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Natural History Artifacts

Displays of natural artifacts including animal skulls and ancient carvings, highlighting the intersection of history and nature.

Africa, Togo. Lome Voodoo Fetish Market. Local market where animal bone, skin, and body parts are used in voodoo rituals. Turtle skull.
Africa, Togo. Lome Voodoo Fetish Market. Local market where animal bone, skin, and body parts are used in voodoo rituals. Turtle skull.
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Sweden, Bohuslan, Tanumshede, Bronze Age carving detail of the Tanum areaArtist man hands working red clay to create handcraft artIndian PotteryMason tools on debris background in house improvement constructionAztec Crystal Skull MEXICO.Old rusty base plate and Livens projectors, simple British mortars for firing canisters of poison gas during the First World War One trench warfareboot print of a agriculture menSlingshots and Ballista balls used during the Great Revolt period on Masada. Masada is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea Dated 73 BCFeature, Les hautes bruyèresLong-handled wooden clubAncient Egyptian alabaster dish used as a burial object from a tomb of the old Kingdom. Circa 2500 BC. From Saqqara circa 2500 BCFrance. Paris. The Catacombs.Collar de craneos,encontado en la piramide de la serpiente enplumada.Yacimiento Azteca de Xochicalco. Estado de Morelos.Mexico.The Tile from which the wreck takes its second name. Chrisoula K, The Tile Wreck Abu Nuhas, Egypt. Strait of Gubal, Gulf of Suez, Red Seascary Halloween background with Jack’o’lanterns and skeletonEgyptian Winged Oyster (Pteria aegyptaica) shell on a Gorgonian or Sea Fan, Habili Marsa Alam, Egypt, Red Sea, AfricaDeformed skulls from the Tihuanaku Culture, UNESCO World Heritage, La Paz, Bolivia, South AmericaStill life with a human skull with desert plants, cactus, roses and dried flowers in a vase beside the timber.Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. Purple and orange sea stars on a post in boat harbor.Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. Goat head in a butcher shop in Bir al Haffay.Portrait of a stick PhasmeShip wreck, ThistlegormLost place, exclusion zone, Pripyat, in the uninhabitable 30-kilometre zone around the Chernobyl power plant and the Pripyat workers' settlement, gas masks and doll, Ukraine, EuropeRainawari, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Animal feet at a market.Old pair of shoes on bare soil. Old pair of shoes on soilJack-o'-Lantern Halloween pumpkin lies underwater on rocky ground. Zollbrücke dive site, Rheinau, Canton of Zurich, Rhine, Upper Rhine, Switzerland, GermanyBohemian cobalt blue glass beads used for trading and a British Royal Artillery tunic button made in Birmingham UK circa 1900. Beads and button from same period. These blue beads are often found at Venda and Matabele iron age sites. Nothern Tuli Game Reserve. Botswana.The wreckage of a tank bristling with coral sits quietly on the bottom of the Red Sea near Aqaba in Jordan.Sale of stuffed animals for rituals, amulets, fetishes (skulls, hands and heads of monkeys among other animals, jaws of crocodiles and chameleons, reptile skins, turtle shells, birds... Grand marche of Odienne, Ivory Coast.Stone money in Yap Island, MicronesiaPebble on beachMexico, Shark fins drying on seashore of Sea of CortezMuseum of the Music of the Maya Peoples, Casa K'ojom in Jocatenago, Jocatenago, Guatemala, Central AmericaSymbolic image, destroyed robot in the German national colours, black, red, gold, Saranda, Albania, EuropeThe Viminacium Archaeological Site in Kostolac, Serbia. This site is of a Roman City and Militery FortressA child''s hand in a sandpit, Sweden.Guell Park sign on building at entrance to Guell Park, Barcelona, SpainRibe, Denmark June 10, 2025 A display of sheephorns for sale outside a shop.Sleeping mats of the Ute Indians were made from woven juniper barkOld sign of danger mines from the civil war; Kinmen, Taiwanese