Funerary

Artifacts associated with burial practices and the afterlife, such as grave goods or memorials. This category explores how cultures honored their dead and expressed beliefs about mortality.

Nayarit earthenware pair of standing figures in Ixtlán del Río style, 100 BCE–300 CE.

Pair of Standing Figures (100 BCE-300 CE)

Antiquities Ceremonial & Religious Mesoamerica Nayarit

A pair of standing figures, crafted in the Ixtlán del Río style from earthenware with colored slips, depicts a male and female adorned with jewelry and symbolic attributes.

Ancient Egyptian female statuette in painted wood, 2040–1859 BCE.

Female Statuette (2040–1859 BCE)

Antiquities Africa Ceremonial & Religious Egyptian

A painted wooden female statuette from 2040–1859 BC, depicting a naked woman with jewelry, shaped with stylized hips and a detailed necklace.

Ancient Egyptian female offering bearer in tamarisk wood with sycamore base, 2040–1648 BCE.

Female Offering Bearer (2040–1648 BCE)

Antiquities Africa Ceremonial & Religious Egyptian

A wooden offering bearer from 2040–1648 BCE, showing a woman in a kalasiris dress, crafted from tamarisk with a sycamore base.

Limestone statue with paint of Minnefer striding forward, 2377–2311 BCE.

Striding Statue of Minnefer (2377–2311 BCE)

Antiquities Africa Ceremonial & Religious Egyptian

A painted limestone figure depicting Minnefer in a striding pose, colored with reddish-brown skin and a black wig.