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Netsuke of a rat grasping a soybean pod - Japan, early 19th century
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Netsuke of a rat grasping a soybean pod - Japan, early 19th century
Marcos Grigorian. metmuseum.org
Harold Edgerton metmuseum.org
Table Gerhard Richter 1962
Cradleboard decorated with glass beads. United States, Ute peoples, ca. 1890.
Museum. Relatives made this cradleboard in yellow ocher for a baby girl; they would have used white clay paint for a boy. Its wooden backboard is covered in leather and ornamented with geometric and curvilinear designs in pigment and beadwork. A hood of thin wooden rods provided protection if the cradleboard tipped forward and also kept the sun from the baby’s eyes. A small, beaded case used to hold a stitching awl for sewing heavy hides hangs from the side.
Gold earrings with pearls and jewels. India, ca. 1850-1900
Heart-shaped flask made of tortoiseshell, with Iberian mounts. Gujarat, India, 1580
Tortoiseshell from the Hawksbill turtle (eremochlys imbricate), silver
"The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys. The species has a global distribution that is largely limited to tropical and subtropical marine and estuary ecosystems." Wikipedia
Embroidered Court Suit, likely French ca. 1780 - 1790