Culture

Illustration of an Archaeological site

Illustration of archaeological site management

Illustration of a female archaeologist

Illustration of a male archaeologist

Illustration of an axe blade artifact

Illustration of a collection of "money beads" from Palau

Unicode: 1F3A8

Illustration of a Bai in Palau. Bai is a local Palauan name for the steep-roofed shelter built as a meeting place for the village elders

Illustration of a brigantine

Illustration of a cannon from Colonial times

Unicode: 1F3F0

Illustration of a cave explorer

Illustration of a coastal toilet

Illustration of a coastal toilet on stilts

Illustration of cultural Odisha graphics associated with the east coast of India

Illustration of DC Capitol building

Illustration of the Washington Monument in D.C

Illustration of a Native American dreamcatcher

A fale is a traditional, oval, Samoan building with wooden posts holding up a domed roof. This is a more modern, rectangular version of a fale.

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Illustration of a fale

Illustration of a fale

Illustration of an enclosed fale

Illustration of an enclosed, oval fale

Illustration of an enclosed fale

Illustration of a traditional Samoan fale, with the round/oval shape, and wooden poles holding up a domed thatched roof. The metal top-piece is a modern addition

Illustration of a Fale damaged by a tsunami

Illustration of a feather

Illustration of an Indonesian fishing village

Illustration of Fort Union

Unicode: 1F5BC

Illustration of a woman using a gleaning basket

One of the oldest handcrafts of African origin in the United States is the hand-woven winnowing sieve, a shallow basket that was used during the Colonia Era to separate the rice seed from its chaff. Made from indigenous bulrush, sweetgrass is a strong yet supple marsh grass that thrives in the sandy soil of the coastal regions of the US South Atlantic

Illustration of a Hālau, a Hawaiian longhouse

Illustration of a hawaiian temple or heiau

Unicode: 1F3EF

Illustration of Ki'i

Equipment used to spread fertilizer on residential lawns