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Silver baby's filigree leg rattles; from Oman; before 1976

Movie theater lobby card: The Wasp Woman - 1959.

Negative #008718

Women weaving on upright looms. Oman, 1988. Gigi Crocker Jones

Oman, 1982. Gigi Crocker Jones

Jimile earrings. Scanned from the book The Jewelry of Nepal; 1999; Hannelore Gabriel

Dyeing cloth in the last indigo dye workshop in Bahla, Oman, 1958. Jenny Balfour-Paul

To sketch the figures in a thangka, the painter must know the proportions and measurements of each deity. These established guiding principles are called iconometry and maintained by artistic practice. The measurements are units that have no absolute values but are proportional in relation to each other--twelve small units to every large unit

oysters in captivity can learn to talk better than parrots.

Vests are more complicated than you think: wearing the wrong one can make you look like a grave robber.

Manchu Military Officer's Ceremonial Armor Chinese; late 19th century Indigo silk satin and black silk velvet with embroidery in polychrome silk and gold-wrapped thread, gilt metal applique and brass beads

That's them. Those are my best wishes.

Velvet Zephyr on Etsy