MUSEUM OF MAN IS A LARGE MUSEUM WHERE I GAVE A PRESENTATATION WHEN I WAS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL. MY FAMILY HAS VISITED THIS MUSEUM AND IT PROVIDES A VISUAL FEAST. IT WOULD BE MORE ENJOYABLE WITH MORE INTERPRETATION OF THE VARIETY OF CULTURES. IT IS IN A 1915 CALIFORNIA BUILDING. IT HAS SPECIAL EXHIBITS INCLUDING ANCIENT EGYPT, NATIVE CALIFORNIA, FOOTSTEPS, AND HEART OF EARTH, AND DISCOVER THE MAYA.
THEY HAVE A COLLECTION OF EXTRAORDINARY ARTIFACTS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. EACH ARTIFACT IS THE ARTISTS ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE OBJECT FUNCTIONAL, BEAUTIFUL, SPIRITUAL OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ARTIFACTS. THEY MAY SEEM UNRELALATED BUT RELATED REPRESENT HUMANITY AS A WHOLE.
THEY HAVE AN INUIT COLLECTION OF PREHISTORIC MATERIALS OF IVORY., BONE, STONE, ASND WOOD. THEY HAVE SPEARS FOR HUNTING ANIMALS BASKETS AND A FULL SIZE KAYAK. THEY HAVE A COLLECTION OF MOCASSINS, BAGS, AND BASKETS AND JACKETS.
THERE ARE RARE AND OUTSTANDING OBJECTS THAT INCLUDE CHICAT BASKETS AND BEADWORK. THEY HAVE VARIOUS BASKETS FROM KLAMATH, MODOC, AND CHEMEHUEVI TO POMO.
THEY HAVE AN ETHOGRAPHIC COLLECTION FROM THOSE WHO CARVED A COLLECTION OF IRONWOOD. FROM MAYAN CULTURES. THEY HAVE AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF THIS RICH CULTURE BEFORE HAND WEAVING DISAPPEARS FROM THIS COUNTRY. THIS INCLUDES ITEMS WORN FOR RITUAL COLLECTION FROM 42 VILLAGES.
THE KUMEYAAY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN BAJA WERE HERE MANY GENERATIONS AGO BEFORE SPANISH DEVELOPED A SOPHISTICATED WAY TO ADAPT TO DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS.
THE ANCIENT ART OF THE MAYA LEFT IS EVIDENSE OF THERE COMPLEX CULTURE. USING THE CYCLE OF THE MOON, SUN, AND PLANETS. THE CARVED PETROGLYPHS AND PAINTEDPICTOGRAPHS THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO REGARDING NAMES, DATES, THEIR RULERS, AND CEREMONIAL EVENTS.
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