EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialBernard Mutondo, a hunter who used to poach elephants inside North Luangwa National Park, standing in his maize field in the village of Lushinga, Zambia on Aug. 31, 2022. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialMaize and Cockscombs. Artist Unknown; Japanese. Date: 1625-1675. Dimensions: 170.2 ? 357 cm (67 in ? 140 1/2 in.). Six-panel screen; ink, color, and gold on paper. Origin: Japan.
EditorialCup with Profile Head of the Maize God. Olmec; Possibly Tlapacoya, Valley of Mexico, Mexico. Date: 800 BC-400 BC. Dimensions: 9.8 ? 9.8 cm (3 7/8 ? 3 7/8 in.). Ceramic with burnished slip. Origin: Valley of Mexico.
EditorialPair of Earflare Frontals, 5th?7th century, Guatemala (?), Mesoamerica, Maya, Shell, H. 2 1/4 x W. 1 3/4 in. (5.7 x 4.5cm), Shell-Ornaments, These delicately carved shell ornaments depict the severed head of the Maize God. They most likely were origina...
Editorial'The winter attire of an old man of Pomeiooc'. Engraving of an elderly man, his hair caught up in a knot at the back, leaving a roach down the middle of his head. He wears a large fringed deerskin mantle, thrown over his left shoulder. He is set again...
Editorial'The beauty of the earthenware vessels in which they cook food'. Engraving of a large cylindrical earthenware pot, with conical base, which rests on a wood fire. The pot contains a liquid mixture, with fish, ears of maize, and probably small fruit. Tw...
Editorial'Their sitting at meate'. Engraving of two figures seated on a strip of matting, eating with their right hands from a large circular dish containing grains of food. The woman wears a necklace of beads, and a fringed skin robe over her left shoulder. Th...
EditorialPawnee village on the banks of the Red River, with straw huts and field of maize. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialMinataree, Hidatsa or Minnetaree men performing the green corn dance around a fire and kettle with medicine men offering ripe maize to the Great Spirit. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American I...
EditorialTacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Peasant with her daughter gathering ears of maize. Miniature. Folio 48r.