Kii-Hulu Manu (Hawaiian feathered image), a representation of the war god Ku, often carried into battle. Made from bird feathers woven into a wicker frame, with mother-of-pearl eye inlays, seeds for the corneas, and dog teeth (709 x 1000).October 13, 2024
A Hawaiian Nobleman’s Panoply: A Mahiole (Helm), and ʻAhu ʻula (Cape), made from the feathers of birds woven into a net-like backing. Accompanied by a marlin-bill sword and shark tooth knuckle duster(1000 x 1510)October 13, 2024
(OC) The pen used by Princess Isabel (of Brazil) to sign the Lei Áurea, abolishing slavery on May 13, 1888, making Brazil the last country in the West to abolish slavery. The pen also says “o povo agradecido” (the grateful people) and “Isabel a Redemptor” (Isabel the Redeemer). [3072×2549]October 13, 2024
René Lalique, Cats choker, 1906-08. France. Via Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon [2657 x 3876]October 13, 2024
A denarius struck by Marcus Junius Brutus, minted by a moving military mint in Northern Greece following his flight from Rome in 42 BC after the assasination of Julius Caesar. [547×1079]October 13, 2024
Ship carving. Iñupiaq, Point Barrow, Alaska, ca. 1880-1910. Walrus ivory, sinew. National Museum of the American Indian collection [700×525]October 13, 2024
Original 1580s European silk men’s doublet from the MET collection. Contrary to what we often believe men in the medieval and early modern period loved wearing color [2033×2659]October 13, 2024
Elephant and Castle carving in the quire of Chester Cathedral, England, dating to the 14th Century [888×1024]October 13, 2024
