A Material World
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November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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📷: Carved and painted wooden Spirit Mask representing one of the spirits the Eskimo shaman must encounter. S.W. Alaska, this type also occurs among the Central Eskimo.
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
September 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
📷: Carved and painted wooden Spirit Mask representing one of the spirits the Eskimo shaman must encounter. S.W. Alaska, this type also occurs among the Central Eskimo.
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
📷: Carved and painted wooden Spirit Mask representing one of the spirits the Eskimo shaman must encounter. S.W. Alaska, this type also occurs among the Central Eskimo.
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
September 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
📷: Carved and painted wooden Spirit Mask representing one of the spirits the Eskimo shaman must encounter. S.W. Alaska, this type also occurs among the Central Eskimo.
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Image: “Queen of Stags”, from the earliest known deck of cards, the, “Stuttgart Playing Cards”, circa 1430, 19.1 × 12.1 cm. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart.
Digital image courtesy of Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart (CC BY).
Digital image courtesy of Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart (CC BY).
March 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Image: “Queen of Stags”, from the earliest known deck of cards, the, “Stuttgart Playing Cards”, circa 1430, 19.1 × 12.1 cm. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart.
Digital image courtesy of Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart (CC BY).
Digital image courtesy of Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart (CC BY).
Image: John Riley, Bridget Holmes, 1686, oil on canvas, Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 405667. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons with thanks to the Royal Collection Trust/ His Majesty The King/ Historic Royal Palaces.
November 25, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Image: John Riley, Bridget Holmes, 1686, oil on canvas, Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 405667. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons with thanks to the Royal Collection Trust/ His Majesty The King/ Historic Royal Palaces.
Image: Ludwig Maximilian Mehemet von Königstreu, published by George Kitchin after Godfrey Kneller, mezzotint, 1715. National Portrait Gallery London, NPG D38146. Creative Commons CC.BY.NC.ND.
November 22, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Image: Ludwig Maximilian Mehemet von Königstreu, published by George Kitchin after Godfrey Kneller, mezzotint, 1715. National Portrait Gallery London, NPG D38146. Creative Commons CC.BY.NC.ND.
Image: Fritz Coler, Waidgießer, 1529 from Stadtbibliothek im Bildungscampus Nürnberg, Amb. 279.2° (Landauer I), f. 20r. Public Domain.
November 11, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Image: Fritz Coler, Waidgießer, 1529 from Stadtbibliothek im Bildungscampus Nürnberg, Amb. 279.2° (Landauer I), f. 20r. Public Domain.