Hijas de Eva Luna

[Mami Wata priestess Mrs. Margaret Ekwebelam] seated in an aquamarine-colored shrine room and holding her ritual fan showing Mami Wata and her snake companion, uses her miniature steamer to dissuade Mami Wata from taking her on nocturnal voyages by canoe. Nigeria, Igbo, 1978.

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The Tambourine Girl by Gaetano de Martini painting.

Rolf Armstrong

Aleksandra Waliszewska @aleksandrawaliszewska

Nickie Zimov

Yma Sumac

Ingrid Bergman, Joan Of Arc, 1948

"Annakh is a [a traditional face covering or head covering] from the wedding attire of a Yakut bride in archaic times (before the 17th-18th centuries). The material from which the annakh was sewn depended on the wealth of the bride's parents. In the richest family, ankhs were sewn from sable skin, in a poor one - from lynx, in a poorer one - from beaver, in the poorest one - from mare's rags. There were bedspreads made of rovduga (suede from deer or elk skin) and hair net. The rich had decoratively decorated bedspreads, even the slits were trimmed with beads. Annakh is a kind of amulet of the bride [protecting her from harm] and the evil eye of people from a opposing family. It is also the main attribute in other wedding ceremonies (for example, when meeting the groom's parents, the daughter-in-law's face must be covered with an annakh)." - Saya Yakovleva

Julia Campbell Gillies | © Jack Davison

60s girlhood

the last picture show (1971) dir. peter bogdanovich

Medusa with the head of Perseus by Luciano Garbati

Medusa Portrait (1 of 2) - Zara Alfonso