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Hat with dogfish design. Haida culture, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, ca. 1890. Attributed to Isabella Edenshaw and Charles Edenshaw . Spruce root, paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Hat with dogfish design. Haida culture, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, ca. 1890. Attributed to Isabella Edenshaw and Charles Edenshaw . Spruce root, paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Basket hat with raven design. Attributed to Isabella Edenshaw and Charles Edenshaw . Haida Gwaii , British Columbia, ca. 1890-1920. Cedar bark, spruce root, paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Basket hat with raven design. Attributed to Isabella Edenshaw and Charles Edenshaw . Haida Gwaii , British Columbia, ca. 1890-1920. Cedar bark, spruce root, paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Trumpet. Chupícuaro culture , Guanajuato, Mexico, ca. 300-900 AD. Conch shell, stucco, paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Trumpet. Chupícuaro culture , Guanajuato, Mexico, ca. 300-900 AD. Conch shell, stucco, paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Raven rattle. Haida or Tsimshian culture, British Columbia, undated but acquired for the American Museum of Natural History in 1881. Wood, paint, pebbles

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Raven rattle. Haida or Tsimshian culture, British Columbia, undated but acquired for the American Museum of Natural History in 1881. Wood, paint, pebbles

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Vessel in the form of a tattooed man. Nazca culture, Peru, ca. 550-650 AD. Pottery with paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Vessel in the form of a tattooed man. Nazca culture, Peru, ca. 550-650 AD. Pottery with paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Silk Lace and Linen shawl given to Harriet Tubman by Queen Victoria. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Silk Lace and Linen shawl given to Harriet Tubman by Queen Victoria. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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This argillite Haida panel pipe may depict a real incident—an unfortunate sailor caught in the ship’s rigging and dragged to his death. C. 1830 CE, from British Columbia in Canada, now housed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.

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This argillite Haida panel pipe may depict a real incident—an unfortunate sailor caught in the ship’s rigging and dragged to his death. C. 1830 CE, from British Columbia in Canada, now housed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.

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Frog pipe bowl. Pike County, Ill., ca. 200 BC–AD 500 . Hopewell archaeological culture . Steatite/soapstone. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Frog pipe bowl. Pike County, Ill., ca. 200 BC–AD 500 . Hopewell archaeological culture . Steatite/soapstone. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Chilkat Tlingit canoe prow effigy depicting Land Otter Man. Chilkat, Alaska, ca. 1825-1875. Cedar wood, human hair, paint, abalone shell, opercula. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Chilkat Tlingit canoe prow effigy depicting Land Otter Man. Chilkat, Alaska, ca. 1825-1875. Cedar wood, human hair, paint, abalone shell, opercula. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Painted spruce root hat. British Columbia, Canada, Nuu-chah-nulth peoples, 1879 or earlier

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Painted spruce root hat. British Columbia, Canada, Nuu-chah-nulth peoples, 1879 or earlier

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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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Pitcher. Ancestral Pueblo culture , ca. 900-1130 AD . Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Pottery, clay slip, paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Pitcher. Ancestral Pueblo culture , ca. 900-1130 AD . Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Pottery, clay slip, paint. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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A stout barkcloth coloured red and black in painted design of lines, triangles, and zigzags. From Hawaii, 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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A stout barkcloth coloured red and black in painted design of lines, triangles, and zigzags. From Hawaii, 18th century CE, now housed at the British Museum

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Man's coat. Plains Cree people, Alberta, Canada, ca. 1780-1820. Hide of a single moose, porcupine quills, animal hair, paint, dye/dyes. More pics in museum link in comments. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Man's coat. Plains Cree people, Alberta, Canada, ca. 1780-1820. Hide of a single moose, porcupine quills, animal hair, paint, dye/dyes. More pics in museum link in comments. National Museum of the American Indian collection

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Ceramic bowl painted with rows of heads whose mouths are pinned shut. Early Nasca -- undated, but this corresponds to ca. 1-450 AD. American Museum of Natural History collection

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Ceramic bowl painted with rows of heads whose mouths are pinned shut. Early Nasca -- undated, but this corresponds to ca. 1-450 AD. American Museum of Natural History collection

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Fragment of a mirror back with design of contorted human figure holding a snake. Precolumbian, undated; said to be from Guerrero, Mexico. American Museum of Natural History collection

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Fragment of a mirror back with design of contorted human figure holding a snake. Precolumbian, undated; said to be from Guerrero, Mexico. American Museum of Natural History collection

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Wooden painted mask with glass beads as eyes. It represents Kumugwe ´, the Chief of the Undersea Kingdom and was used at ceremonial dances, Vancouver Island, Kwakwaka´wakw Peoples, 1900 AD, Now at the National Museum of the American Indian at NYC

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Wooden painted mask with glass beads as eyes. It represents Kumugwe ´, the Chief of the Undersea Kingdom and was used at ceremonial dances, Vancouver Island, Kwakwaka´wakw Peoples, 1900 AD, Now at the National Museum of the American Indian at NYC

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This nephrite hei-tiki was given to Captain James Cook by Maori at Queen Charlotte Sound in South Island in 1769 during his first voyage to the Pacific. Now housed in the British Museum

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This nephrite hei-tiki was given to Captain James Cook by Maori at Queen Charlotte Sound in South Island in 1769 during his first voyage to the Pacific. Now housed in the British Museum

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