The two portraits, called "ogoe" in the Ryukyuan culture, depict 13th-generation King Sho Kei and 19th-generation King Sho Iku, who reigned in the 18th and 19th centuries, respectively.

The event highlighted the commonalities between Indigenous people across the globe — from the Tembé people of Alto Rio Guamá, Brazil, Ryukyuan people from Okinawa, Japan, to the Noongar and ...