افي - אבי

☭🔻 סְפָרַדִּי he/they

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These are mosaic pieces by Virginia Stroud representing Cherokee people throughout time. In order -

1700s woman and man

1800s woman and man

Present day girl and boy

Present day woman and man

Cherokee Nation Outpatient Medical Center, Tahlequah Oklahoma.

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Bowl featuring an image of a camel; Abbasid-era Iraq

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by any means necessary

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[Image description: A mostly black and white digital drawing of two original characters. The Ferrier and the Sacrifice stand side by side, but look in opposite directions. The Ferrier holds out a bunch of sea buckthorn berries with an expressionless face. The Sacrifice holds up a plate with a bunch of elderberries, smiling slyly. Raindrops hang suspended around them; one drop of blood escapes past the border on the Sacrifice's side. Above them in a starry sky is a haloed ouroboros with two reptilian feet, two avian wings, and a fire burning in the space at its center. End image description.]

sweet berries ready for two, ghosts are no different than you

happy birthday @pancove <3

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Anush dir. by Ivan Perestiani, 1930 (+ braids).

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Sketch of a woman's dress for the film "Anush" , by Eugene Lanceray, National Galley of Armenia.

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Sudanese magazines from the 70’s.

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The Arabs of Central Asia: Women from Jeynau, Kashkadarya province, Uzbekistan

"The Arab tradition of wearing a septum ring came to Central Asia with Arab settlers. Participating in the Arab conquests, one of the Arab tribes found itself in northwestern Arabia, then followed the Great Silk Road through Afghanistan's Balkh, Shiberghan, and Andkhoy, settling in Uzbekistan in the 10th and 16th centuries. In 2001 and 2004, we first visited the small mountain village of Katta Langar , and then the village of Jeynov in the Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan, studying the history of one of the oldest manuscripts of the Quran , which the settlers also brought with them. The neighborhoods of the village retain the names of the Afghan cities from which the Arab settlers came. They still use Arabic in everyday life and carefully preserve the customs and traditions of their ancestors. It turns out that these types of septum earrings have served and continue to serve as a marker of ethnic identity for women belonging to the Arab communities of Uzbekistan." Source: islamicmuseum.ru

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Kabbalistic Manuscript, Yerevan, Armenia, 1917 CE

This is a very rare Kabbalistic manuscript from Armenia, created by Avraham ben Pinchas. It is a manual on practical Kabbalah, including laws on Shechitah.

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Portrait of a young Jewish woman in elaborate costume, Iran circa 1880-1928. Antoin Sevruguin.

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Examples of Armenian nose ornaments.

From the History Museum of Armenia and the Penn Museum.

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Woman from Vaspurakan by Vardges Surenyants, from the collection of National Gallery of Armenia. Wearing nose ring with a blue gem/stone.

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Avetik (Don Askarian, 1992)

[artaxata]

Examples of Armenian nose ornaments.

From the History Museum of Armenia and the Penn Museum.

[artaxata]

Examples of Armenian nose ornaments.

From the History Museum of Armenia and the Penn Museum.

[harminuya]

Bells for camels, Ararat Valley/Yerevan. XIX Century. History Museum of Armenia.

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Mariam Aslamazian - Fertility (1966)

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Amuletic headdress worn by Jewish women of Greece and Turkey while pregnant. It has the names of the 3 angels that captured Lilith embroidered onto it. From Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, 19th century