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Jaguar Claw sculpture
human bone, turquoise
c. 1400-400 BCE
Chavin culture
Peru
#handmade #jaguarclaw #chavinculture #peru #humanbone #turquoise #bicephalic #serpentdesign #rank #prestige #warrior #hunter #noble #king #shaman #kingofthebeasts #precolumbian #prehispanic #ancientart #art #hand #claw
Patrick Kapty
Deity pendant with dangles
lost wax cast gold
c. 1100-1520 CE
Mixtec culture
Oaxaca, Mexico
#handmade #lostwaxcast #gold #deity #pendant #religion #belief #jewelry #ancientjewelry #jewelrydesign #mesoamerica #mixtecculture #oaxaca #mexico #prehispanic #precolumbian #precolumbianjewelry #art #craft
Krodha (Mahakala) mask
carved wood, pigment
c. late 19th century
Tibet
#krodha #mahakala #mask #carved #wood #pigments #festivalmask #buddhistmask #buddhism #buddha #handmade #fierce #fangs #skullcrown #flamingeyes #thirdeye #droopinglobes #culture #religion #19thcentury #tibet #buddhistsculpture
#art #modernart #manray #cubism #fivefigures #c1914 #painting #modernpainting #oilpainting #canvas #whitneymuseum #nyc
Praying Mantis incense burner
iron, gold, silver
c. 19th century
Meiji period
Japan
#handmade #iron #gold #silver #prayingmantis #incenseburner #jizaiokimono #Japan #japaneseantiques #japanesemetalworking #metalworking #craft #art #miniature #sculpture #okimono #metalcraft
Hand hammered punched reticulated applied wire and beads patinated sterling silver with rose quartz and tourmaline brooch c. 1960s - measures 3.5" across!
Available...
www.rubylane.com/item/1879775...
#oneofakind #brutalist #brooch #pin #artjewelry #studiojewelry #wearableart #art #metalsmith
Jaguar figure
carved turquoise
c. 200-600 CE
Mochica (Moche) culture
Peru
#handmade #carved #turquoise #jaguar #figure #carving #ancientart #art #sculpture #moche #mochicaculture #peru #precolumbian #prehispanic #supernatural #shaman #religion #ritual #power #elite #fertility #war
Crowned and Bejeweled Seated Buddha
gilt bronze, gemstones
17th-18th century
Ayutthaya kingdom
Thailand
#handmade #gilt #bronze #gemstones #seatedbuddha #buddha #buddhism #dhammaraja #ayutthaya #thailand #buddhhistsculpture #buddhistart #materialculture #sculpture #art #religion #belief #thai
#uk #art #ancientart #cerneabbasgiant #chalkfigure #cerneabbas #cerneabbey #figure #hillfigure #fertility #dorset #england #saxon #700-1000CE #hercules #saxondeity #religion #religiousart #ithyphallic #nationaltrust
Lacquer box
lacquer, wood
c. 19th century
Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)
Japan
#art #lacquer #box #shibatazeshin #Japan #japaneseart #japanesecraft #japaneselacquer #japaneseantiques #antiques #meijiperiod #handmade #craft
Patrick Kapty
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Man Ray :
Five Figures, 1914
Oil on canvas
36-1/8 × 32-1/4 in | 91.8 × 81.9 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art
UK's rudest chalk figure gets a glow-up to stop it fading in the rain
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
National Trust staff and volunteers will apply 17 tonnes of fresh chalk to the outline of the famous figure.
www.bbc.co.uk
phoenixrising
Dr Mike Nevell