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Today's #objecthistory from #ritualandmemory: The ceramic form of this askos, or pouring vessel, skillfully resembles the shape of a bird while integrating human features on the face. Learn more from @antiqueerian about this ritual vessel on instagram: https://t.co/XUb8eCNXgI
Today's #objecthistory from #ritualandmemory: Found in eastern #Hungary & just 1 of many from the area (ca. 1700 BCE). Copper came from the Alps ~500 miles away &some of the axes may have been made @ the same time & from the same batch of metal. Read more: https://t.co/40cpvpRqa3
Today's #objecthistory from #ritualandmemory: This sumptuously gilded helmet - excavated in modern day #Romania , 1970 - one of many silver objects to comprise a burial assemblage of a 4th c. BCE high elite official in #Thrace. More from @antiqueerian:
https://t.co/gPmV6OUyST
Today's #objecthistory from #ritualandmemory: These so-called “violin idols” from Albania were almost certainly influenced by Early #Cycladicart, providing evidence of artistic exchange btwn the Aegean & the Balkans in the Bronze Age. More from @LylaahLB : https://t.co/6B4hCZBhEk
The limits of emotional objects: a mother sends her son a 'trifle', adding 'but was it in my power to send to you thousands, it would be trash compared to the pure affection you hold in my Heart’. Elizabeth Longsdon, 1810.
#18thc #objecthistory #materialculture #histemotions
"Khukuri"
A gift from Manuj Babu Mishra to his Guru Zainul Abedin, gifted in 1963 c.a. This Khukuri is still owned by the Abedin family.
Image credit: Mainul Abedin
#ZainulAbedin #ManujBabuMishra
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For today’s #objecthistory post we turn away from building blocks of the monumental to look at the minuscule yet mighty ancient cylinder seal. This cylinder seal is carved in chalcedony--a type of quartz that comes… https://t.co/YzNiiRv87r
“We all have objects that hold a special place in our understanding of self and family and they are probably not on display in a public museum…or maybe they are.” Learn more in our newest blog, written by NMB Curator Dr. Atwood: https://t.co/x2f54ajoOo #history #objecthistory
For today’s #objecthistory we look at another reconstruction of the designs and colors that decorated Ishtar Gate in antiquity. This beautiful watercolor was painted on-site in Babylon by archaeologist, architect,… https://t.co/BfOFU6s41f
Bringing a little floral delight to your Wednesday from #awondertobehold with today’s #objecthistory post!
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In the Achaemenid Period, a technique similar to cloisonné was used to embellish architectural surfaces.… https://t.co/y65dJKvJOh
With today’s #objecthistory for #awondertobehold we continue looking at ancient depictions of animals but on colorful vessels instead of imposing brick walls!
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This wheel-made vessel shows the brilliance of color… https://t.co/H8tBBDnCPl
The entire history of an object from use to display is an interesting as the stories curators can tell about how objects came into their collections #CIfA2019 #museumarchaeology #museums #curators #objecthistory
Even at the W/E you can't stop a conservator colour matching (best they can) to conserve their own possessions. These shoes have had a good innings incl my 1st half marathon and10k race. Happy they can run another day! #RetirementCanWait #ObjectHistory #MakeDoAndMend #OnTheRun
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Don't forget to check out, submit and retweet @Freya_Gowrley & Molly Duggins' wonderful #CFP for #AAH 2019.
**Modern(ist) objects? The objet trouvé in the eighteenth and nineteenth century**
#modernisms #collagebeforemodernism #objettrouve #objecthistory
CFP: Modern(ist) objects? The objet trouvé in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - AAH 2019 Session
https://t.co/gfL3TccvLy
The Index Card: how an everyday object invented in Sweden changed the world. Thanks @objectsobjects for the great read. #objecthistory #materialculture #sts https://t.co/Fa0gq1n8xb
From Relic to Commodity: Guest Contributor Tess Goodman on the evolution of the souvenir @tmg7d #objecthistory https://t.co/Zmrmnr5lhI
Individualised C17th hats buried w/whalers @rijksmuseum - found these objects so moving #objecthistory #historyofemotions #materialculture
Nice find on the back of this longcase seatboard #horology #clocks #recycling #neveradullmoment #Discovery #objecthistory #story #surprise
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