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Cultural Sculptures and Masks

Diverse cultural sculptures and masks from around the world, representing traditional artistry and spirituality in various societies.

Chile, Easter Island, Anakena. Ahu Nau Nau, the standing Moai statues topped with red scoria headdresses (known as Pukao.

CHRIST FIGURE clothed in INDIAN TEXTILES, the marraige of PAGAN and CHRISTIAN RITUAL - SANTIAGO ATITLAN, GUATEMALA

A totem pole in the indigenous Even village Anavgay, Kamchatka, Russia

Happy maitreya buddha and purple orchid

Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tana Toraja region. Tau tau, effigies of departed nobles, guard cave tombs at Marante village.

The Jewish Holocaust Memorial, designed by Kenneth Treister in memory of all Jews that were lost in the Holocaust. Wall of names.

Fetish in Lobi village Fetish used to protect Lobi village, Burkina faso Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 8788379

China, Naxi ceremonial totems near Lijang

Totem poles in a graveyard; Alert Bay, Alaska, United States of America

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Yungang grottoes, buddha statue, china

Africa, Togo. Lome Voodoo Fetish Market. Local market where animal bone, skin, and body parts are used in voodoo rituals. Voodoo dolls in front of animal hides.

Wayside cross, carved wayside shrine, Rasciesa, Resciesa, Val Gardena, Trentino, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

USA, Alaska, Ketchikan, Totem Bight State Historical Park.

COLUMNA DE LA CAPILLA DE LOS DOLORES O DE LA PICOTA FORMADA POR REPRESENTACIONES ESQUEMATIZADAS DE AJUSTICIADOS - SIGLO XVIII. Location: CAPILLA DE LOS DOLORES O DE LA PICOTA. RONDA. Malaga. SPAIN.

Stucco pulpit by Konrad Wagner with larger-than-life supporting atlas, Bebenhausen Cistercian Monastery, Tuebingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Pacific Islands, Cook Islands, Aitutaki, Carved Wooden Sacred Statue Standing On A Stone Base

Traditional mexican mask used for dance and ritual. Zacatecas Traditional mexican mask used for dance and ritual. Zacatecas, ZAC. Mexico Copyright: xZoonar.com/Pascopixx 22082417

Asia, Thailand, Suchathai Temple, Budha image

Tomb with statue Angel looking at opening coffin, at historic cemetery CimeTiere du Chateau de Nice, Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes Cote d'Azur region, France, Mediterranean

Sugarcane juice pouring on eighteen meter high statue of bhagwan saint gomateshwara bahubali in mahamasthakabhisheka Jain festival Shravanabelagola in Karnataka India February-2006 Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Gomateshwara, Bahubali Statue located in Shravanabelagola Hassan, Karnataka, India Copyright: xPxMistry/DinodiaxPhotox

Macaque monkey statue, San Phra Kan Shrine, Lopburi, Saraburi Province, Thailand

Sri Lanka, Dambulla, Cave Temples (1st Century BC). Detail of the feet of a reclining Buddha in one of the Dambulla Caves.

Easter Island. Maori Art

the Wat chedi Luang in the city of Chiang Mai in North Thailand in Thailand in southeastasia.. ASIA THAILAND CHIANG WAT CHEDI LUANG

Lacandon Indian from Bonampak in front of Mayan stele, Mexico, North America

Guanyin; 19th century (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);

Grave of Enrique I in the minster. Mosteiro dos Jeronimos (Jeronimos Monastery, Hieronymites Monastery) in Belem, listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lisbon (Lisboa), the capital of Portugal.

Nang Talung, shadow theatre of Southern Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Citipati Tibetan artistic mask, 19th century, Sa Bassa Blanca Museum (msbb). Yannick Vu and Ben Jakober , Alcudia, Majorca, Spain.

Thailand. Bangkok. Garuba Statue.

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View of a carved wooden Ainu pole depicting an owl in Ainu Kotan, which is a small Ainu village in Akankohan in Akan National Park, Hokkaido, Japan.

Russia, Saint Petersburg, Pushkin-Tsarskoye Selo, statues by the Chinese Pavilion

Woodcarver, Chiang Mai, Thailand

India, S. Karnataka, Sravanabelagola. Foot Of Bahubali, Decorated For Mahamastakabhisheka Ceremony (Jain)

A cleansing ritual using water from the dragon's mouth at a temple or shrine in Japan

Mudmen wearing traditional costume for a Sing-Sing in Papua New Guinea

Statue of Confucius , Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece.

A man next to the head of an Incas deity at Lake Titicaca, in the 4th centenary of the conquest of Peru, photo from L'illustrazione Italiana, year LX, n 2, January 8, 1933.

Spain, Canary Islands, La Gomera, Statue of the rebel Guanche King Hautacuperche with rainbow

Huli Wigmen from the Tari Valley in Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, wearing a bill from Blyth's Hornbill as decoration, August 2011

Large sitting Buddha at Wat Si Chum, Sukothai Historical Park, Central Thailand, Asia

Thien Truc buddhist pagoda. Buddha hand with a lotus, Buddhist hand gesture. Bac Lieu. Vietnam.

Man making sandalwood idol, Kerala, India MR 125 Copyright: xVirenxDesai/DinodiaxPhotox

Church of Our Lady. Lamb of God (in Latin Agnus Dei). Bruges. Belgium.

Japan, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Fox fountain sculpture at Fushimi Inari-taisha temple

Wooden crucifix in the vineyards of Caldaro sulla Strada del Vino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Detail.

An Idol maker making idols of Lord Ganesh in a studio for the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival at Agartala. Tripura, India.

angel of the memorial tomb owned by the Ripoll Ballester family, Soller cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Sculpture of chained slaves at the Slave Market Memorial, Stonetown, Zanzibar City, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

ASIA, Papua New Guinea, Mt. Hagen Highland. Mudmen tribe (MR)

Madrid, 12/09/2014. Figures from the Nativity scene at Puerta del Sol. Photo: Isabel Permuy. Archdc.

Close-up of monk’s statue in Wat Khunaram, Koh Samui, Surat Thani Province, Thailand

Feet of the Gomateshwara statue, Jain ascetic, Jain temple on Vindhyagiri Hill at Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, AsiaAsia, Asia

Colombia, North West Amazon, Tukano Indigenous People, Barasana Indian Painting Design On Front Of Maloca Communal Home. Tukano Sedentary Tribe Indian North Western Amazonia Maloca American Colombian Columbia Hispanic Indegent Latin America Latino South America Tukano One Individual Solo Lone Solitary

A Mayan ball player holds up the ball made of hule in Chapab village in Yucatan state in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula

man making lord ganesh's idol from the root of white madar plant , india

Sculptor making goddess Durga Kali sculpture using of clay for Durga Pooja preparation, Rajkot, Gujarat, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxManek/DinodiaxPhotox

Africa, Kenya, Langata, Nairobi. African Fund for Endangered Wildlife Kenya's NGO center. Wooden tourist mementos of tribal dress for sale. (Editorial Use Only)

Jain Devotees pouring milk on the head of 58.8 feet monolithic Statue of jain saint Gomateshwara Lord Bahubali in Mahamastakabhisheka head anointing ceremony on the Vindhyagiri hill Shravanbelagola Karnataka India Copyright: xVivekxManek/DinodiaxPhotox

Lord hanuman statue, puri, orissa, india, asia Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Karakus tumulus, Potnia Theron, the goddess of fertility, Adiyaman province, Turkey, Asia

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Moss-covered stone figure, Pura Meru Temple in Cakra, Lombok Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, Asia

The Jewish Holocaust Memorial, designed by Kenneth Treister in memory of all Jews that were lost in the Holocaust. Wall of names.

The Blue Temple. Thailand.

Artist's workshop. Wood carver creating a statue of Jesus. Ho Chi Minh city. Vietnam.

Path of Hope at the Point Alpha memorial site between Geisa in Thuringia and Rasdorf in Hesse, the former inner-German border. The art project of the Point Alpha Foundation ties in with the Christian Way of the Cross and with its 14 stations recalls the suffering of the people in the communist dictatorships of Central and Eastern Europe. Here Station 1 Arbitrariness, Jesus is sentenced to death, Geisa, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Japan, Tokyo, Matsuchiyama Shoden Temple, Inari fox statue,

ganesh idol submerged in water

Myanmar. Burma. Popa. A monkey waits to be fed by passing pilgrims, perched on top of an ever-standing toy-like monument at the foot of Mount Popa.

Visitors view an image of a Japanese temple guard; Japanese temple guards.

The Seal Woman (Kopakonan), a character of an old fairy tale, a landmark of the northern isles close to village Mikladalur on the island of Kalsoy. Faroe Islands, Denmark

Asaro Mudman with mask at Sing Sing Festival, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Statue in front of the entrance to Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wooden sculpture of Viking and rainbow over the Naeroyfjord, Naeroyfjord, Naeroyfjorden in the rain, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Close-up of a person´s hand taking a picture of ancient statues, Moai Statues, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile

Nepal: A Nepalese man sits on the steps at the Hindu Nyatapola Temple, Taumadhi Tol, Bhaktapur (1987)

Hindu temple and shrine of Batu Caves. Nandi, Sacred Bull of Hindu God Shiva Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.

Young woman and James Hart totem pole in the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

China, Beijing. Chinese New Year Spring Festival - a girl touching a mouse scultpture at Baiyun Guan White Cloud Taoist Temple in the Year of the Rat.

Malaysia, Tumpat, detail of bronze staute in the Buddhist temple

A lone human figure standing in a lineup of android copies.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Bodhnath Temple

Arabic coffee pot in Petra Arabuc coffee pot on backround of Monastery in Petra Copyright: xZoonar.com/ssviluppox 14800128

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