#nose Ornament

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Nose Ornament.

Date: A.D. 2nd–6th century

Placeoforigin: Perú

Culture: Vicús

Medium: Gold

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TurtleTuesday :

Nose Ornament in the Form of a Turtle with C-shaped Body Coclé: Venado Beach, Coclé province, Panama, 800-1200 CE Spondylus shell, W. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.) The Art Institute of Chicago 1969.795

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Circular Nose Ornament Incised with Concentric Bands

Coclé, Panama, 800–1200

[celesse]

Santa's Reindeer wooden ornaments 🔔🦌🎀

[vegan-nom-noms]

Christmas Recipe Collection! For more Christmas recipes click here.

Top Row

Gingerbread Steamed Pudding

Mini Santa Cheesecakes

Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Middle Row

Christmas Brownies

Gingerbread Pop Tarts

Cherry Bakewell Bars

Bottom Row

Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups

Snowman Doughnuts

Reindeer Stained Glass Cookies

[flintstill]

thinking about Aziraphale and Crowley drinking in the bookshop in the evening around Christmastime, after Aziraphale had obtained and decorated a Christmas tree (and maybe he begged Crowley to help him get it with the help of the Bentley as an excuse to spend time together instead of having one delivered),

and Aziraphale popping into the backroom to bring back a tin of biscuits for himself, leaving Crowley alone for a minute, and Crowley gets up to look at the tree while he's alone and waiting for his angel: looks at the lights and the shiny round baubles,

and then comes across a hanging miniature of his beloved Bentley.

And him just being struck by numerous emotions at the sight of something related to him on Aziraphale’s tree… barely noticing Aziraphale's footsteps as he comes back from the backd

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[kartoonkane]

"Behold! Your lead reindeer has arrived" ~Holly

[griffxnhearts]

New ornament painting for a coworker whose last day was today.

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[jaykingingram]

Dragon Age: Inquisition is a Christmas movie.

[crowneprince]

Made some ornaments for our art gallery tree.

[arthistoryanimalia]

More bling from Peru for #SaveASpiderDay: golden spiders for your face!

Spiders can be found in Andean iconography going back at least 2500 years as symbols of warfare, ritual sacrifice, and agricultural fertility. Here are three examples found on facial jewelry, from The Met's collection:

1. Nose ornament, 100 BCE - 200 CE, Peru, North Coast, Salinar culture; gold, H. 2 x W. 4 3/8 x D. 1/8 in. (5.1 x 11.1 x 0.3 cm)

2. Nose ornament, 6th–7th century CE, Peru, Moche; gold, silver, shell, H. 2 5/8 x W. 3 3/8 x D. 1/4 in. (6.7 x 8.6 x 0.6 cm)

3. Earflare frontal, Spider, 6th–7th century CE, Peru, Moche; gold, silver, H. 3 1/2 × W. 3 1/2 × D. 3/4 in. (8.9 × 8.9 × 1.9 cm)

#PleaseNoSquish 🕷️

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[galeriacontici]

Jamacoaque Copper Nose Ornaments

These items are unique and seldom exhibited. They are made of solid copper and are very heavy. They have an excellent green patina on all three. The largest shows evidence of original gold plating. Manabi region, Ecuador. 500 BC – 500AD. Condition is Choice. The sizes are 25mm wide, 22mm tall, 20mm thick, 68.8g; 22mm wide, 21mm tall, 15mm thick, 33.5g; and 18mm wide, 15mm tall, 8mm thick, 10g.

The Jamacoaque civilization mastered the art of metallurgy and had a thorough knowledge of alloy production, notably a well-developed alloy of copper and arsenic. They were also well-versed in the process of gold plating. The method employed for casting metal was placing it in a ceramic crucible and heating it using wood charcoal as fuel. Air was blown into the kiln with a bamboo tube until the temperature reached 1100ºC, sufficient to melt gold or copper.