Cultural Stone Carvings

Sculptural reliefs and statuary from diverse cultures, capturing historical artistry through stone carvings and architectural remnants.

Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, Museo Nacional Antropologia Detail of frieze fragment 250-600 AD from Campeche.

Wooden sculpture; New Zealand

Wooden sculpture by Heike Endemann, Symposium Kunst und Bier, Andechs, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wood carving in the shape of a head of a woman in Jack Point and Biggs Park, BC Canada

Front view of statue of Xolotl

Memorial Figure (uli, selambungin lorong type). Papua New Guinea, New Ireland Province, circa 1900. Sculpture. Wood, shell inlay, fiber, and pigment

Miguel Hidalgo Statue Ensenada Mexico

Italy, Toscana, Grosseto, Seggiano, Giardino di Daniel Spoerri, open air contemporary art museum

Maori carved panel (poupou), in Taranaki style, inside Te Whare Runanga, Maori Meeting House, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

The Bayon was originally the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII. The Bayon, at the centre of Angkor Thom (Great City), was established in the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII. Angkor Thom, meaning 'The Great City', is located one mile north of Angkor Wat. It was built in the late 12th century CE by King Jayavarman VII, and covers an area of 9 km, within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000-150,000 people. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north. Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building programme. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride. Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer

Detail of the Devil Door in Turin, Italy. Located in Via Vittorio Alfieri, dated around 1850. The legend says that this door was not there the evening before and it appears mysteriously the morning after

Stone head, Sculpture Museum, Copan (Unesco World Heritage List, 1980), Honduras, Maya civilization.

Mexico, Yucatan. Stucco bas-reliefs on the front facade of La Torre; Ek Balam ruins, Maya Civilization, 7th-10th Century.

South Pacific, French Polynesia,Tahiti. Gauguin Museum (aka Musee Gauguin), stone Tiki in garden courtyard.

human head on a Roman funerary monument, Archeological Museum. Úbeda, Jaén province, Andalusia, Spain.

Thunderbird Above Killer Whale - Carver: Harold Alfred 1990. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Bear With Frogs - Carver: Don Smith 1990. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Stone head in Tihuanaku, ruins of pre-Inca cultures, Bolivia, South America

Inuit. Qiperuagq, sculpture of a face of a shaman. Caribou horn. Shamabic religion. Canada. Museum of Cutures of the World. Barcelona. Spain.

Warship Vasa. Built 1626-1628. Polychromed wood carving decorating the boat. Vasa Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Honduras, Copan, Great Plaza, 'Mayan Ruins, Ad 250 To 900, Detail Of Carved Stone Head.'

Interior of Pre Colombian Museum of Santiago, Chile

Close_up of moai heads still within the crater from where they were quarried and carved at Rano Raraku on Easter Island Rapa Nui, UNESCO World Heritag...

Eastern Mediterranean Civilization. Syria. Halaf Culture (6100-5100 BC). Iron Age Neo-Hittite Settlement of Tell Halaf. Caryatids and sculptures of basalt, which guarded the Tell Halaf Temple, placed at the entrance of the National Museum of Aleppo. (Picture taken before the civil war).

Mask, by Unknown, 19th Century, wood . Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Private Collection. Whole artwork. Mask face eyes nose nostrils carving wood.

Pre-Columbian: Meso-America. Olmec 1150-800 BC. Carved head from La Venta.

Raven Above Beaver - Carver: Harold Joe 1986. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Stone axe depicting man attired with dolphin from Las Limas, Veracruz-Llave, Mexico, Totonac civilization

Larry Rosso (1944-2006). Canadian artist (Carrier Indian tribe). Bentwood Box, 1991. Red cedar, paint and spruce root. Dimensions; height: 60,9 cm; width: 52,3 cm; depth: 52 cm. Denver Art Museum. Denver, Colorado, United States.

Moai in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Detail from K'uuna by 7idansuu Jim Hart, Haida Heritage Centre at Kay Llnagaay, Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, Formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands, Bri...

Statue on Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island. Thunderbird Above Killer Whale, Carver, Basil Alphonse (James) 1988.

Four gargoyles by the village well, Grazalema, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Mexico.Tabasco.Parque Museo La Venta.Cultura Olmeca.Cabeza colosal del viejo guerrero.

Statue, Falcon god Horus, Ptolemaic cult, Temple Edfu, Edfu, Idfu, Egypt, Africa

France Paris Sculptured head L Ecoute by Henri de Miller located outside St Eustache church

House frontal pole, Haida. British Columbia, Canada. About 1850, red cedar wood. British Museum. London. United Kingdom. Detail.

Thousands of sculpted figures by artist Filippo Bentivegna at Il Castello Incantato, Sciacca, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Maori wooden statue, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

A bronze statue in the exhibit of ancient artifacts at the Sanxingdui Museum in Sanxingdui near Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China.

Cedar Man, Cedar Women - Carver: Simon Charlie 1986. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Close-up of sculptures, Bali, Indonesia

Thunderbird Above Killer Whale - Carver: Basil Alphonse (James) 1988. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Mexico, Tobasco, Villahermosa, Parque-Museo La Venta. Colossal basalt Olmec head

Close-up of a statue in a garden, Moorea, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Haida Pole, 1984, by carvers Gerry Marks, Richard Hunt and Tim Paul, at Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Monterrey. Museum of Mexican History. Murals in Mayan temple, Bonampak, Lacandon jungle, Chiapas

Alok Ikom Stone Monoliths, Alok, Nigeria, Africa

Ahu Nao-Nao Moai wearing a red hat, Anakena, Unesco World Heritage Site, Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile, South America

New Zealand, North Island, Auckland, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Maori Court, traditional Maori carving

Stone sculpture, St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean, Oceania

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island. Cedar Man, Cedar Women, Carver, Simon Charlie 1986.

New mural painting in the style of the Moche culture, deity with condor heads, Huaca de la Luna, Trujillo province, Peru, South America

Monumental head. Olmec art. Villahermos, Museo de la Venta. Mexico. Location: MUSEO DE LA VENTA. VILLAHERMOSA. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

Tahitian Idol--the Goddess Hina. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1894-1895. Dimensions: 148 × 119 mm (image/sheet). Wood-block print in black ink, over brush and solvent thinned and selectively applied yellow ocher, reddish-orange and touches of green and pink wax-and resin-based media, on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Detail, head carved into a piece of wood, Austria, Europe

Carved mountain spirit, Zermatt, Canton Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Cuffy Monument, memorial at the slave revolution 1763, Georgetown, Guyana, South America

Recreation of historic Olmec colossoal head sculpture, Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Coast, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Central America

Skulls on a wall of a restaurant near the village of San Martin Tilcajete near Oaxaca, Mexico.

Olmec sculpture, large stone head, Cholula Archaeological Site, Cholula, near Puebla, Mexico

Close_Up Of A Carving On A Tombstone, Boa Island, County Farming, Northern Ireland

Carvings in the Agats Museum show traditional art from the Asmat culture in South Papua, Indonesia

African artwork

Canada, British Columbia, Kispiox. Detail of totem pole.

Douglas Cranmer (1927-2006). Kwakwakawakw artist (Amerindian tribe in Canada). Pair of Houseposts, 1982-1988. Each one depicts a chief holding his copper shield (a symbol of wealth and power) seated on a bear. The bear holds a human "cub". Bears are valued for their strength and fierceness, being depicted as guardians and protectors of chiefs and warriors. Painted red cedar. Denver Art Museum. Denver, Colorado, United States.

Haida Art Gallery, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Traditional Maori rock carvings, Taupo Lake, New Zealand. Maori rock carvings, Taupo Lake, New Zealand

Pre-Columbian art in a museum, San Francisco Convent Cultural Center in Granada, Nicaragua, Central America

Haida Art Gallery Museum of Anthropology Vancouver British Columbia Canada

Complex of pre-Columbian megalithic funerary monuments and statuary, burial mounds, terraces, funerary structures, stone statuary located in terrains of the municipalities of San Agustín and Isnos, in the department of Huila

Torture mask. Worn by torture victims as they were walked through the streets to the scaffold. Painted wood, Germany, 16th-18th Century.

Plaque 6th-8th century Conte (). Plaque 312919

Europe, Italy, Sicily, Taormina. Traditional hand-painted Sicilian pottery. Three legged symbol of Sicily.

Republic of Colombia, San Augustin, Departamento Huila, archaeological site, prehistoric statues carved from lava and basalt, Colombia, South America

Stone sculpture from Bali, Australia

Maya painting on leather, Chichen Itza Archaeological Site, Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico

Figure from aMantle. Artist: Unknown

Thunderbird Above Whale Above Bear - Carver: Simon Charlie 1988. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Clay mask Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Haida Pole, 1984, by carvers Gerry Marks, Richard Hunt and Tim Paul, at Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Shadow Puppet Head, 20th century, 5 in. (12.7 cm), China, 20th century

Osiris statues of Hatshepsut on the second terrace, some still with original paint remains, funerary temple of the pharaoh Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahari, Luxor, Thebes-West, Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, West, Egypt, Africa

NEW ORLEANS LA FLOAT IN MARDI GRAS PARADE

ESCULTURA DE LA ESPIRAL DEL BRUJO EN LA RUTA DE LAS CARAS DE BUENDIA - 2002 - 2 m. Author: JORGE JUAN MALDONADO (1962-) y EULOGIO REGUILLO. Location: RUTA DE LAS CARAS. Buendía. CUENCA. SPAIN.

Human Above Killer Whale Above Indian Chief Holding Copper - Carver: Francis Horne 1986. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

ARTE PRECOLOMBINO. MAYA. MEXICO. CHICHEN-ITZA TZOMPANTLI. Detalle del ALTAR DE CRANEOS. Península del Yucatán.

Europe, Scandinavia, Sweden. Skania. Malmoe. Lejonet pharmacy. Statue on the facade

Ramses II

A typical ceramic Trinacria, the symbol of Sicily, hung along the streets of Taormina. Due to the islands distinct triangular shape, the symbol has also been adopted by the Sicilian government and is located on the center of Sicily’s flag.

Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como

Ancient stone masks at the Roman theater in the Ostia Antica archaeological site, ancient port city of Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Santiago Pre Colombian Museum

Heads carved into rocks at Enchanted Castle, Sciacca, Agrigento district, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

LONDON, UK - MARCH 11 : The Sphinx on the Embankment in London on March 11, 2019

Nymphaeum Omega fountain, Ernst Fuchs Museum, former mansion of architect Otto Wagner, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Directory in acrylic and Papier Mache 1986, by Henri Guédon a painter and jazz musician from Martinique. (1944-2006).

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