Mayan stone lintel at Menche. Elephants and ethnologists. 1924.

Gold pectoral, Chimu culture, Peru, dated 1300-1532

Yatagans

19th century, Epirus, gold-plated silver, 70.5 cm [x]

late 18th-early 19th century, silver, 69 cm [x]

1823, silver, 72 cm [x]

19th century, Crete, silver, 74 cm [x]

19th century, silver and coral, 88.5 cm [x]

19th century, Peloponnese, silver, gold, and and niello, inscription "ΓΕΩΡΓΙC ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙC ΓΟΥΡΓΑΡΙΣ", 49 cm [x]

A fantastically embossed and gilt "Hungarian Shield", attributed to Matthäus Frauenpreis,

Height: 24.1 in/61.1 cm

Width: 12.5 in/31.7 cm

Gonbad-e qafarieh/ Maragheh/ Iran

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (Free Man's Guide to the Subtleties of Poetry) by Badr al-Din Jajarmi (d. 1287); The Zodiac constellation of Pisces, the moon, and two registers of birds. Iran, Ilkhanid period, 1341.

"Root systems of shrubs and herbs of the forest floor." The ecological relations of roots. 1919.

An Elros and Elrond moment because I love them both sm <3