PLASTICHIC

Syracuse University recently acquired a gigantic collection of plastics. Buckets of bakelite. Selections include sunglass frames manufactured by Foster Grant in the 1950s-1960s (shout out O-O !), snazzy lady earrings, chipmunk accessories for kids frames, and earth toned bracelets from 1930s—part of the bakelite brood. BW Zig Zag PLS.  

HEAD DRESS

Feathers! Headdresses and headdress accessories. From Equador, Peru, and Brasil. via AMNH

VOODOO CEREMONY

Voodoo ceremony in Haiti, circa 1970. Voodoo alters, voodoo flags, voodoo priest, voodoo priest eating, priestesses dancing, priest almost unconscious, vévé symbol written on floor. via Digital Library of the Caribbean  

GREEN BADGE

Let’s keep Utah Wild and find me a bike! I’m in the market for a new ride. environmental buttons via Smithsonian  

RANCHER WEAR

Get the look: worn out rancher. Worn in, dirty, and beat up. This is real tuff stuff tomboy style. Inspired by this story of a wrangler babe and her horse who saved a boy from a grizzly bear. via LOC: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982  

SKULLS & FEATHERS

Skulls & feathers, togethers. First made in Virgina by Pamunkey tribe. Second and third made in Peru with parrot feathers. via Smithsonian

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