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Parrot eggs can be artificially incubated with high success rates, assuming that the proper equipment and procedures are used. The primary reasons to artificially incubate eggs involve poor parenting by the breeder pair–birds that eat or break their own eggs, birds that abandon their eggs or bury them in the nesting material and birds that injure or kill newly…

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20101031-21. Seara (sea rabbit) and Takeshi Yamada at Greenwich Village Halloween Parade

Seara (sea rabbit), Takeshi Yamada, and a couple in Hawaiian girls;s traditional dancing costumes including coconut bras at the 38th annual New York’s Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in Manhattan, New York on October 31, 2010. It should be noted that the temperature when this photograph was taken was only about 46F degree. (October 31, 2010)

The Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York – This unique sea-dwelling rabbit, which is actually a close relative of the sea lion, was officially discovered and investigated by Henry Hudson when he first visited this land to colonize the area by order of the Dutch government. It was named New Amsterdam — today’s New York City. This island was named after he saw the beach covered with strange swimming wild rabbits. The word “Coney Island” means “wild rabbit island” in Dutch (originally Conyne Eylandt, or Konijneneiland in modern Dutch spelling). Sea rabbits were also referred mermaid rabbit, merrabbit, rabbit fish or seal rabbit in the natural history documents in the 17th century. The current conservation status, or risk of extinction, of the sea rabbit is Extinct in the Wild.

This website features two species of sea rabbits, which have been taken care of by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at the Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center, which is a part of the Marine biology department of the Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. They are – Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) called “Seara” and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus) called “Stripes”.

The photographs and videos featured in this website chronicle adventures of the Coney Island sea rabbits and the world as seen by them. This article also documented efforts of Dr. Takeshi Yamada for bringing back the nearly extinct sea rabbits to Coney Island in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada produced a series of public lectures, workshops, original public live interactive fine art performances and fine art exhibitions about sea rabbits at a variety of occasions and institutions in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada is an internationally active educator, book author, wildlife conservationist and high profile artist, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

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Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, atlantic Sea Rabbit.

Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus

Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States

Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) as the first official currency of this country.

At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.

The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.

NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.

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Reference (videos featuring sea rabbits and Dr. Takeshi Yamada): www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ek-GsW9ay0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJK04yQUX2o&feature=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrCCxV5S-EE www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0QnW26dQKg&feature=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVCqEjFXk0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlcIZTFIj8&feature=fvw s87.photobucket.com/albums/k130/katiecavell/NYC%2008/Cone…

www.wondersandmarvels.com/2012/06/coney-island-sea-rabbit…

Reference (sea rabbit artifacts) www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit3/5417188428/in/photostream www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit3/5417189548/in/photostream www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit3/5416579163/in/photostream www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit3/5417191794/in/photostream www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit3/5417192426/in/photostream www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit3/5417192938/in/photostream

Reference (flickr): www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit13 www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit12 www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit11 www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit10 www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit9/ www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit8/ www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit7 www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit6 www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit5/ www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit4/ www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit3/ www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit2/ www.flickr.com/photos/searabbit1/ www.flickr.com/photos/museumofworldwonders3/ www.flickr.com/photos/museumofworldwonders2 www.flickr.com/photos/museumofworldwonders/ www.flickr.com/photos/takeshiyamadapaintings/

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Reference (newspaper articles and reviews): online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704828104576021750… www.villagevoice.com/2006-11-07/nyc-life/the-stuffing-dre… karlshuker.blogspot.com/2011/06/giant-sea-serpents-and-ch… amusingthezillion.com/2011/12/08/takeshi-yamadas-jersey-d… amusingthezillion.com/2010/12/07/art-of-the-day-freak-tax… amusingthezillion.com/2010/10/27/oct-29-at-coney-island-l… amusingthezillion.com/2010/09/18/photo-of-the-day-takeshi… amusingthezillion.com/2009/11/07/thru-dec-31-at-coney-isl… 4strange.blogspot.com/2009/02/ten-of-takeshi-yamada-colle… www.flickr.com/photos/museumofworldwonders/5440224421/siz…

Reference (fine art websites): www.roguetaxidermy.com/members_detail.php?id=528 www.brooklynartproject.com/photo/photo/listForContributor… www.bsagarts.org/member-listing/takeshi-yamada/ www.horseshoecrab.org/poem/feature/takeshi.html

Reference (other videos): www.youtube.com/watch?v=otSh91iC3C4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhIR-lz1Mrs www.youtube.com/watch?v=BttREu63Ksg

(updated August 2012)

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Albums and Songs Recorded By The Beach Boys

1962 - Surfin' Safari (Capitol) Surfin' Safari * County Fair * Ten Little Indians * Chug-A-Lug * Little Girl (You're My Miss America) * 409 * Surfin' * Heads You Win - Tails I Lose * Summertime Blues * Cuckoo Clock * Moon Dawg * The Shift 1963 - Surfin' USA (Capitol) Surfin' USA * Farmer's Daughter * Misirlou * Stoked * Lonely Sea * Shut Down * Noble Surfer * Honky Tonk * Lana Surf Jam * Let's Go Trippin' * Finders Keepers 1963 - Surfer Girl (Capitol) Surfer Girl * Catch a Wave * The Surfer Moon * South Bay Surfer * The Rocking Surfer * Little Deuce Coupe * In My Roon * Hawaii * Surfer's Rule * Our Car Club * Your Summer Dream * Boogie Woodie 1963 - Little Deuce Coupe (Capitol) Little Deuce Coupe * Ballad of Ole' Betsy * Be True to Your School * Car Crazy Cutie * Cherry Cherry Coupe * 409 * Shut Down * Spirit of America * Our Car Club * No-Go Showboat * A Young Man is Gone * Custome Machine 1964 - Shut Down Volume 2 (Capitol) Fun, Fun, Fun * Don't Worry Baby * In the Parkin' Lot * Cassius Love vs. Sonny Wilson * The Warmth of the Sun * This Car of Mine * Why Do Fools Fall in Love * Pom, Pom Play Girl * Keep an Eye on Summer * Shut Down, Part II * Louie, Louie * Denny's Drums 1964 - All Summer Long (Capitol) I Get Around * All Summer Long * Little Honda * We'll Run Away * Carl's Big Chance * Wendy * Do You Remember? * Girls on the Beach * Drive-in * Our Favorite Recording Sessions * Don't Back Down 1964 - The Beach Boys Concert (Capitol) Fun, Fun, Fun * The Little Old Lady from Pasadena * Little Deuce Coupe * Long, Tail Texan * In My Roon * Monster Mash * Let's Go Trippin' * Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow * The Wanderer * Hawaii * Graduation Day * I Get Around * Johnny B. Goode 1964 - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (Capitol) Little Saint Nick * The Man with All the Toys * Santa's Beard * Merry Christmas Baby * Christmas Day * Frosty the Snowman * We Three Kings of Orient Are * Blue Christmas * Santa Claus is Comin' to Town * White Christmas * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Auld Lang Syne 1965 - Today! (Capitol) Do You Wanna Dance * Good to My Baby * Don't Hurt My Little Sister * When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) * Help Me, Rhonda * Dance, Dance, Dance * Please Let Me Wonder * I'm So Young * Kiss Me, Baby * She Knows Me Too Well * In the Back of My Mind * Bull Session with the Big Daddy 1965 - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) (Capitol) The Girl from New York City * Amusement Parks U.S.A. * Then I Kissed Her * Salt Lake City * Girl Don't Tell Me * Help Me Rhonda * California Girls * Let Him Run Wild * You're So Good to Me * Summer Means New Love (instrumental) * I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man * And Your Dream Comes True 1965 - The Beach Boys' Party! (Capitol) Hully Gully * I Should Have Known Better * Tell Me Why * Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow * Mountain of Love * You've Got to Hide Your Love Away * Devoted to You * Alley Oop * There's No Other (Like My Baby) * Medley: I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe * The Times They Are a-Changin' * Barbara Ann 1966 - Pet Sounds (Capitol) Wouldn't It Be Nice * You Still Believe in Me * That's Not Me * Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) * I'm Waiting for the Day * Let's Go Away * Sloop Sloop B * God Only Knows * I Know There's an Answer * Here Today * I Just Wasn't Made For These Times * Pet Sounds * Caroline, No 1967 - Smiley Smile (Capitol) Heroes and Villains * Vegetables * Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (Woody Woodpecker Symphony) * She's Goin' Bald * Little Pad * Good Vibrations * With Me Tonight * Wind Chimes * Gettin' Hungry * Wonderful * Whistle In 1967 - Wild Honey (Capitol) Wild Honey * Aren't You Glad * I Was Made to Love Her * Country Air * A Thing or Two * Darlin' * I'd Love Just Once to See You * Here Comes the Night * Let the Wind Blow * How She Boogalooed It * Mama Says 1968 - Friends (Capitol) Meant for You * Friends * Wake the World * Be Here in the Morning * When a Man Needs a Woman * Passing By * Anna Lee, the Healer * Little Bird * Be Still * Busy Doin' Nothin' * Diamond Head * Transcendental Meditation 1969 - 20/20 (Capitol) Do It Again * I Can Hear Music * Bluebirds Over the Mountain * Be with Me * All I Want to Do * The Nearest Faraway Place * Cotton Fields * I Want to Sleep * Time to Get Alone * Never Learn Not to Love * Our Prayer * Cabinessence 1970 - Sunflower (Brother/Reprise) Slip On Through * This Whole World * Add Some Music to Your Day * Got to Know the Woman * Deirdre * It's About Time * Tears in the Morning * All I Wanna Do * Forever * Our Sweet Love * At My Window * Cool, Cool Water 1970 - Live in London (Capitol) Darlin' * Wouldn't It Be Nice * Sloop John B * California Girls * Do It Again * Wake the World * Aren't You Glad * Bluebirds Over the Mountain * Their Hearts Were Full of Spring * Good Vibrations * God Only Knows * Barbara Ann 1971 - Surf's Up (Brother/Reprise) Don't Go Near the Water * Long Promised Road * Take a Load Off Your Feet * Disney Girls (1957) * Student Demonstration Time * Feel Flows * Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) * A Day in the Life of a Tree * Til I Die * Surf's Up 1972 - Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" (Brother/Reprise) You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone * Here She Comes * Marcella * Hold On Dear Brother * Make It Good * All This Is That * Cuddle Up 1973 - Holland (Brother/Reprise) Sail On, Sailor * Steamboat * California Saga/Big Sur * California Saga/The Beaks of Eagles * California Saga/California * The Trader Living * Leaving This Town * Only With You * Funky Pretty * Mt. Vernon and Fairway - Theme * I'm the Pied Piper (instrumental) * Better Get Back in Bed * Magic Transistor Radio * I'm the Pied Piper * Radio King Dom 1973 - The Beach Boys in Concert (Brother/Reprise) Sail On, Sailor * Sloop John B * The Trader * You Still Believe in Me * California Girls * Darlin * Marcella * Caroline, No * Leaving This Town * Heroes and Villains * Funky Pretty * Let the Wind Blow * Help Me, Rhonda * Surfer Girl * Wouldn't It Be Nice? * We Got Love * Don't Worry Baby * Surfin' USA * Good Vibrations * Fun, Fun, Fun 1977 - Love You (Brother) Let Us Go On This Way * Roller Skating Child * Mona * Johnny Carson * Good Time * Honkin' Down the Highway * Ding Dang * Solar System * The Night Was So Young * I'll Bet He's Nice * Let's Put Our Hearts Together * I Wanna Pick You Up * Love Is a Woman 1978 - M.I.U. Album (Brother) She's Got Rhythm * Come Go With Me * Hey Little Tomboy * Kona Coast * Peggy Sue * Wontcha Come Out Tonight * Sweet Sunday Kinda Love * Belles of Paris * Pitter Patter * My Diane * Match Point of Our Love * Winds of Change 1979 - L.A. (Light Album) (Brother/CBS) Good Timin' * Lady Lynda * Full Sail * Angel Come Home * Love Surrounds Me * Smahama * Here Comes the Night * Baby Blue * Goin' South * Shortenin' Bread 1980 - Keepin' the Summer Alive (Brother/CBS) Keepin' the Summer Alive * Oh Darlin' * Some of Your Love * Livin' with a Heartache * School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) * Goin' On * Sunshine * When Girls Get Together * Santa Ana Winds * Endless Harmony 1985 - The Beach Boys (Brother/CBS) Getcha Back * It's Gettin' Late * Crack at Your Love * Maybe I Don't Know * She Believes in Love Again * California Calling * Passing Friend * I'm So Lonely * Where I Belong * I Do Love You * It's Just a Matter of Time * Male Ego 1989 - Still Cruisin' (Capitol) Still Cruisin' * Somewhere Near Japan * Island Girl * In My Car * Kokomo (from Coctail) * Wipe Out (with the Fat Boys) * Make It Big (from Troop Beverly Hills) * I Get Arond (from Good Morning Vietnam) * Wouldn't It Be Nice (from the Big Chill) * California Girls (from Soul Man) 1992 - Summer in Paradise (Brother) Hot Fun in the Summertime * Surfin' * Summer of Love * Island Fever * Still Surfin' * Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night) * Strange Things Happen * Remember (Walking in the Sand) * Lahaina Aloha * Under the Boardwalk * Summer in Paradise * Forever 1996 - Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (River North) Don't Worry Baby (with Lorrie Morgan) * Little Deuce Coupe (with James House) * 409 (with Junior Brown) * Long, Tall Texan (with Doug Supernaw) * I Get Around (with Sawyer Brown) * Be True to Your School (with Toby Keith) * Fun, Fun, Fun (with Ricky Van Shelton) * Help Me, Rhonda (with T. Graham Brown) * The Warmth of the Sun (with Willie Nelson) * Sloop John B (with Collin Raye) * I Can Hear Music (with Kathy Troccoli) * Caroline, No (with Timothy B. Schmit) 2002 - Good Timin' Live at Knebworth England 1980 (Brother/Eagle) Intro * California Girls * Sloop John B * Darlin' * School Days * God Only Knows * Be True to Your School * Do It Again * Little Deuce Coupe * Cotton Fields/Heroes and Villains * Happy Birthday Brian * Keepin' the Summer Alive * Lady Lynda * Surfer Girl * Help Me Rhonda * Rock & Roll Music * I Get Around * Surfin' USA * You Are So Beautiful * Good Vibrations * Barbara Ann * Fun, Fun, Fun

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08/05/19

This Object of Desire from the Oriental Museum in Durham resembles a Chinese blue and white porcelain vase.The exact date of the vase’s production is unknown, however specialists have narrowed down to circa 1680.

Chinese porcelain dates as far back to 25-200AD in the Eastern Han dynasty with the celadon green porcelain. Porcelain and Chinese ceramics have a longstanding and diverse history which unfortunately this podcast does not have time to explore thoroughly. What is interesting is the Oriental Museum’s inclusion of “Persian Vase” in the title. It is well understood that the Islamic world of ceramics have deeply influenced the course of the Chinese who sourced their cobalt from Iran. James Allen even suggests that the Islamic potters were the ‘real inventors of the blue and white colour scheme’. The bulbous shape around the neck of the vase is also reminiscent of early Iznik models.

This podcast will focus on porcelain of late imperial China, and in particular the influence of white and blue kraak porcelain in Europe, and in particular the Netherlands.

Since premodern times, Europe has been captivated with the wonder of Chinese porcelain. Porcelain’s visual and material allure was associated with its magical and curative powers. Food and drink was believed to have tasted better if it was presented on porcelain. It was not long before this mysterious ceramic had rumours circulating about how it was produced. Some early examples include the grounding of African seashells or bones.

It was in the sixteenth century that porcelain began to arrive in Europe in vast quantities through the Portuguese trading links with Asia. Chinese Porcelain became the vogue in places like the Netherlands and the Dutch East India (VOC) company which was established in 1602 soon realised the commercial opportunities of porcelain trade. The trade grew and grew. It is suspected that between 1604 and 1657 there were over three million pieces of Chinese porcelain that had entered Holland. The well known blue and white porcelain that was coming into Europe from China is known to the Dutch as kraak porcelyn.

Originally it was exclusively the upper classes and those in the highest social strata of Holland whom Chinese porcelain was available to. Acquiring Chinese porcelain was a symbol of wealth and colonial power. The House of Orange began the tradition of decorating their palaces with hundreds of pieces of Chinese porcelain. However, as VOC trade increased, the availability of these ceramics did too and it was not long before cheaper, lower quality porcelain wares were available for the less well off in society. What is interesting to note is that it was mainly blue and white kraak porcelain that was in high demand in Europe and was the type of Chinese porcelain that was encouraged by the VOC traders. However, this white and blue porcelain was not of such high interest in China. Duocai the name for ‘joined coloured’ porcelain was very highly valued in Chinese imperial courts, yet was seldom sent to Europe. Pere d’Entrecolles wrote that “the Colours of China-ware are of all sorts and yet you seldom see in Europe any other than a bright blue upon a white Ground”. For many, this is a prime example of pick and mix Orientalism in which the blue and white porcelain has now become a stereotypical image of China. Yet the Chinese adapted their own porcelain designs to satisfy the demands of European taste; decorating their wares with popular floral motifs and exotic landscapes. This European-shaped ewer demonstrates the impact of the Dutch market on the Chinese porcelain production; the design includes the popular Dutch motif of the tulip. Tall, elegant Chinese women known as ‘Long Elizas’ also frequently appeared on much export ware due to their popularity in the West.

Trade flourished with until the Manchu conquest of 1644. This led to China cutting off many of its trading networks with the West. As a result, the Dutch were forced to turn elsewhere; they found new markets in Japanese porcelain and domestic production of their own Chinese porcelain.

At a closer look at this Vase, we have to re-examine if it is genuine porcelain. The decoration of the vase is low quality; with naive and careless lines all very evident. The Chinese porcelain masters would certainly not have allowed this standard of painting to be sold on the market. Porcelain chips show white since it is a translucent material. However, these chips are a darker yellow and the scratches show a metallic surface underneath. The u  nderside of this vase also omits any reign marks which are clear indicators that it may not be Chinese porcelain. The material of this vase has been identified as Delft; a tin-glazed enamel earthenware. There had been earlier attempts at recreating Chinese porcelain in Europe such as the Italian Majolica. But the Chinese kept their formula a secret and the key ingredient, kaolin clay, was not available in Europe. Until Meissen finally mastered the manufacturing process in 1710, European copies of Chinese porcelain never managed to precisely match their Chinese counterparts. The Dutch developed Delft as the closest emanation of Chinese porcelain, which they believed was real porcelain. Delftware was hugely popular in the Netherlands. By 1665, there were over twenty faience factories in the city of Delft in Holland. Delft came in all shapes, sizes and qualities. The quality of painting on this vase gives us an insight into the intended target market. It would have been sold for a relatively cheap price, probably for domestic use.  

Delftware played a major role in the Chinoiserie and Rococco style that reached its height in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. For commercial reasons, the Dutch needed to ensure their porcelain was as Oriental-looking as possible. Their Delft wares needed to be difficult to distinguish between their genuine Chinese porcelain counterparts. A Chinese-ness was captured through the decoration of common and stereotypical images; such as flowers and birds which helped add to the exotic feeling of the ceramics. Under the global style of Chinoiserie, many owners displayed their exotic collections. This vase in fact was collected by Fred Olsen for his 1931 house that was built to display his Chinese collections. The display would give off an overall feel for Chinese-ness through the obejcts’ aesthetic qualities. Chinoiserie is still evident in modern society of the day, especially in the fashion industry.

It is no surprise that today, many Westerners will wrongly interpret this vase as a piece of Chinese porcelain. It is impossible to discuss this vase in the wider context of Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism. It is likely that European potters had little or no understanding of traditional Taoist iconography and symbolism for the standard motifs they replicated on their own wares. Their motivations were economic, creating exotic artefacts that fit the vogue for things Chinese. For Edward Said, this is an example of a Western superiority over the East as a result of Western colonialism; in which the West has constructed themselves as binary opposite to the ��Other” as the East. In the context of Chinoiserie, this Delftware vase that acquires a stereotypical Chinesey look, fails to demonstrate the vast amount Islamic influence had on Chinese ceramics. The scholar Arif Darlik raises a contrasting view to Said, accusing Asia as being responsible for the construction of the Orient. In regards to this vase, we can argue that by standardising and exoticising their designs on their export ware to fit the Western tastes, the Chinese potters themselves engaged in self-Orientalism.

Finally, another important scholar to highlight is Homi Bhabha and his theory of Hybridisation. Bhabha argues that cross-cultural exchange that occurred from colonialism has given birth to new transcultural forms. European made porcelain can be seen in this context. With porcelain tea cups now a cultural signifier of British high culture.

The thousands of years of history and such intriguing questions generated by this one piece of Dutch Delftware demonstrate why for me this is an Object of great Desire.  

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120 Favorite Beach Boys Songs

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER...

1. ‘Surfin’ Safari’ - 1962 single, on SURFIN’ SAFARI (1962)

2. ‘409′ - 1962 single, on SURFIN’ SAFARI (1962)

3. ‘Shut Down’ - from SURFIN’ USA (1963)

4. ‘Lana’ - from SURFIN’ USA (1963)

5. ‘Little Deuce Coupe’ - 1963 single, on SURFER GIRL (1963)

6. ‘Surfer Girl’ - from SURFER GIRL (1963)

7. ‘Catch a Wave’ - from SURFER GIRL (1963)

8. ‘In My Room’ - from SURFER GIRL (1963)

9. ‘Hawaii’ - from SURFER GIRL (1963)

10. ‘Little Saint Nick’ - 1963 single, on THE BEACH BOYS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM (1964)

11. ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ - from SHUT DOWN, VOLUME 2 (1964)

12. ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ - from SHUT DOWN, VOLUME 2 (1964)

13. ‘The Warmth of the Sun’ - from SHUT DOWN, VOLUME 2 (1964)

14. ‘I Get Around’ - from ALL SUMMER LONG (1964)

15. ‘All Summer Long’ - from ALL SUMMER LONG (1964)

16. ‘Little Honda’ - from ALL SUMMER LONG (1964)

17. ‘Wendy’ - from ALL SUMMER LONG (1964)

18. ‘Don’t Back Down’ - from ALL SUMMER LONG (1964)

19. ‘When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)’ - 1964 single, on THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! (1965)

20. ‘She Knows Me Too Well’ - 1964 B-side, on THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! (1965)

21. ‘Dance, Dance, Dance’ - 1964 single, from THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! (1965)

22. ‘Do You Wanna Dance?’ - from THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! (1965)

23. ‘Good to My Baby’ - from THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! (1965)

24. ‘Don’t Hurt My Little Sister’ - from THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! (1965)

25. ‘Please Let Me Wonder’ - from THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! (1965)

26. ‘Kiss Me, Baby’ - from THE BEACH BOYS TODAY! (1965)

27. ‘Then I Kissed Her’ - from SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) (1965)

28. ‘Salt Lake City’ - from SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) (1965)

29. ‘Help Me, Rhonda’ - from SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) (1965)

30. ‘California Girls’ - from SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) (1965)

31. ‘Let Him Run Wild’ - from SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) (1965)

32. ‘The Little Girl I Once Knew’ - 1965 single

33. ‘Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow’ - from BEACH BOYS’ PARTY! (1965)

34. ‘Mountain of Love’ - from BEACH BOYS’ PARTY! (1965)

35. ‘Barbara Ann’ - from BEACH BOYS’ PARTY! (1965)

36. ‘You Still Believe Me’ - from PET SOUNDS (1966)

37. ‘That’s Not Me’ - from PET SOUNDS (1966)

38. ‘(Don’t Talk) Put Your Head on My Shoulder’ - from PET SOUNDS (1966)

39. ‘I’m Waiting for the Day’ - from PET SOUNDS (1966)

40. ‘God Only Knows’ - from PET SOUNDS (1966)

41. ‘I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times’ - from PET SOUNDS (1966)

42. ‘Pet Sounds’ - from PET SOUNDS (1966)

43. ‘Good Vibrations’ - 1966 single, on SMILEY SMILE (1967)

44. ‘Heroes and Villains’ - SMiLE sessions, 1966-1967, re-imagined and released as a single in 1967, later on SMILEY SMILE (1967)

45. ‘Do You Like Worms? (Roll Plymouth Rock)’ - SMiLE sessions, 1966-1967

46. ‘Cabin Essence’ - SMiLE sessions, 1966-1967, finished and released on 20/20 (1969)

47. ‘Wonderful’ - SMiLE sessions, 1966-1967

48. ‘Surf’s Up’ - SMiLE sessions, 1966-1967, finished and released on SURF’S UP (1971)

49. ‘Wind Chimes’ - SMiLE sessions, 1966-1967

50. ‘The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow)’ - SMiLE sessions, 1966-1967

51. ‘Love to Say Dada’ - SMiLE sessions, 1966-1967

52. ‘She’s Goin’ Bald’ - from SMILEY SMILE (1967)

53. ‘Little Pad’ - from SMILEY SMILE (1967)

54. ‘With Me Tonight’ - from SMILEY SMILE (1967)

55. ‘Time to Get Alone’ - WILD HONEY sessions, 1967, finished and released on 20/20 (1969)

56. ‘Wild Honey’ - from WILD HONEY (1967)

57. ‘Aren’t You Glad’ - from WILD HONEY (1967)

58. ‘Country Air’ - from WILD HONEY (1967)

59. ‘Darlin’‘ - from WILD HONEY (1967)

60. ‘I’d Love Just Once to See You’ - from WILD HONEY (1967)

61. ‘Let The Wind Blow’ - from WILD HONEY (1967)

62. ‘Friends’ - from FRIENDS (1968)

63. ‘Wake the World’ - from FRIENDS (1968)

64. ‘When a Man Needs a Woman’ - from FRIENDS (1968)

65. ‘Passing By’ - from FRIENDS (1968)

66. ‘Little Bird’ - from FRIENDS (1968)

67. ‘Busy Doin’ Nothing’ - from FRIENDS (1968)

68. ‘Diamond Head’ - from FRIENDS (1968)

69. ‘Do It Again’ - 1968 single, on 20/20 (1969)

70. ‘We’re Together Again’ - 1968 outtake

71. ‘I Can Hear Music’ - from 20/20 (1969)

72. ‘Be With Me’ - from 20/20 (1969)

73. ‘I Went To Sleep’ - from 20/20 (1969)

74. ‘San Miguel’ - 1969 outtake

75. ‘Loop de Loop’ - 1969 outtake

76. ‘Break Away’ - 1969 single

77. ‘Celebrate the News’ - 1969 B-side

78. ‘Susie Cincinnati’ - 1970 B-side, later released on 15 BIG ONES (1976)

79. ‘Cottonfields’ - 1970 single

80. ‘Good Time’ - SUNFLOWER sessions, 1970, finished and released on LOVE YOU (1977)

81. ‘Big Sur’ - SUNFLOWER sessions, 1970

82. ‘Slip On Through’ - from SUNFLOWER (1970)

83. ‘This Whole World’ - from SUNFLOWER (1970)

84. ‘It’s About Time’ - from SUNFLOWER (1970)

85. ‘All I Wanna Do’ - from SUNFLOWER (1970)

86. ‘Forever’ - from SUNFLOWER (1970)

87. ‘Our Sweet Love’ - from SUNFLOWER (1970)

88. ‘Cool, Cool Water’ - from SUNFLOWER (1970)

89. ‘Sound of Free’ - SUNFLOWER sessions, 1970 single

90. ‘Long Promised Road’ - from SURF’S UP (1971)

91. ‘Disney Girls (1957)’ - from SURF’S UP (1971)

92. ‘Feel Flows’ - from SURF’S UP (1971)

93. ‘You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone’ - from CARL AND THE PASSIONS - “SO TOUGH” (1972)

94. ‘Marcella’ - from CARL AND THE PASSIONS - “SO TOUGH” (1972)

95. ‘Hold On Dear Brother’ - from CARL AND THE PASSIONS - “SO TOUGH” (1972)

96. ‘All This Is That’ - from CARL AND THE PASSIONS - “SO TOUGH” (1972)

97. ‘Sail On, Sailor’ - from HOLLAND (1973)

98. ‘Steamboat’ - from HOLLAND (1973)

99. ‘California Saga: California’ - from HOLLAND (1973)

100. ‘The Trader’ - from HOLLAND (1973)

101. ‘Funky Pretty’ - from HOLLAND (1973)

102. ‘We Got Love’ - HOLLAND sessions, 1972, live version on THE BEACH BOYS IN CONCERT (1973)

103. ‘It’s OK’ - from 15 BIG ONES (1976)

104. ‘That Same Song’ - from 15 BIG ONES (1976)

105. ‘Let Us Go On This Way’ - from LOVE YOU (1977)

106. ‘Mona’ - from LOVE YOU (1977)

107. ‘Johnny Carson’ - from LOVE YOU (1977)

108. ‘The Night Was So Young’ - from LOVE YOU (1977)

109. ‘I’ll Bet He’s Nice’ - from LOVE YOU (1977)

110. ‘Airplane’ - from LOVE YOU (1977)

111. ‘Still I Dream Of It’ - ADULT/CHILD sessions, 1977

112. ‘It’s Over Now’ - ADULT/CHILD sessions, 1977

113. ‘Morning Christmas’ - MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE BEACH BOYS SESSIONS, 1977

114. ‘She’s Got Rhythm’ - from M.I.U. ALBUM (1978)

115. ‘Pitter Patter’ - from M.I.U. ALBUM (1978)

116. ‘My Diane’ - from M.I.U. ALBUM (1978)

117. ‘Good Timin’‘ - from L.A. (LIGHT ALBUM) (1979)

118. ‘Love Surrounds Me’ - from L.A. (LIGHT ALBUM) (1979)

119. ‘It’s a Beautiful Day’ - from the AMERICATHON soundtrack, 1979

120. ‘Goin’ On’ - from KEEPIN’ THE SUMMER ALIVE (1980)

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The Daily Tulip

The Daily Tulip – International Archaeological News From Around The World

Friday 4th August 2017

Good Morning Gentle Reader….  So many people seem to enjoy Friday’s, not only because it’s the end of the working week, but also it’s the day that they get to read all about the Archaeological Discoveries made in the four corners of this little blue planet…Well today we look at discoveries in Canada, Russia, Dominican Republic, Japan, Italy, New Zealand and the USA, quite a diverse mixture of countries… Even more discoveries can be found at another of my pages Our Past Beneath Our Feet if you enjoy this little excursion into the world of archaeology you will certainly enjoy what you discovery there.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/OurPastBeneathOurFeet/

18TH-CENTURY CEMETERY EXCAVATED ON NOVA SCOTIA….  CAPE BRETON ISLAND, CANADA—Students from the University of New Brunswick are assisting with the effort to exhume approximately 1,000 eighteenth-century graves near the Fortress of Louisbourg before they erode into the Atlantic Ocean, according to a report from CBC News. The settlement began in 1713 as a French fishing village, but it grew into a commercial port and was surrounded by fortification walls by 1740. The site changed hands several times with the British over the following tumultuous 30 years. “What we’ll be looking at is overall health patterns,” said Amy Scott of the University of New Brunswick. “We will also be looking at elements of trauma, infectious disease, migration patterns, even potentially ancient DNA,” she said. The remains will be reburied when the project is completed.

MEDIEVAL CHILD’S BURIAL UNEARTHED IN NORTHERN RUSSIA…. SALEKHARD, RUSSIA—According to a report in The Siberian Times, a medieval burial containing the remains of a young child has been discovered in northern Russia, above the Arctic Circle. Researchers spotted a fragment of a bronze bowl exposed by wind erosion while on an expedition to monitor permafrost on the Gydan Peninsula. The turquoise-colored piece of bronze is thought to have been made in Persia, and was about 200 years old when placed over part of the child’s head some 1,000 years ago. The lone burial could have been left by traders who camped at the site while hunting for walrus, birds, and furs. “He or she was from some wealthy family, judging by the things laid in the grave,” said archaeologist Andrey Gusev of the Arctic Research Center. A ceramic vessel, fragments of fur clothing, a ring, and the decorated handle and sheath of a knife were also recovered.

16TH-CENTURY CRYPT DISCOVERED IN NEW WORLD’S FIRST CATHEDRAL….  SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—According to a report in El País, a brick vault that could hold the remains of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo has been found at the Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, the first cathedral built in the Americas. Oviedo wrote Summary of the Natural History of the Indies, the first account of the New World, and served as governor of the fortress of Santo Domingo from 1532 until his death in 1557. “We know that up to middle of the sixteenth century there was an altar dedicated to Santa Lucía built on Oviedo’s instructions, and that right underneath he ordered a vault to be constructed, where he was buried,” said Esteban Prieto Vicioso, head of the conservation project at the cathedral. Christopher Columbus had also been buried at the cathedral for a time, but his body was later moved. Prieto Vicioso explained that there is no documentary evidence that Oviedo’s body was ever exhumed, however. The restoration team plans to open the crypt, which, in addition to Oviedo’s remains, might hold an iron key to the fortress of Santo Domingo. A head injury received during a knife fight could help Prieto Vicioso’s team identify Oviedo’s remains.

2,300-YEAR-OLD CARPENTRY TOOL DISCOVERED IN JAPAN….  ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE, JAPAN—The Asahi Shimbun reports that an intact carpenter’s tool has been unearthed at the Yokaichijikata site on the island of Honshu. The 2,300-year-old tool is made up of an iron yariganna, or cutting pike plane, measuring about six inches long. The iron is thought to have been imported from overseas, since the tool predates known iron production in Japan. The upper part of the iron bar was inserted into a carved haft, the top of which resembles the handle of a baseball bat, and was affixed with tape made of Japanese cherry bark. The small tool may have been used with just one hand to smooth wooden surfaces. Much larger yariganna would have been used with two hands. The tool could provide information on how iron was traded throughout the Japanese archipelago

MONUMENTAL TOMB DISCOVERED NEAR POMPEII…. NAPLES, ITALY—A monumental tomb with a long funerary epigraph describing the life of the deceased has been discovered in Porta Stabia, according to a report in ANSAmed. The inscription is missing the man’s name, but it says he was a duoviro, or Pompeii city magistrate, and describes his coming of age, his wedding, and his sponsorship of banquets and games. The inscription also contains information about an armed brawl at a gladiator show in Pompeii in 59 A.D., in which the tomb’s occupant may have been killed. We know from an account left by the Roman historian Tacitus that after a Senate investigation into the brawl, ordered by Emperor Nero, that the residents of Pompeii were forbidden to hold gladiator games for ten years, and those who organized the games and incited the clash were exiled. Pompeii’s general director, Massimo Osanna, said the newly found inscription complements the account left by Tacitus and mentions that some of the city’s magistrates were also exiled.

NEW IMAGING TECHNIQUE REVEALS SIXTH-CENTURY TEXT…. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Live Science reports that a sixth-century text has been found hidden in the binding of a sixteenth-century book of poetry. A team led by Emeline Pouyet and Marc Walton of the Northwestern University–Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies developed a technique combining visible hyperspectral imaging and X-ray fluorescence to examine the binding of a 1537 copy of Works and Days, a book written by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod, when they noticed writing beneath the parchment covering the book board. They suspect the sixteenth-century bookbinder tried to remove the text on the board by washing and scraping it, but some of the ink remained and over time, it degraded the parchment placed over it. The new imaging technique revealed the recycled materials had originally been pages of the Roman law code, annotated with references to the church’s canon law in the margins, perhaps by a medieval university student. Pouyet and Walton say the new imaging technique will make it easier to examine delicate, recycled books when the powerful X-rays of a synchrotron are not available.

HUNTERS MAY HAVE DRIVEN NEW ZEALAND’S SWANS TO EXTINCTION….  DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND—Stuff.co.nz reports that New Zealand’s native black swans were hunted to extinction by Polynesians in the fifteenth century. Nic Rawlence of the University of Otago Palaeogenetics Laboratory and his team compared the skeletons of living birds and fossilized swan remains, and examined DNA samples of the birds. The researchers concluded that almost all of the black swans now living in New Zealand are descended from swans brought from Australia in the 1860s. The native swans also arrived from Australia, but between one and two million years ago. They were heavier, and had longer legs and smaller wings, and might have eventually become flightless in another million years, Rawlence said. It had been thought the black swans living in New Zealand now were the same species as those found in the fossil record. Rawlence and his colleagues dubbed the fossil species “pouwa,” after a black bird that lived in the Chatham Islands in a Moriori legend.

Well Gentle Reader I hope you enjoyed our look at the archaeological news from around the world this, Friday morning… …

Our Tulips today are in Holland with antique Windmills as companions....

A Sincere Thank You for your company and Thank You for your likes and comments I love them and always try to reply, so please keep them coming, it's always good fun, As is my custom, I will go and get myself another mug of "Colombian" Coffee and wish you a safe Friday 4th August 2017 from my home on the southern coast of Spain, where the blue waters of the Alboran Sea washes the coast of Africa and Europe and the smell of the night blooming Jasmine and Honeysuckle fills the air…and a crazy old guy and his dog Bella go out for a walk at 4:00 am…on the streets of Estepona…

All good stuff....But remember it’s a dangerous world we live in

Be safe out there…

Robert McAngus