Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Thus spake objects




Mayan creation story - Man made from Maize
Clay model of cattle
Sutton Hoo
Lothair Crystal - I was thinking of the 2D pictures inside glass. Now you can make 3D too.
Chinese tang tomb figures - Heads always white.
Blue and white porcelain
huastec goddess
Bima puppet
Kakiemon elephants
Jahangir's memoir - gosa'in jadrup



Europeans discovered smoking very late - Neil MacGregor
Smoking began as a religious thing and then turned commercial. So did chocolate.

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