[blam]

Bronze human head with gold leaf

[curmudgeonII]

Bronze human head with gold leaf

Looks like what I see when I first look at a mirror in the morning.

[Little Pig]

The pre-polynesian influence in this one is apparent, though it retains some continental asian too. Since the polynesians are (AFAIK) generally thought to be migrants from south Asia. The time frame would be about right, too, since most put the polynesian migration several thousand years BC. This might be something those who stayed behind made.


Alternative theory: There was a diaspora from coastal southeast asia by a proto-culture (who knows why). Some went out to sea, others went north. The seafarers, not encountering any rival cultures, managed to survive long enough to establish. Those who went north ran into what would eventually be the Chinese, and were absorbed or foundered.


JMHO, YMMV

[Sam Cree]

"a museum guide pointed out that it was common for ancient cultures to use religion as a form of power - to use fear to control the people."

Some things never change, it seems.