Erin Dodson

illustration of a wall drawing of a bear pierced by many weapons at Cave of the Trois-Frères, from around 13,000 bc

Likely created by a Calusa or Muspa artist for use in masked religious processions. It was masterfully decorated with blue, black, and white pigments (now faded) and its detachable ears may have moved realistically using a system of cords.

A museum's confession: Why we have looted objects An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly around efforts to repatriate artifacts looted from other countries.

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“Key Marco deer figurehead” from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. One of several painted wooden animal carvings excavated in 1896 from the Key Marco archaeological site on what is now Marco Island, Florida. Approximately 800 years old.

Mummified beetle at the Chicago Field Museum

Ram in a Thicket, from a pair of figures excavated at Ur, in southern Iraq, which date from about 2600–2400 BC. This one is at the British Museum in London.

This is cool, thank you!

i have stopped using tiktok because i have integrity !!! and it’s absolutely not because i deleted it and then realized after the fact that i can’t redownload it now

i know this space will grow and that’s a good thing…but i want to notice how manageable this size feels to me, how…alive people seem. 🙏🏽