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Arpilleras
Through the creation of arpilleras, women spoke out against the violence of the Pinochet dictatorship.
Muriel Hasbun, X post facto (6.7)
Hasbun's photograph of an X-ray is deeply laden with meaning and tragedy.
Genesis Báez, Crossing Time
Báez’s photograph poetically expresses the tie between the artist and her origins.
Glendalys Medina, Atabey
Atabey, the ancestral mother of the Taíno, is reinterpreted in Medina's carefully constructed work.
Taíno Kuisa
The carved kuisa are used in a spiritually significant Taíno ceremony to access the world beyond.
Man and centaur
Crafted in the Geometric period, this sculpture would have been offered to a god at an ancient Greek sanctuary.
Situ Panchen
Scholar Situ Panchen is portrayed in a long lineage of transmitters of the Karma Kagyu Buddhist tradition.
Model of the Mahabodhi Temple
More than a replica of Mahabodhi Temple, this model symbolizes the most important event in the Buddha’s life: achieving enlightenment.
Handheld Prayer Wheel
Filled with scrolls of Buddhist mantras, this prayer wheel boosts the merit of its user.
Lobsang Drubjam Tsering, Medicine Buddha Palace
Filled with detailed illustrations of figures, buildings, and medicinal plants, this painting is meant to instruct medical students in Tibet.
The Fifth Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682) with Previous Incarnations
Delicate red lines stand out against the shimmering golden surface of this painting of the Fifth Dalai Lama.
Ushnishavijaya and Celebration of Old Age (Jyatha Janko)
One of the ways that Newar culture celebrates elders is through this specially commissioned painting.
