Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
historians.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Historians.social is open to all who are interested in history.

Administered by:

Server stats:

229
active users

historians.social: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.4

Art History Animalia

I haven’t seen this little guy posted yet today for 🌕🐍 so I guess I’ll be the one to do it…
(Naga) Figure
U Thong District, Suphan Buri Province, Thailand, 6th - 11th c. CE
Baked clay with incised details
National Museum Bangkok

photo of the snake figure on display at the museum, mounted on a clear shelf in a display case- it’s tiny! (original source of image currently lost in the interwebs)
zoomed in photo of the snake sculpture - incised details marking scales, and a very cute smiling face! image via Thai News Agency
Jan 30, 2025, 03:19 AM·Public·Mastodon for iOS
26boosts·40favorites
Public
🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦

@art_history_animalia And thus was the primeval version of the "poop emoji" found.

ExploreLive feeds
About