Karabagh Pictorial Rugs

Salman Toor (Pakistani, b. 1983), Shower Boy, 2018. Oil on panel, 20 x 16 in.

if my pitched-down, chopped-up remix of the wii shop channel theme gets stuck in ur head as much as the original gets stuck in mine, then i’ve accomplished my goal. if not then fuck u

Also available in the shop as stickers and such !

“tre lune” or three crescents watermark of an African manuscript from Mano, Chad. Creator: Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, active 10th century (source:  SOAS Digital Collections)   “It is generally held that the papers with half moons and crown underneath a star and half moon were expressly developed for export to the Ottoman Empire.  The fact that the crown mark was embellished with a star and later with a half moon in Venetian workshops is regarded as a concession to the tastes of the Ottoman Empire and as an expression of respect for its rise as great political power. “ (source:  Beate Wiesmüller, “The Watermarks from the Refaiya-Library” )