EditorialOrnaments of the Native Americans of Virginia (Powhatan) worn in a dance: belts 1,2,3, girdle of Thevetia ahouai kernels 4, bead necklaces 5,6,7, feather headdresses 8,9, apron 10 and shirt 11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's ...
Editorial" Hacha", a flat, polished sculpture associated with the Maya ballgame. The significance is unknown; hachas may have been markers, or trophies, or models for the players' leather belts. From El Salvador, 600-900 CE. Basalt. Height 30 cm. Inv....
EditorialOne of Muhammad Ali's heavyweight championship belts belonging to Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, at Navy Pier in Chicago, Aug. 2, 2022. (Joshua Mellin/The New York Times)
EditorialModel of a Hospital Launch, Polychromed truss model, equipped with three stretchers, on a standard. It is a smooth-edged double-belt sloop of sixteen belts with a flat mirror, the sheer rising to both ends, a round bilge with double keel. It has eight ...
EditorialA line of conveyor belts that make up a large portion of the Small Package Sort System at the FedEx facility in Memphis on June 29, 2022. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)