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Art History Animalia<p>Susumu Kamijo (b. 1975)<br />1. The Beach Lovers, 2020<br />Archival pigment print<br />2. The Sinner at Dusk, 2021<br />Walnut wood &amp; oil paint with matte protective coating<br />Both on display at The New York Historical’s “Pets In the City” show<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/DogsInArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DogsInArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/PetPortraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PetPortraits</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Poodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Poodle</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Woodensday</span></a></p>
Kevin Wilbraham<p>Carved figures of a medieval king and queen, possibly from the Church of Tilney St. Lawrence. Now part of the collections at Lynn Museum in Kings Lynn. 📸 My own. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a></p>
Kevin Wilbraham<p>The 14th century timber-framed south porch of St Mary's Church at Kempley in Gloucestershire. 📸 My own. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medieval</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kempley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kempley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gloucestershire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gloucestershire</span></a></p>
Kevin Wilbraham<p>Remains of a late C7th or early C8th log coffin which was found at Wydon Eals Farm, near Featherstone Castle in Northumberland . One of several discovered during the C19th, this coffin is part of the museum collections at Durham Cathedral. 📸 My own. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medieval</span></a></p>
Kevin Wilbraham<p>The barrel-vaulted choir ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral. The decoration dates to restoration work carried out in 1853, but the main ceiling timbers are 14th century in date. 📸 My own. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medieval</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarlisleCathedral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlisleCathedral</span></a></p>
Forest:ArchaicCollective<p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> &amp; a chance this weekend to briefly pop in the Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn</p>
Kevin Wilbraham<p>The market cross at Wymondham in Norfolk. The timber framed structure was built in 1617, replacing an earlier medieval cross which was destroyed by fire in 1615. 📸 My own. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medieval</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norfolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norfolk</span></a></p>
Kevin Wilbraham<p>The lid of painted wooden casket depicting a courting couple. Possibly dating to the 15th century, the casket may have been used as an engagement present. Now part of the collections at Tullie House Museum in Carlisle. 📷 My own. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medieval</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Carlisle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carlisle</span></a></p>
Dr Coralie Mills<p>Good morning Mastodon. Here’s a boat-turned-shed on Holy Island, Lindisfarne, Northumbria to brighten your Wednesday morning.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sheds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/boats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HolyIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HolyIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lindisfarne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lindisfarne</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/northumberland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northumberland</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> :<br />Dance Mask<br />Yup&#39;ik artist, Alaska, c. 1900<br />Wood, pigment, vegetal fiber<br />Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York L.2018.35.100<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/NativeAmericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NativeAmericanArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> :<br />Ema: <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Octopus</span></a> as Buddha of Healing Takoyakushi<br />たこ薬師<br />Jôju-in Temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1989<br />wood, ink, paints, nylon cord; 9 x 13 x 0.5 cm<br />Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Ethnologisches Museum<br /><a href="https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/1441053/ema-krake-als-buddha-der-heilung-takoyakushi-%E3%81%9F%E3%81%93%E8%96%AC%E5%B8%AB" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">recherche.smb.museum/detail/14</span><span class="invisible">41053/ema-krake-als-buddha-der-heilung-takoyakushi-%E3%81%9F%E3%81%93%E8%96%AC%E5%B8%AB</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/JapaneseArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JapaneseArt</span></a></p><p>Image credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Claudius Kamps CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Woodensday</span></a>: 🐙👻🐒<br />A <a href="https://historians.social/tags/netsuke" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>netsuke</span></a> of an <a href="https://historians.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>octopus</span></a> ghost* and <a href="https://historians.social/tags/monkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>monkey</span></a><br />Tsu, Japan, late 18th/early 19th c.<br />Wood, 6.4 cm (2.5 in)<br /><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21100/lot/50/a-netsuke-of-an-octopus-ghost-and-monkey-tsu-late-18thearly-19th-century/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bonhams.com/auction/21100/lot/</span><span class="invisible">50/a-netsuke-of-an-octopus-ghost-and-monkey-tsu-late-18thearly-19th-century/</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/JapaneseArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JapaneseArt</span></a> <br />* So I found out these are characters from a Japanese legend about Ryujin, the Dragon King of the Sea. The octopus is the royal physician, who has just prescribed a monkey’s liver to heal the king’s sick daughter. Hence the monkey’s terrified look. 😬 “Ghost” must just be a mistranslation of mythical.</p>
Forest:ArchaicCollective<p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> - and while the Sandbach crosses were incredible - was also enjoying these placed on the edge of the car park in the town centre</p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> :<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Capybara" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Capybara</span></a> figure, 1975-77<br />Warao artist, El Pajal, Venezuela<br />Carved balsa wood with inlaid seeds<br />19.2 x 14.0 x 6.0 cm<br />Smithsonian NMAI 26/7559<br /><a href="https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_396772" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">americanindian.si.edu/collecti</span><span class="invisible">ons-search/object/NMAI_396772</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/SouthAmericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthAmericanArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Crustmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Crustmas</span></a> on <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Woodensday</span></a>:<br />gamisida długwe&#39; (<a href="https://historians.social/tags/Crab" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Crab</span></a> Puppet) <br />Kwakwaka&#39;wakw, BC, Canada, before 1952 <br />Painted wood 11.4x22.9x67.9cm <br />UBC Museum of Anthropology A6362<br /><a href="http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?keywords=crab&amp;row=25" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/s</span><span class="invisible">earch/item?keywords=crab&amp;row=25</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/FirstNationsArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FirstNationsArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/NativeAmericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NativeAmericanArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a><br />“The Kwakwaka’wakw have a history of puppetry related to their ceremonial feasts.“</p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> :<br />Figure of a wild <a href="https://historians.social/tags/boar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>boar</span></a> sow, 1952<br />Eastern Band of <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Cherokee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cherokee</span></a> artist<br />(Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary, Swain Co, NC, USA)<br />Carved &amp; polished walnut wood<br />11.8 x 3.5 x 7 cm<br />Smithsonian NMAI 25/6978<br /><a href="https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_272862" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">americanindian.si.edu/collecti</span><span class="invisible">ons-search/object/NMAI_272862</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/NativeAmericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NativeAmericanArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a></p>
Forest:ArchaicCollective<p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> &amp; might get some stick for this but, can't lie, love this<br>the Prop (/set? /whatever) of the wooden horse from Troy (2004) is by the waterfront in Çanakkale 🇹🇷 a few miles from the archaeological site of Troy</p><p> See more of this &amp; troy in the new episode &gt;&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp9GkUxh3Gw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=mp9GkUxh3G</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a>! Only few pieces of furniture from early medieval times have been preserved. Due to the water-logged condition of the area, many wooden objects such as this terrific chair made from maple and ash wood survived in a burial at Trossingen. <br>Dating 580 AD.</p><p>📷 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg </p><p>🏺 <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Forest:ArchaicCollective<p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> and while the light was going a bit, a few of the part-timbered buildings from the beautiful streets of Ledbury</p>
Forest:ArchaicCollective<p>Its <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Woodensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woodensday</span></a> &amp; as you come to expect in Northwest France there's an assortment of gorgeous part-timbered buildings in the medieval nuclei of the towns you pass through<br> this is Angers</p>
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