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Moche ceramic stirrup-spout bottle depicting a mythological decapitating figure holding a human head and a ritual blade with supernatural attributes. North Coast Peru, Moche culture, Early Intermediate Period, 1–800 AD, Now at the Museo Larco – Lima, Perú

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Moche ceramic stirrup-spout bottle depicting a mythological decapitating figure holding a human head and a ritual blade with supernatural attributes. North Coast Peru, Moche culture, Early Intermediate Period, 1–800 AD, Now at the Museo Larco – Lima, Perú

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Bottle with fox head. Moche culture, North coast, Peru, ca. 500-800 AD. Ceramic with slip. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Bottle with fox head. Moche culture, North coast, Peru, ca. 500-800 AD. Ceramic with slip. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Stirrup-spout bottle with deer. Moche culture, Peru, ca. 500-800 AD. Ceramic with slip. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Stirrup-spout bottle with deer. Moche culture, Peru, ca. 500-800 AD. Ceramic with slip. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Ceremonial Chimu bowl made from two welded metals: a silver–copper alloy and a gold–silver–copper alloy. It depicts anthropormorphic figures, spondylus shells and zoomorphic beings. Peruvian North Coast, Chimu Empire, 1000-1476 AD, Now at the Museo Larco – Lima, Perú

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Ceremonial Chimu bowl made from two welded metals: a silver–copper alloy and a gold–silver–copper alloy. It depicts anthropormorphic figures, spondylus shells and zoomorphic beings. Peruvian North Coast, Chimu Empire, 1000-1476 AD, Now at the Museo Larco – Lima, Perú

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Ceramic whistling bottle molded and painted to depict a Muscovy duck, a South American domesticate. Sican culture, Peru. Undated, but that corresponds to ca. 750-1375 AD. American Museum of Natural History collection

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Ceramic whistling bottle molded and painted to depict a Muscovy duck, a South American domesticate. Sican culture, Peru. Undated, but that corresponds to ca. 750-1375 AD. American Museum of Natural History collection

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A stela from Bilbao, in Guatemala, depicting a larger ballplayer figure and a smaller death god, both of whom are wearing ballgame yokes, standing in front of a temple. The ballplayer is offering a human heart to the sun. Cotzumalhuapa culture, 600–800 CE, Ethnological Museum of Berlin

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A stela from Bilbao, in Guatemala, depicting a larger ballplayer figure and a smaller death god, both of whom are wearing ballgame yokes, standing in front of a temple. The ballplayer is offering a human heart to the sun. Cotzumalhuapa culture, 600–800 CE, Ethnological Museum of Berlin

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Bottle in the form of a dog. Nasca culture, south coast, Peru, ca. 1-600 AD. Ceramic with slip. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Bottle in the form of a dog. Nasca culture, south coast, Peru, ca. 1-600 AD. Ceramic with slip. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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A Tlatilco ceramic figure depicting a woman kissing her pet dog. 1250-800 BCE, now housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico city

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A Tlatilco ceramic figure depicting a woman kissing her pet dog. 1250-800 BCE, now housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico city

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A terracotta Moche stirrup-spout vessel with the burial theme. From Peru, 650–800 CE, now housed at the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles

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A terracotta Moche stirrup-spout vessel with the burial theme. From Peru, 650–800 CE, now housed at the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles

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A Nasca ceramic double spout with bridge jar with a man and a woman copulating. From Peru, 100 BCE-650 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A Nasca ceramic double spout with bridge jar with a man and a woman copulating. From Peru, 100 BCE-650 CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A bronze disc-armor with human figures and fantastic animals, found in the Picene necropolis of Pitino di San Severino in Italy. 6th-5th century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of the Marche

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A bronze disc-armor with human figures and fantastic animals, found in the Picene necropolis of Pitino di San Severino in Italy. 6th-5th century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of the Marche

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The Powhatan’s Mantle, at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, is made of 4 deerskins trimmed, stitched together with sinew, and decorated with 20,000 polished discs of shell depicting a standing figure flanked by 2 opposed animals. Early 17th century CE, Powhatan people, North America

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The Powhatan’s Mantle, at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, is made of 4 deerskins trimmed, stitched together with sinew, and decorated with 20,000 polished discs of shell depicting a standing figure flanked by 2 opposed animals. Early 17th century CE, Powhatan people, North America

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A ceramic whistle, from Peru, which depicts an individual with their hands near their mouth as if they were shouting or calling. A child appears above the person’s head as if being carried on his or her shoulders. Cupisnique culture, 200–500 BCE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A ceramic whistle, from Peru, which depicts an individual with their hands near their mouth as if they were shouting or calling. A child appears above the person’s head as if being carried on his or her shoulders. Cupisnique culture, 200–500 BCE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Ceramic vessel of a man with tattos. Peruvian South coast, Nasca Culture, 350-500 CE. Now at the Art Institute of Chicago

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Ceramic vessel of a man with tattos. Peruvian South coast, Nasca Culture, 350-500 CE. Now at the Art Institute of Chicago

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Stirrup bottle depicting a sexual union. Peru, Moche civilization, 1-800 AD

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Stirrup bottle depicting a sexual union. Peru, Moche civilization, 1-800 AD

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A large mosaic at the late antique Roman villa of La Olmeda, in Spain, depicting mythological and hunting scenes. 3rd-4th century CE

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A large mosaic at the late antique Roman villa of La Olmeda, in Spain, depicting mythological and hunting scenes. 3rd-4th century CE

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A cape made of flax linen and silk, found in a woman’s grave at the Moshchevaya Balka Burial Mound in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. Early medieval culture of the Adygo-Alanian tribes, 8th-9th century CE, now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg

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A cape made of flax linen and silk, found in a woman’s grave at the Moshchevaya Balka Burial Mound in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. Early medieval culture of the Adygo-Alanian tribes, 8th-9th century CE, now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg

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A ceramic urn in the shape of a rabbit reclining with its legs crossed. Mexica culture, Late Postclassic period , now housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City

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A ceramic urn in the shape of a rabbit reclining with its legs crossed. Mexica culture, Late Postclassic period , now housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City

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Stirrup-spout bottle in the form of a puma attacking a prisoner, Moche Culture. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Gift of the Friends of the Museum, 1916.

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Stirrup-spout bottle in the form of a puma attacking a prisoner, Moche Culture. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Gift of the Friends of the Museum, 1916.

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