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Knife thrower by day, ballet teacher by night

[armthearmour]

A remarkable dagger with a rayskin grip and scabbard, decorated with gold and silver, and with Jade fittings studded with rubies, emeralds, and sapphires.

India, ca. 18th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[danskjavlarna]

This is probably still the best way to call for silence.  From Vera the Medium by Richard Harding Davis, 1908.

Here’s my seasonal collection of vintage (mostly weird) fashion.

The imagery that Tumblr bizarrely deemed insensitive to community standards: Weblog ◆ Books ◆ Videos ◆ Music ◆ Etsy

[victoriansunposed]

A masked ballerina, France c.1880

[top-hats-and-tails]

VAUDEVILLE BALLET DANCER ~ TAMBOURINE ~ C - 1925

[staring-daggers-blog]

Being your own target girl isn't as fun

[staring-daggers-blog]

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[jimlovesart-deactivated20190109]

Diane Arbus - Fire Eater at a Carnival, Palisades Park, New Jersey, 1957. 

[coolkidsofhistory]

Circus artists posing for a picture, 1930s

[knifethrow]

Old knife throwing poster.