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#TwoForTuesday & #TigerTuesday :
Tōshi Yoshida (吉田遠志, Yoshida Tōshi, Japan, 1911-1995)
Camouflage, 1985
Color woodblock print
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/46806g1
#JapaneseArt #Tigers

“Two tigers. They are nearly invisible in the high grass.” Japanese color woodblock print in portrait orientation, depiction of a pair of tigers in center of composition beautifully hidden in in a field of tall grass that matches their colors, faces peeking out and front of bodies visible (but well blended in)

#TwoForTuesday for #InsectWeek :
Cee Pootoogook (Inuit, b.1967)
1. Mosquitoes
Cape Dorset, 2014
Lithograph, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
https://www.dorsetfinearts.com/cee-pootoogook
2. Arctic Lice
Cape Dorset, 2015
Lithograph, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
https://feheleyfinearts.com/product/arctic-lice/
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

print in portrait orientation, illustration of a swarm of many small mosquitoes (black with white wings) filling the frame against a bright red background

print in portrait orientation, illustration of a swarm of many small brown lice filling the frame against an olive green background

For #TwoForTuesday on #WorldCrocDay :
Mancala Boards, early 20th c.
1. Ijaw culture, Nigeria
Wood, H15.2 x L100 x W16 cm
2015-22-34
2. Baule culture, Ivory Coast
Wood, H19.5 x L110 x W18.6 cm
2015-22-35
Penn Museum:
https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/506874
https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/506875
#AfricanArt

#TwoForTuesday :
Ben Austrian (USA, 1870-1921)
Two Chicks, 1906
Oil on canvas, 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
On display at Biggs Museum of American Art (Gift of Sewell C. Biggs, 1993.1)
#BirdsInArt

Photo of small oil painting in gilded frame on display at museum depicting a pair of chicks (baby chickens?) yellow-brown with black markings, with an upturned white shell (oyster?), chick to left perched on it and chick to right bent over looking into it, in a barn setting (straw-covered ground and brown wall behind) Artist name & date visible in lower right corner

photo of gallery label: “Ben Austrian (1870-1921) Two Chicks 1906 Oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) Gift of Sewell C. Biggs, 1993.1”

#TwoForTuesday from recent museum visits:
1. “Feline Effigy Stirrup-Spout Vessel, Moche culture, Peru, 500-800 CE.” Spotted at The Walters (48.2843)
2. “Ceramic bottle molded & incised to depict a #feline grasping a #snake. Moche style, Peru.” Spotted at AMNH (41.2/8017)
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt

photo of Moche feline with snake blackware effigy vessel #1 at The Walters label at museum: “Feline Effigy Stirrup-Spout Vessel Unidentified artists), Moche culture, Peru, 500-800 CE Earthenware Anonymous gift, 2009, acc. no. 48.2843”

photo of Moche feline with snake blackware effigy vessel #2 at AMNH label at museum: “Ceramic bottle molded and incised to depict a feline grasping a snake. Moche style, Peru. 41.2/8017 Gift of Conny and Fred Landmann”

#TwoForTuesday :
Pair of #Cockatoos
House of Fabergé, Russia, early 20th c.
Topaz, tourmaline, rubies, gold, ivory, enamel, nephrite, sapphires, diamonds
H 4 in. (10.16 cm)
On display at The Walters Art Museum (57.1913)
#BirdsInArt #Parrots

photo of the object on display at museum “Perched on a T-shaped ivory stand is a pair of topaz cockatoos with ruby eyes and gold feet. They are connected by gold chains to a pink enamel and gold mount set in a nephrite base supported by four gold ball feet. Carl Fabergé was particularly fond of birds and kept a pet cockatoo. Such hardstone animals were a popular part of Faberge's output in the early decades of the 20th century. Inspired by Japanese netsuke, which Fabergé collected in great numbers, these tiny animals have a life-like quality. Fabergé was even commissioned to make portraits of specific pets, most famously for King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra.” https://art.thewalters.org/object/57.1913/

#TwoForTuesday :
“Jaguar” Mortars
Chorrera culture, Ecuador, 1500-300 BCE
Greenstone
Now on display at The Walters’ new Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano galleries.
#IndigenousArt #CentralAmericanArt
…Are they really jaguars though? “Feline” is a historically overused ID for stylized quadrupeds in Indigenous American art (with “canine” a strong second). My wishful thinking: they’re opossums 😂

photo of gallery label “TOP TO BOTTOM Jaguar Mortar Unidentified artists), Chorrera culture, Ecuador, 1500-300 BCE Greenstone Gift of the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation, 2007, acc. no. 41.326 Jaguar Mortar Unidentified artists), Chorrera culture, Ecuador, 1200-300 BCE Greenstone Gift of John G. Bourne, 2013, acc. no. 2009.20.120”

#TwoForTuesday :
Double-Whistle Vessel with Sea #Birds
Lambayeque (Sican) culture,
Peru, 900-1100 CE
Earthenware, slip paint
H 6 3/16 x W 7 x D 4 3/16 in. (15.75 x 17.78 x 10.67 cm)
Now on display at the Walters Art Museum’s newly opened Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano galleries. (48.2826)
🆔 Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt
#BirdsInArt

photo of the object on display at museum “The Peruvian Pelican, one of the largest seabirds of the region, is shown in a life-like manner on the top of the vessel. By contrast, the base is covered with abstract spiraling motifs that may evoke water and land, both of which provided a home for the pelican. Using a simple palette of red, white, and black, the potter was able to create a sense of animation, which would have been heightened when the whistle was blown, perhaps imitating the call of the pelican.” info via https://art.thewalters.org/object/48.2826/

photo of gallery labels “Double-Whistle Vessel with Sea Birds Unidentified artist(s), Lambayeque (Sican) culture, Peru, 900-1100 CE Earthenware, slip paint Anonymous gift, 2009, асс. по. 48.2826” “Community Voice Lisa DeLeonardis, PhD Andean scholar I have spent my career on the Pacific coast of Peru and have had many opportunities to conduct research in its wildlife sanctuaries. Pelicans are a familiar sight, flying neatly in a single-line formation or nesting in squawking colonies on its rocky shores. In summer months, the birds pair off to breed. The Double-Whistle Vessel with its two resting birds triggers my memory of these ancient creatures. While seemingly plain in appearance, the bottle's design is animated with visual and aural references. The perch on which the birds rest calls to mind the textile patterning of Andean palatial architecture. The birds' size and their elevated position suggest that this is no ordinary pair, likely referencing a royal couple or founding ancestors. Sound is produced when the bottle is filled with liquid, reminding me of the birds' noisy outbursts-a marked contrast to their silence in flight.”

#TwoForTuesday :
1. “Bowl painted on interior with #fish. Early Nasca.” 41.2/7763B
2. “Painted ceramic bowl with a curled fish on interior. Nasca style, Peru.”
41.2/7762b
[Nazca culture, Peru: c.1-750CE]
On display at @ AMNH NYC
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt

photo of polychrome ceramic bowl on display at museum with gallery label: “Bowl painted on interior with fish. Early Nasca. 41.2/7763B Gift of Conny and Fred Landmann”

photo of polychrome ceramic bowl on display at museum with gallery label: “Painted ceramic bowl with a curled fish on interior. Nasca style, Peru. 41.2/7762b Gift of Conny and Fred Landmann”

#TwoForTuesday :
“Double-bodied ceramic whistling bottle. Chimu style, Peru. One half is modeled and painted in the form of a #bat, the other half is a stylized spondylus #shell.”
[Chimú culture: c.900-1470CE]
On display at @ AMNH NYC [41.2/7436]
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt

photo of the ceramic bottle on display at museum, front view showing bat figure with shell figure partially visible behind and spout in back bat with round body, spread open wings, and face that resembles the 😬 emoji! light brown base color with darker red-brown painted details

side view of the same vessel, showing the connecting handle between the two halves and better views of the shell half (decorated with raised bumps on body and ridged edges) and spout; gallery label below: “Double-bodied ceramic whistling bottle. Chimu style, Peru. One half is modeled and painted in the form of a bat, the other half is a stylized spondylus shell. 41.2/7436 Gift of Conny and Fred Landmann”

#TwoForTuesday :
Beaded #Turtle & Beaded #Lizard Umbilical Pouches
On display at Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum (CA, USA)
“Umbilical pouches are created by Plains women when babies are born. The umbilical cord of the newborn is dried & then sewn into the pouch. The pouch may then be then hung on cradleboards or blankets as a protective amulet or hung on a tree to draw spirits away from the child. Lizards represent boys & turtles represent girls.”
#NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

14. Beaded Turtle Umbilical Pouch Unknown date, unidentified artist Donated by Sharon Koch 114.398 15. Beaded Lizard Umbilical Pouch, Ca. 1980s 88.082 Artist: Kaiwe Fastwolf This is a replica of an Arapaho fetish, created for the SRJC Museum by the artist. Umbilical pouches are created by Plains women when babies are born. The umbilical cord of the newborn is dried and then sewn into the pouch. The pouch may then be then hung on cradleboards or blankets as a protective amulet or hung on a tree to draw spirits away from the child. Lizards represent boys and turtles represent girls.”

#TwoForTuesday :
#Dog Effigy Figures
Colima, West Mexico, c. 400 BCE - 1200 CE
L: Hollow ceramic dog figure, likely representing Xoloitzcuintli (90.143)
R: Hollow ceramic Xoloitzcuintli figurine (91.156)
“These dogs were raised to be eaten, although many people of Mexico believed that a dog accompanied a person's soul on the journey into the underworld.”
On display at Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum (CA, USA)
#DogsInArt

photo of the two dog ceramics side by side on box stand with gallery labels below on display at museum “Dog Effigy Figure Colima, West Mexico, Circa 400 BCE - 1200 CE. Hollow ceramic dog figure, likely representing xoloitzcuintli (pronounced "show-low-eets-queent-li"). These dogs were raised to be eaten, although many people of Mexico believed that a dog accompanied a person's soul on the journey into the underworld. Donated by Ken Murphy 90.143” “Dog Effigy Circa 400 - 1200 CE, Colima Hollow ceramic Xoloitzcuintli figurine Donated by David and Dolores Thomasson 91.156”

#TwoForTuesday :
Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth
(Austrian, 1891-1978)
Meerschweinchen (#GuineaPigs ), 1921 & 1947
color linocuts, 14 × 19 cm & 18 x 23 cm
#WomenArtists
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2464737193811155
https://www.kovacek-zetter.at/exponat/42465

#TwoForTuesday :
Nishimura Hodo (蒲堂, Japan, active c.1930-1941)
Two #Rabbits - 2, 1940
Woodblock print with embossed colors, oban format 28.1 x 40.8 cm
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/jaodb/Nishimura_Hodo-No_Series-Two_Rabbits_2-00034762-040606-F12
#JapaneseArt

Japanese woodblock print in portrait orientation depicting two rabbits, one white with red eyes and one brown with dark eyes, sitting beneath a plant with green leaves and yellow flowers, against a black background, with red seal lower left corner

#TwoForTuesday:
Ornament with Two #Horses
China, nomadic, Han, 206 BCE - 220 CE
Cast bronze sculpture
3 x 2 7/8 x 1 in. (7.62 x 7.3 x 2.54 cm)
LACMA 63.36.14 https://collections.lacma.org/node/233904
#ChineseArt

#TwoForTuesday :
#Fox and #Swan Creamer
England, Staffordshire, c. 1800
Earthenware (Pratt ware), 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art 1962.121 https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1962.121

#TwoForTuesday + #TilesOnTuesday:
Tile panel with inscription and #peacocks
Iran, c.1825
Ceramic, H 20.5 x W 50 in (52.1 x 127 cm)
Asian Art Museum F2008.64.18.a-.b
https://searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/18663/tile-panel-with-inscription-and-peacocks
#BirdsInArt #IslamicArt

Persian ornamental tile panel, long section with floral designs and two stylized peacocks flanking an Inscription in center (within polylobed medallion), in Arabic: Bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim ("In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful")

#TwoForTuesday:
Osuitok Ipeelee (Inuit, 1923 – 2005)
Untitled (#Walruses), c. 1977
Steatite, caribou antler; 29.2 x 37.2 x 21.9 cm
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal inv. 2014.234.1-4 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/works/66799/
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

#TwoForTuesday:
Two Flat Stamps ( #Snake & #Frog )
Atlantic Watershed, Costa Rica, 1st–7th c. CE
Ceramic, H. 1 15/32 x W. 2 3/32 in. (3.7 x 5.3 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1979.206.1181,.1183
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/698256
#IndigenousArt #CentralAmericanArt
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