Posts about inspiration

8247c Dance Costume, Banjun, Bamileke, Cameroon

May 20th, 2010

John Webber

May 3rd, 2010

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Chugach  Eskimo  woman  with labret  and piercings, Prince  William  Sound, Alaska, in engraving  made  1778
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Chugach man wearing spruce root hat, beads, earrings, nose piercing, woven cloak; Prince William Sound, Alaska engraving c. 1778

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A Woman of Oonalaska (sic) [engraved portrait by John Webber of Aleut woman with tattooed face and linked nose labret.]

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Nootka woman with woven hat & cedarbark cape, Nootka Sound, British Columbia, in engraving made 1778

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A Man of Oonalashka, c. April 1778

Nunivak Face

April 27th, 2010


Nunivak Face, originally uploaded by Travis S..

Alexandro Garcia

March 24th, 2010

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Alexandro Garcia, born in Uruguay began making drawings after seeing a UFO.

Images from this catalogue by the Christian Berst gallery. Via animula vagula.

Chinese papercuts

March 17th, 2010

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Patro got these from the bookshop in London’s Chinatown.

Maori women

December 9th, 2009

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Incredible portraits of Maori women from the National Library of New Zealand.

Enypniastes the sea cucumber

December 8th, 2009

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Ceramics

December 7th, 2009

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A lot of mad looking pre-colombian ceramics in the auction archives here.

Michael Velliquette

October 25th, 2009

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WOW (via uuiuu!)

oracle

May 4th, 2009


oracle2, originally uploaded by mutikonka1.