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Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Carving, Myanmar (formerly Burma), South East Asia

Carving, Myanmar (formerly Burma), South East Asia
Teak sculpture, in raised relief carved from a single piece of wood. It is possibly a statue of a Nat. Nats are a group of deities, including spirits of trees, rivers, lakes and ancestors

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Moche Culture Portrait Vessel, Truxillo, Peru

Moche Culture Portrait Vessel, Truxillo, Peru
Moche culture vessels are some of the few realistic portrayals of human faces found in the Pre-Columbian Americas. They were mass-produced, using moulds

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Bronze Incense Burner (Koro), Japan

Bronze Incense Burner (Koro), Japan
This incense burner dates from around 1800 and is in the form of a Chinese boy (karako) reading a book. Karako is a Japanese term meaning Chinese child

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Okimono, Japan

Okimono, Japan
This carved object, depicting an egg and two rats, was made in Japan in the mid 1800s. It is known as an okimono, which means object for display in Japanese

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Hinamatsuri Egg Diorama, Japanese

Hinamatsuri Egg Diorama, Japanese
This playful diorama shows the court of an emperor and empress. Empty eggshells have been painted with happy faces and dressed in clothing from the Heian period (794-1185) in Japan

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Mende Sowei Mask, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Mende Sowei Mask, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Women of the female-only secret society (Sande) of Western Africa used these carved, wooden, masks for initiation ceremonies, marking a womans transition from child to adulthood

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Noh Mask, Japan

Noh Mask, Japan
Carved wooden Noh mask painted with a white face, red lips, black hair, teeth, moustache and small beard. Noh is a Japanese theatrical art form

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Pottery Bottle, Peru, South America

Pottery Bottle, Peru, South America
This bottle is likely to have been made by the Chim├║ people, who lived in northern Peru. It dates from AD1100-1300 and depicts a human-like figure holding a monkey

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Painted Mask, Japanese

Painted Mask, Japanese
This Japanese painted composition model of a mask is a miniature of the type used in Japanese Noh theatre. This mask represents a more devilish interpretation of the Oni spirit

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Carved Figure, Mandalay, Myanmar (formerly Burma), South East Asia

Carved Figure, Mandalay, Myanmar (formerly Burma), South East Asia
This decorative wooden figure, intended for the European market, is decorated with sequins, inlaid glass and gilt relief lacquer (Hman Si Shwe Cha)

Background imageWorld Cultures Collection: Carving, Myanmar (formerly Burma), South East Asia

Carving, Myanmar (formerly Burma), South East Asia
Myanmar today many people worship Nats alongside the official religion of Buddhism. This sculpture was possibly part of a larger building; possibly part of a pagoda wall or door frame


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