ALL ROUND

I took a nose dive into Yale’s newly opened digital image vault, the first Ivy league university to allow public access to their files. Lots of stuffs to peruse, from fine arts masterpieces to anthropological digs. 1. Gold cast object, jewelry, Early Classic Period 700-1000, JavaneseIndonesian 2. Textile remnant, 6th century AD, Egyptian Coptic 3. [...]

EGYPTIAN BEADS.

Egyptian beads & textile fragment. The necklaces are from dynasties a million years past but look so contemporary. How do they do it?! Vivid collection via Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art

PALMOWY.

It’s a week late, but here’s to Polish Palm Sunday! (Happy Easter, btw) Poland has adopted pre-Christian tradtion of carrying lavishly decorated straws, flowers and ribbons for Palm Sunday parades. Palm Sunday processions in the Kurpie region of Poland have their roots In earlier pagan traditions. Kurpie palmy are made by tightly weaving greens and [...]

ANASAZI LOOM HOLES.

Haunting. The loom that once was. Photographs by Tad Nichols in Glen Canyon Utah 1958.via Northern Arizona University – Cline Library

FLOURESCENT MINERALS.

Glowing rocks of the southwest desert USA. via Polman Minerals

FEATHERS PERU.

Beautiful feathers, patterns, textures, colors. Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until Sept 1. via britta