FASHION WORKS

Part fashion catalog, part psychedelic (hot gradients!) —posters and point of purchase artwork designed by the Indian firework firm Sri Kaliswari Fireworks, 5-A, Chairman A, Shunmuga Nadar Road, Sivakasi, 626 123, Tamilnadu, India. via Maurice and Steve’s Virtual Firework Museum  discovered via Clean Forgot

BLACK WINGS

‘Black wings’, circle carpet, fringe trim. Made in China, ca. 1936. via V&A  

NET SET

Bamboo net, China Woven belt, Philippines Watermelon, China Arm band, Philippines Sandals, Korea Hammock part, Vietnam  + + + A nonsensical collection from the continent of Asia. via my favorite new source: AMNH

MADE IN…

Europe, 1800s Russia, 1800s France, 1800s Macedonia, 1800s Macedonia, 1900s Palestine Nigeria, 1970s. Made by Hausa. + + + Shoe gazer. via British Museum Thanks Alex!

OOOOO

Necklaces of Ainu, Ojibwa and Unidentified Cultures. via Beloit 1. Woman’s tamasay or necklace made of glass beads and red cotton tape. Ainu ethnographic material purchased by Dr. Frederick Starr in 1912 from Oyabe Jenichiro, most probably from the Volcano Bay area. Japan 2. Red and white bead necklace with two elk teeth pendants and [...]

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 [...]

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