With a major winter storm set to hit much of the U.S., this seems to be an appropriate time to share photos from The British Museum illustrating how mankind has coped with winter in earlier periods.
At the top are Eskimo-Aleut spectacles found at Southampton Island, crafted out of ivory. The center piece was created by Siberian craftsman, using leather, white metal, and beadwork. The bottom one comes from Salekhard, made of "metal, cloth, skin (reindeer, with fur), brass, beads, and buttons (brass)."
Link, via A London Salamagundi.
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Wow, that was like an utterance out of no other enterprise, except maybe NASA.
Neat necklace, for the Borders crowd.
I see you've never met a model who's had to work with a professional photographer before. Let’s see, she's probably been standing out there in the drab weather for an hour waiting for the guy to set up, then wait because the light just isn't right, then reorganise the position of her necklaces because the previous set up just didn't look right, along with the possibility it could have been her time of the month.
You're a hoot. I'll chuckle all morning now. Thanks!