tablets represent the first step in the development of the cuneif...

Stele of the ode of Hammurabi

April 26, 2024

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The Code of Hammurabi contains 282 articles of law, which regulate many aspects of Mesopotamian society. The Code governs criminal offences, commerce, marriage, architecture and agriculture. The steles were a means of spreading the laws, and this al...

Anishnabek Birchbark Pipe

April 24, 2024

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Pipes could be made from any material, including birchbark, wood and stone. Whatever the material, pipes helped to bring knowledge and peace of mind. This particular one is in the form of a miniature moose call. ...

Anishnabek Pipe

April 24, 2024

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Made of soapstone and wood, this pipe would be filled with natural tobacco. During times of storytelling, the Anishnabek (known in the academic world as the Algonquin) believed that smoking the pipe was an unspoken message for the people to listen a...