There are many interesting art work in the Museum of Anthropology. As a future math teacher, I think that these exhibits can be used in math class as a device to motivate our students and to let them see that math is actually all around us from past to present. Instead of giving random math examples, implementing art work in MOA into the course is good for them to discover the beauty of math and to learn about other cultures.
For example, the Brentwood box is used in Aboriginal people’s daily life. The question then for the students will be: how much wood (in square units) is needed to make this box; how much rice can this box contain (the volume)？
Given the length of this canoe, the distance between two sides of a river, and the start and end time, students can be asked to find the velocity of them crossing the river.
We can also let the students to calculate the area of the shapes in this painting. And amount of paint for each color needed (given the amount needed for each square unit) to finish this piece of work.
There are so many more examples! Math is from the life.