#effigi

[garadinervi]

Giuseppe Morrocchi, Ausus (e/o la poesia profemica), «Nuovi saggi», Effigi, Arcidosso (GR), 2020

[ruushes]

girls night in the ancient tomb and we know fuck all

[theghostshost]

Rain [Effigy Au]

[mournfulroses]

Sara Teasdale, from The Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale; "Effigy of a Nun,"

[stil-lindigo]

the gods of harrier dubois.

[ you exceed the divine, faithless, oh faithless. don't you know a turned back can be two things? i'll never ask which you are - a dismissal, or an invitation to follow.]

prints (all proceeds go towards purchasing e-sims for Gazans and helping re-locate Palestinian refugees)

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Eagle effigy vessel.

Date: ca. A.D. 1450

Period: Late Postclassic

Place of origin: Eastern Nahua

Medium: Ceramic with polychrome slip

[arthistoryanimalia]

Thomas Pitts I (British, fl. c.1744-1793)

Stirrup cup in the form of a fox's head, 1771

Silver w/ gilt remnants, 6 x 8 x 14 cm (2 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Inscription: “Success to the Tettcots Hunt and to the death of the Next”

on display at Harvard Art Museums

additional views via https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/339949?position=339949

[morggo]

Midsommar

Pen and ink on Arches paper

5.25 in x 6.5 in (Framed)

For sale here: ko-fi.com/s/68fe782954

[beebfreeb]

*shaking a little* unposted Akizets

[the-real-loverboy]

Tumblr is gonna eat the quality but bi-gender harry realness is always in my head <3

[sixteenseveredhands]

500-year-old Snake Figure from Peru (Incan Empire), c. 1450-1532 CE: this fiber craft snake was made from cotton and camelid hair, and it has a total length of 86.4cm (about 34in)

This piece was crafted by shaping a cotton core into the basic form of a snake and then wrapping it in structural cords. Colorful threads were then used to create the surface pattern, producing a zig-zag design that covers most of the snake's body. Some of its facial features were also decorated with embroidery.

A double-braided rope is attached to the distal end of the snake's body, near the tip of its tail, and another rope is attached along the ventral side, where it forms a small loop just behind the snake's lower jaw. Similar features have been found in other serpentine figures from the same region/time period, suggesting that these objects may have been designed for a common purpose.

Very little is known about the original function and significance of these artifacts; they may have been created as decorative elements, costume elements, ceremonial props, toys, gifts, grave goods, or simply as pieces of artwork.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art argues that this figure might have been used as a prop during a particular Andean tradition:

In a ritual combat known as ayllar, snakes made of wool were used as projectiles. This effigy snake may have been worn around the neck—a powerful personal adornment of the paramount Inca and his allies—until it was needed as a weapon. The wearer would then grab the cord, swing the snake, and hurl it in the direction of the opponent. The heavy head would propel the figure forward. The simultaneous release of many would produce a scenario of “flying snakes” thrown at enemies.

The same custom is described in an account from a Spanish chronicler named Cristóbal de Albornoz, who referred to the tradition as "the game of the ayllus and the Amaru" ("El juego de los ayllus y el Amaru").

The image below depicts a very similar artifact from the same region/time period.

Why Indigenous Artifacts Should be Returned to Indigenous Communities.

Sources & More Info:

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Snake Ornament

Serpent Symbology: Representations of Snakes in Art

Journal de la Société des Américanistes: El Juego de los ayllus y el Amaru

Yale University Art Gallery: Votive Fiber Sculpture of an Anaconda

[moesoup]

visdev sketches for a project

[bibliosauruswrecks]

Gävlebocken being destroyed by birds was not something I had on my bingo card this year.

Good for them.

[theghostshost]

Effigy AU- Close Call

[chimeride]

Grand Bailla, the 247th Known One.

[lividjungle]

Dont look at me

here is the stinker in game for anyone curios