EditorialPrayer before meals, In a simple room, an old man and woman are praying at a table with food on it, dog, prayer at table, saying grace, David van der Kellen (1804-1879), 1814 - 1859, paper, etching, h 103 mm ? w 125 mm.
EditorialPrayer before meals, In a simple room, an old man and woman are sitting at a table with food on it, prayer at table, saying grace, dog, David van der Kellen (1804-1879), 1814 - 1859, paper, etching, h 102 mm ? w 127 mm.
EditorialPreparing Meals in a Foreign Residence (Ijin yashiki ryori no zu). Utagawa Yoshikazu; Japanese, active c. 1850-70. Date: 1860. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialNegative - Casterton, Victoria, circa 1900, A man and woman with two maids outside a building which bears the sign 'Federal House, meals at all hours, J. Murphy'.
EditorialPreparing Meals in a Foreign Residence (Ijin yashiki ryori no zu). Utagawa Yoshikazu; Japanese, active c. 1850-70. Date: 1860. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialRoyal Couple Distributing Meals, 1700s. India, Pahari, Guler, 18th century. Opaque watercolor on paper; image: 30.4 x 21.9 cm (11 15/16 x 8 5/8 in.).
EditorialPreparing Meals in a Foreign Residence (Ijin yashiki ryori no zu). Utagawa Yoshikazu; Japanese, active c. 1850-70. Date: 1860. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialPestle Finial, ca. 1500 B.C.? ?A.D. 1600, Papua New Guinea, Highlands, Komun River region, Highlands, Mt. Hagen region, Stone, H. 2 3/8 x W. 4 1/2 in. (6.1 x 11.4 cm), Stone-Implements, This stylized bird figure once adorned the end of a stone pestle. ...
EditorialMagical Water Jar of Sithathoryunet with Lid, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1887?1813 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Lahun, Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8), BSAE excavations, 1920, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), Overall . 56 cm (22 1/16...
EditorialCellaret, 1810?20, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Mahogany, white pine, tulip poplar, 24 1/2 x 27 x 20 1/2 in. (62.2 x 68.6 x 52.1 cm), Furniture, A case designed to hold bottles of wine or liquor, the cellaret, like the sideboard...
EditorialMehmet Bueker, agricultural teacher, visits eight Anatolian villages to explain Marshall-Plan tractors, hybrid corn and new techniques to Anatolian farmers. Buecker dines with a farmer and his family. His wife Hamiyet, a schoolteacher, and a colleagu...
EditorialIn front of ahus (ceremonial platforms) and toppled moai statues are circles laid out with stones. Their purpose is unknown-meeting places for common meals during festivals, meditation circles-there is no local tradition to explain these spaces.