A carved sculpture shows and man with a large bird on his back.

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Bone Carving of a Shaman-Vulture
Tairona
500-1000

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Question
Match the image with the appropriate descriptive statement about cultural function.
(1 point)
Responses

This simple yet elegant artifact was used in ritual Japanese tea ceremonies.
This simple yet elegant artifact was used in ritual Japanese tea ceremonies.

Inscribed with letters that read “Thou art mighty forever, oh Lord,” this small English artifact would be used by the wearer during a private prayer or devotion.
Inscribed with letters that read “Thou art mighty forever, oh Lord,” this small English artifact would be used by the wearer during a private prayer or devotion.

Likely used in rituals to drive out demons, the surface of this eighteenth century Tibetan artifact is richly adorned with images of the ruin of evil spirits.
Likely used in rituals to drive out demons, the surface of this eighteenth century Tibetan artifact is richly adorned with images of the ruin of evil spirits.

This carving of a vulture sitting atop a scowling figure was likely used by a shaman (an intermediary between the physical and spiritual world) in Columbian rituals.

Answer 1

The appropriate descriptive statement about the cultural function of the carved sculpture "Bone Carving of a Shaman-Vulture" by the Tairona culture is:

This carving of a vulture sitting atop a scowling figure was likely used by a shaman (an intermediary between the physical and spiritual world) in Columbian rituals.