Just random stuff.
Art, archaeology, anthropology, biology, fashion
and cute animals (hyenas and two-headed snakes are cute too).
Me: Ella, 24.
Korean learning blog: http://pliocene.tumblr.com/
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Raja Surma Sen (reigned 1781-1788) and his attendand Nagatu worshipping the goddess
circa 1785
himachal pradesh, mandi
watercolor, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
LACMA
(Source: variationsforthehealingofmishka)
Collar, China,19th century, Qing Dynasty. TM 1992.32.6. Gift of Langhorn Washburn.
Check out this beautiful Chinese collar that Collections found!
Early ether administration methods
Top: Using a drip-cloth to put a woman in labor under anesthesia.
Second: Gauze-filled face-piece used in the same manner as the drip-cloth (by soaking the covering material).
Third: Automatic pressurized ether gas administration mask.
Fourth: Manual ether gas administration mask.The early anesthesia gasses consisted of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), ether, and chloroform. Ether was the most effective in putting people under, and had the largest therapeutic index (the difference between the recommended dosage and a toxic overdose), but had significant side-effects (such as nausea and vomiting, even before consciousness was regained, resulting in aspiration), and suppressed the autonomic breathing reflex in high enough concentrations.
Today, the only one of the three original anesthetic gasses that is still in use is nitrous oxide. It’s generally used along with local anesthetic, since it is not of the best use in causing complete unconsciousness, but its action on the brain decreases discomfort whilst awake.
Images:
An American Text-Book of Obstetrics for Practitioners and Students. Edited by Richard C. Norris, 1895.
High-Grade Hospital Furniture and Appliances Catalog. Max Wocher & Son, 1905.
Painted cervidae skin, 17th century, Illinois, United States.
When this cape is worn in a non traditional way - when the collar of the skin is right of the wearer’s head - the geometrical form of a powerful flying creature can be seen. Eagles, hawks and the spiritual creature “Thunderbird” are very important for Native American cultures. This cape could also be some kind of ritual shroud.
Photo by quaibranly.fr
Vestment for 1st degree Daoist priest (hongi)
Chinese, Qing dynasty, late 19th century
DIMENSIONS: Height x width: 55 x 84 in. (139.7 x 213.4 cm)
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Silk damask with couched gold-wrapped threads
A brief look at the current state of the ancient city of Babylon. Only 2% has been excavated. (via Once a glorious site, Babylon bears scars of history - CNN.com)
The Topkapi Scroll, a fifteenth century Timurid pattern book, is one of the few surviving documents to shed light on the conceptualization, theory, and practice of design in the premodern Islamic world.
Shoes
Late 19th century
China (Manchu)
Tang court ladies from the Tomb of Princess Yongtai in the Qianling Mausoleum, near Xi’an in Shaanxi, China. 706 AD.
Li Xianhui, the Princess Yongtai was the seventh daughter of Emperor Zhongzong and grand daughter of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907). This maiden was considered so beautiful that it was said that even the plum blossom lost its brilliance in her presence. Adored by her imperial father for her beauty and wisdom she was married to Wu Yanji in 700 AD.
Her newly wed husband’s father was a nephew of the Empress but her family ties gave her no protection from her grandmother. A year after her marriage and only seventeen years of age the princess was put to death in the same fashion as her brother Li Chongrun, the Crown Prince Yide. The young, ill-fated bride was recognized posthumously as Princess Yongtai in 706. (travelchinaguide)
Image via wikipedia commons
17th century underglazed dish from the era of the Safavid dynasty that ruled modern-day Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan and parts of Afghanistan. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Photo by Babylon Chronicle
