TINY BASKETS

Horse hair basket weaving of the Tohono O’odhamo in Arizona. Last night I took a class with Manimal at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian. The last two pics are from the class, an example basket by our teacher Louann Shannon and below is my little construction in progress. So cool! We’re totally going [...]

COLLEGE SHIFT

The shift dress. The look of the college girl in Delhi, 1958. via American Museum of Natural History

OJO DE DIOS

HIGHLAND PERU? Cane, yarn. via AMNH  

APRON & CAPES

Hawaii, Polynesian. Background as blue as the sea. via Smithsonian NMNH  

HOT DOG

Dense deep collection of everything at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. Discovered thanks to this dog and its weird friend. 1. Men’s. The large disk clips onto the earlobe, whereas formerly the ear was pierced, the hole stretched, and a carved wooden plug of this diameter fitted into the hole. With increasing migration [...]

Job: Part Time Moccasin Maker

My friend Kristen Lombardi of Manimal, is looking for a talented, meticulous part-time worker. She works out of her home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Brooklyn designer specializing in leather accessories and moccasins is looking to fill a Part Time Freelance position for piece work. Work will be picked up and dropped off on a weekly [...]

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