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Wilder Mann by Charles Fréger

lucy — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:47:00 +0000

Wilder Mann, 2010 © Charles Fréger – www.charlesfreger.com

Dogon or Bamana “spritual armour” protection clothing

lucy — Mon, 06 May 2013 08:00:48 +0000

Photographs © Tim Hamill

“These garments, called shirts, jackets or tunics were worn by Dogon or Bamana men for protection in the forest, from both wild animals and dangerous spirits. A successful hunter must not only be master of the forest and wild animals, but must also have the spiritual power necessary to negotiate the dangerous supernatural realm. They are often embellished with small objects, animal horns, mirrors, jewelry, and leather pouches, that provide the “spiritual armor” necessary to protect the hunter from both real and spirit forces.”

http://www.hamillgallery.com/BAMANA/BamanaHuntersShirts/BamanaShirts.html

DAMSELFRAU

lucy — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:00:57 +0000

http://damselfrau.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/stikker-seibo.html

http://damselfrau.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/rudhira.html

Damselfrau is Norwegian artist Magnhild Kennedy; a craftswoman and mask maker.

Kahn & Selesnick

lucy — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:34:36 +0000

http://kahnselesnick.biz/antiquities-details-and-still-lifes/

http://kahnselesnick.biz/further-adventures-photos-from-the-bog/

http://kahnselesnick.biz/sculptures/

http://kahnselesnick.biz/

Kahn & Selesnick via Petrus Paulus’ Merle et Miette pinterest board

Max Ernst – Sculptures and Jewellery

lucy — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:33:33 +0000

Via MONDOBLOGO here and here.

Sanxingdui 三星堆

lucy — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:58:50 +0000

https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/SanxingduiGallery2BronzeGallery

Sanxingdui bronze mask with protruding pupils

https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/SanxingduiGallery2BronzeGallery

Sanxingdui flanged bronze mask with protruding pupils

https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/SanxingduiGallery2BronzeGallery

http://www.chinavtour.com/china/tours/photos/227

http://english.china.com/zh_cn/culture_history/news/11020710/20080730/14998770.html

Bronze kneeling figure in Sanxingdui Museum – http://www.chinatourguide.com/chengdu/sanxingdui_museum.html

http://www.amazon.com/Jade-Sculpture-Peeking-Dragon-Sanxingdui/dp/B002UH1X48

Many extensive photo galleries of Chinese art by Gary Todd here.

Sword dancing

lucy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:30:58 +0000

Handsworth Traditional Sword Dancers – http://www.handsworthsworddancers.org.uk/

Handsworth is a suburb of Sheffield, in recent history a mining village. In this area there developed, some unknown time in the past, a sword dance for eight men, which is still performed today to the traditional pattern. The dancers wear dragoon-type uniforms and carry long-swords of inflexible steel about one metre in length. Shortly after the beginning of the ten-minute dance, they join to form a complete ring, and perform a series of complex ‘figures’, ending with a ‘lock’ of enmeshed swords, which can be carried aloft by one man. Traditionally performances take place at Christmas in the locality, and at functions and events by invitation at other places throughout the year.

…it is certainly one of the best and most inspiriting of the dances that still survive in Yorkshire

Cecil J. Sharp, The Sword Dances of Northern England, 3 pt. (London: Novello, 1911-13), III, page 37

The Flamborough Sword Dancers circa 1908. Since the early 1900′s the Flamborough sword dancing team’s costume comprises fisherman’s ganseys (the pattern unique to Flamborough), ‘white ‘ducks’ and flat caps. Photo by Richard Traves – http://www.flamboroughheadsac.org.uk/storyboards/history/iframe.php?StoryID=18

Grenoside sword dancers in 1965 – http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jul/14/bfi-heres-to-a-health-barley-mow

Grenoside Sword Dancers, circa 1895 – http://grenosword2010.apwb.com/

http://magnius159.deviantart.com/journal/Scottish-Sword-Dances-332956371

Scottish sword dancers – http://pinterest.com/pin/146718900332500121/

Fenestrelle Sword Dancers – http://starofswords.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/mystery-photos-of-fenestrelle-sword-dancers/

Flamborough Sword Dance – http://www.friendsreunited.com/flamborough-sword-dance-the-lock-margaret-charlotte-fagan-christine-muir-grace/Memory/bbe0ed0e-f8b2-4c2e-910c-1a1b1a1023da