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#Baturday 🦇:

Abunigi (Kwoma people, Papua New Guinea, c. 1935-?)

Apokwashi (Fruit #Bat), 1988

earth & natural pigments on sago palm petiole, 134.0 × 70.0 cm

National Gallery of Victoria 2001.395

“The painting represents a type of fruit bat named Apokwashi, the 2nd largest of the several varieties of flying fox found in the Washkuk Hills. It is depicted in a mirror reflection on the top and bottom part of the painting. In each half, the fruit bat is depicted by means of two anatomical features: its ‘face’ and outstretched wings.“

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#Caturday 🐱:

Lionel Lindsay (Australia, 1874 - 1961)

The Black #Cat, 1922

wood engraving, 18.2 × 15.3 cm (block)

National Gallery of Victoria 3605-3

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#Crustmas trio:

Yashima Gakutei (Japan, 1786?–1868)

Crabs Near the Water's Edge, c.1830

Woodblock print (surimono); ink & color on paper

8 x 7 5/16 in. (20.3 x 18.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art New York JP1138

“As the poem at the left is by the leader of the Katsushika poetry group, Bunbunsha Kanikomaru (Little Crab), it is not surprising that the subject of this surimono is the tiny benkei crab, drawn, as customary, to appear somewhat comical. The second poem, on the right, is by the important actor and figure in Edo, Ichikawa Danjuro VII, signed Sansho the seventh, his pen name.”

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#Caturday bling:

Cat Purse Pendant

German (Attributed to Meyle & Mayer), c. 1900

Silver, plique-à-jour enamel

W 4.40cm (1.73 in) | L 7.80cm (3.07 in)

Tadema Gallery

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#FrogFriday 🐸:

#Frog Vase

Nazca, Peru 100 BCE - 600 CE

terracotta, paint 12.4 cm x 8.5 cm x 15 cm

Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels AAM 00046.7.188

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#FishFriday :

Baya Mahieddine (Algerian, 1931–1998)

Sans Titre, 1983

gouache on paper, 75 x 99.5 cm (29.5 x 39.2 in.)

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#FishFriday :

Shiro Kasamatsu (Kasamatsu Shirō 笠松 紫浪, Japan 1898-1991)

Tide - Shiodoki, 1964

woodblock print 42.2x28.2cm

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Resharing for #Crustmas on #FishFriday !

#TwoForTuesday :

Ewer in the shape of a fish and shrimp

Vietnam, Tran-Le dynasties, 14th-15th c.

Stoneware with green glaze; molded & incised decoration

19.4 x 17 x 5.5 cm (7 5/8 x 6 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

On display at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Marianne North (English, 1830–1890)

West Australian Vegetation, early 1880s

oil on board, H 46.9 x W 34.2 cm

Kew Gardens Marianne North Gallery MN762

🆔 🪽Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)

🌱Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata)

🌱Banks' Grevillea (Grevillea banksii)

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For #Crustmas on #Woodensday:

gamisida długwe' (#Crab Puppet) Kwakwaka'wakw, British Columbia, Canada, before 1952 Wood, paint, 11.4 cm x 22.9 cm x 67.9 cm UBC Museum of Anthropology A6362

“These articulated characters are known as dług̱we’ treasures (as are the theatrical dances in which they appear). The Kwakwaka’wakw have a history of puppetry related to their ceremonial feasts. The winter potlatches are known for their spectacular performances, suffused with cultural teachings and supernatural content, such as the coming of Winalagalis, the supernatural warrior. Dances and songs associated with Winalagalis include the tuxw’id, which is performed by women, who have the power and rights to make the dług̱we’ treasures (puppets) come to life. For instance, a tuxw’id dancer could summon a crustacean to life, on invisible cords, in the flickering firelight.”

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#TurtleTuesday 🐢:

Turtle Vessel Colima culture, Mexico, 100BCE - 250CE Ceramic, redware pottery, 8 3/8 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (21.3 x 34.9 x 26 cm) Minneapolis Institute of Art 95.101.1

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#TwoForTuesday :

Charles John Franklin Coombs (British, 1908–1989) Egyptian Vultures, 1966 on canvas, H 127 x W 81 cm Ulster Museum BELUM.N63

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#TwoForTuesday :

Cedric Lockwood Morris (Welsh, 1889–1982) Ducks, c. 1924 oil on canvas, H 49.5 x W 63.5 cm Calderdale Museums 1983.151

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#MonotremeMonday classic:

Plate LXIV Monotremata

Johnson’s Household Book of Nature, 1880

“Porcupine Anteater” = Echidna

“Duck Mole” = Platypus

via Biodiversity Heritage Library: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122829#page/1036/mode/1up

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For #Crustmas on #ManuscriptMonday + #MedievalMonday, please enjoy some medieval #bestiary #crabs 🦀

Bib. Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 291 (De rerum naturis) f97v

Bib. Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 258 f25v

British Library, Harley MS 3244 f67r

Koninklijke Bib. KB KA 16 (Der Naturen Bloeme) f113v

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Dog Effigy Basket, 1993

Made by Alice Juan, Tohono Oo' dham (Papago), Tucson, AZ, USA

Spotted on display at Carnegie Museum of Natural History (36067-1 a & b)

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Judy Kensley McKie (USA, b. 1944)

Monkey Settee, 1994

Walnut and bronze

Now on display at Carnegie Museum of Art “Extraordinary Ordinary Things” exhibition