Roman castration clamp used in the initiation rituals of the Galli (eunuch priests of the goddess Cybele) found in the Thames River, London.

The 9/11 building

Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum

Today’s fish thing is this fish padlock!

Oualata, Mauritania. Scanned from the book Sahara; Jean-Loïc Le Quellec; 2004; photos by Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone

Unknown Amuletic stone animal to ensure fertility, Bolivia.

Sluijters painted portraits in bright colors and free brushwork. The artist liked to look for his subjects close to home. The painter Wilhelmina (Mien) de Bruijne-Proos was friends with Sluijters. She also took lessons from him around 1914. Mien was married to civil engineer Marinus Floris de Bruijne. The couple was active in the Rotterdam art scene and maintained a long-term friendship with Jan and Greet Sluijters. Over the years they collected much of his work.

'winde rienstra, "bamboo heels," 2012' in killer heels: the art of the high-heeled shoe - lisa small (2014)

Awesome

Height 6 in. by Width 7 in. by Depth 7 ½ in.

Erziehungsflagellantismus, Vienna (1932)