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Claire Barnes<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://historians.social/@art_history_animalia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>art_history_animalia</span></a></span> Fabulous workmanship! a delight to see - &amp; thanks for highlighting <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/SaveASpiderDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveASpiderDay</span></a> 🕷️ </p><p>but spare a thought too for the horse <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/conch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conch</span></a> ...<br><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/one-of-the-worlds-biggest-sea-snails-at-risk-of-extinction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalgeographic.com/environ</span><span class="invisible">ment/article/one-of-the-worlds-biggest-sea-snails-at-risk-of-extinction</span></a></p><p>Let's celebrate past <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/craftsmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>craftsmanship</span></a> &amp; think about the great 🕸️ of life, for future <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/SustainableJewelry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableJewelry</span></a> ? - so from now on also <br> <br><a href="https://h-net.social/tags/PleaseNoSquish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PleaseNoSquish</span></a> 🐚 <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/SeaCreatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaCreatures</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://h-net.social/tags/HorseConch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorseConch</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Triplofusus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Triplofusus</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/SeaCreature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaCreature</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Hemmerle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hemmerle</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>More bling for <a href="https://historians.social/tags/SaveASpiderDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveASpiderDay</span></a>: golden <a href="https://historians.social/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spiders</span></a> for your face!</p><p>Spiders can be found in <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Andean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Andean</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/iconography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iconography</span></a> going back at least 2500 years as symbols of warfare, ritual sacrifice, and agricultural fertility. </p><p>1 Nose ornament, 6th-7th c. CE, Peru, <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Moche" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moche</span></a>; gold, silver, shell<br /><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313405" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metmuseum.org/art/collection/s</span><span class="invisible">earch/313405</span></a></p><p>2 Earflare frontal, 6th-7th c. CE, Peru, Moche; gold, silver<br /><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312506" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metmuseum.org/art/collection/s</span><span class="invisible">earch/312506</span></a> </p><p>3 Nose ornament, <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Peru</span></a>, <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Salinar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Salinar</span></a>, 100 BCE-200 CE <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313364" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metmuseum.org/art/collection/s</span><span class="invisible">earch/313364</span></a></p><p>Met collection.</p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/PleaseNoSquish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PleaseNoSquish</span></a>🕷️</p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/SaveASpiderDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveASpiderDay</span></a> please enjoy this sparkly <a href="https://historians.social/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spider</span></a> bling from the American Museum of Natural History’s 2021 ”Beautiful Creatures” exhibition: <br />Tarantula brooch by Hemmerle, 1995; horse conch pearl, Umba sapphires, diamonds, colored diamonds and gold.<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/PleaseNoSquish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PleaseNoSquish</span></a> 🕷️</p>