Fish was not just a source of protein for Mohawks, but a cultural object of importance that could not easily be factored into the assessment of mortality and morbidity risks that currently comprise health risk assessments (Donatuto et al. 2011).
Other objects of incredible importance are scattered around Greece and no one visits them".
We are reminded by the blending of art and religion evident in these objects of the importance of spiritual belief in Yoruba culture.
While exposing us to objects of genuine importance, they nevertheless seem unable to frame them in a way that links them powerfully to our inner needs.
The department, which was founded three years ago, is dedicated to acquiring contemporary objects of topical importance; recent additions include a blue burkini and an interactive Hello Barbie.
Italy hopes to reach an accord similar to the one it struck this year with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which agreed to return 21 contested works to Italy in exchange for long-term loans of objects of equal importance.
Today, he says, they offer pallid cultural smorgasbords: "While exposing us to objects of genuine importance, they nevertheless seem incapable of adequately linking these to the needs of our souls".
Two Thousand Years of Common Heritage," the show included some objects of extraordinary importance never loaned before by the Iran National Museum, alongside fabulous treasures of Iranian art preserved in the Topkapi Palace Museum and the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in Istanbul.
Although asteroids would seem like mere rocks floating in space, they are actually objects of great importance for astronomers, geologists, planetary scientists, among others.
