From the mountains & of the mountains

Color photograph taken at the 1994 San Francisco Pride parade that depicts a group of trans men marching in a parade with a sign made by Loren Cameron that reads "FTM TRANS PRIDE." In the front row from left to right: Max Wolf Valerio, Matt Rice, David Harrison, Loren Cameron, and an unknown person. In the back row, in the crowd, from left to right: Susan Stryker (holding baby), Brynn Craffey, and Stephan Thorne. Digitized copy of the original photo provided by David Harrison.

Ferchensee

So…. Anyone still up for golden eyed six foot tall priestess??

This is the earliest prosthetic eye ever recorded, and the surgery was a success. It appears that it was held in with thread and was worn regularly, with signs of infection in the eye socket showing that it had possibly been worn too much without cleaning.

The whole eye was not gold, instead mostly being made of bitumen with the golden lines inscribed into it in a pattern that some archeologists suggest may be an imitation of the sun, the 8 radial outward lines being sun rays, to represent light. There are also hints of white pigment on the surface, indicating that once part of the eye may have been mimicking the sclera (white bit of the eye).

Some suggest that her eye elevated her status, and based on the responses of everyone here, that’s easily possible.

Bonus, the eye itself (which resided in the left eye socket):

July Wildflowers at Mount Saint Helens, Washington