A True Cabinet of Curiosities

The weird, the worldly, the curious. Objects only.

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

A Mosaic from Britain of Romulus, Remus and the She-wolf. The mosaicist however can only do horses [400 x 400]

Source: https://reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/fpkub0/a_mosaic_from_britain_of_romulus_remus_and_the/

[mini-girlz]

Female idol - Early Cycladic

2700 - 2300 BC

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Jaguar incense burner found in a shaft tomb burial. Mascota, Jalisco. Middle Formative period (800 B.C.) [284x394]

Source: https://reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/cp48ru/jaguar_incense_burner_found_in_a_shaft_tomb/

[lifethe-universe-andeverything]

Since I’m a giant Classics nerd I made some Greek pottery inspired Easter eggs

[oakashandwillow]

#no artistic trend in the last 3000 years has ever surpassed the time the minoans just went crazy for octopuses#just absolutely apeshit for cephalopods

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Wedding coat, Leni Lenape (Native American), circa 1890 [954x1372]

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Eharo mask worn during ritual dances before formal sacred rituals from the Elema culture of Papua New Guinea, c. 1800-1882. Made of hammered bark, rattan, and vegetable fiber. [4355x4355]

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

The oldest known globe to depict the Americas, made on the lower halves of two ostrich eggs. Made in 1504 [1507x3041]

SWITCH TO FIREFOX AND ADD UBLOCK ORIGIN

[peashooter85]

Bone inlaid, wheellock rifle from Bohemia, dated 1678.

from Hermann Historica

[yesterdaysprint]

A handbill showcasing American Jack, the Frog Man, 1888 from the Wellcome Museum 

[curiouscabinetsandmemorytheaters]

Chicken Pox embroidery by Embroodery

[curiouscabinetsandmemorytheaters]

Skull of a cow with ‘lump jaw’. A bacteria naturally occuring in the cow’s mouth gets into the facial tissues through a small cut then invades the bone, causing weird growths. Photo by Laura Keller.

[claygoblin]

The Silver Swan, built by John Joseph Merlin and James Cox, 1773.

Source: Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams (BBC)

[soundssimpleright]

oh wow, the “water” is an illusion created by spinning glass rods.

wooooooooooah

[wishfishy]

I will reblog this automaton every single time I see it because I adore it and you cannot stop me.

[curiouscabinetsandmemorytheaters]

A 1500 lb tricycle that needed eight men to operate it. It was peddled around for about 125 miles in the Boston area. I am unsure why it was built except that someone decided that they could. This illustration is from the November 11, 1896 issue of Scientific American.

[aberrantceramics]

Dark Opossum Mug

[unexplained-events]

Fragments of various glass eyes

[eyesaremosaics]

Art Nouveau horn combs, sparrow motif - skeleton Creative Museum

[aberrantceramics]

Grin Cup