Treasure

Enquiry

Cultures produce items – practical, sacred, whimsical, or a combination. Such items can help us to understand humans – contemporary and traditional -- their lives, motives, priorities and more. They can also help us decipher the existential question -- why do some people choose to protect nature and others to destroy it?  Quietly or actively wrestling with this may even help us turn the tide of nature destruction.

Neolithic Jasper ~2000 BCE? .....

Neolithic Jasper ~2000 BCE? .....

Morphia (morfia) beads, glass (800-1000CE) .....

Morphia (morfia) beads, glass (800-1000CE) .....

Assorted Venetian beads (glass), 1800s, West Africa .....

Assorted Venetian beads (glass), 1800s, West Africa .....

Ethiopian Coptic pendant or Neck Cross, 1900’s .....

Ethiopian Coptic pendant or Neck Cross, 1900’s .....

Ethiopian Coptic Crosses – all certified, 1700-1900 .....

Ethiopian Coptic Crosses – all certified, 1700-1900 .....

Traditional head and neck pieces on wall of Yawanawa village chief .....

Traditional head and neck pieces on wall of Yawanawa village chief .....

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