EditorialModel of a Lifeboat, Truss model of a lifeboat with round timber, on a stand. It is an overlap pointed gatter, the sheer ascending to both ends. The prow is coppered, curved bow rudder. The boat has a front and rear patch, four rowing mat, two side len...
EditorialDry plugs, Fig. 101, XCVIII, Capitel LI-C., Leonhart Fuchs: New Kreuterbuch, in welchem nit allein die gantz histori, das ist, namen, gestalt, statt und zeit der wachsung [...] des meysten theyls der Kreuter so in Teutschen und andern Landen wachsen, [...
EditorialStopper with four different plugs in red and all around with laced embroidery stitches in red, finished with white frills, marked: G.V, Manufactured at the Normaalschool in Deventer for the deed 'Useful crafts'., G. Glas, Deventer, c. 1888 - c. 1894, l...
EditorialHolder of oil and vinegar set with four bottles in a pointed oval holder. The pointed oval holder has straight, slightly raised walls on the sides. It rests on four downwardly bent, bent, ribbed legs. Fillet edges run above these legs and along the top...
EditorialOil and vinegar set with four bottles in a pointed oval holder. The pointed oval holder has straight, slightly raised walls on the sides. It rests on four downwardly bent, bent, ribbed legs. Fillet edges run above these legs and along the top of the ho...
EditorialOil and vinegar set with two bottles and a canister in pointed oval holder, The pointed oval holder of the oil and vinegar set has a curved side slightly raised wall. It rests on four downwardly bent, bent, ribbed legs. Fillet edges run above these leg...
EditorialModel of a Ship's Stern in Construction on a Shipyard, Construction model of a stern under construction on a shipyard, on a ground board. It is a truss model with sentenced on stacking blocks. Twisted mirror with four throws and eight short back apostl...
EditorialScent bottle, also cachet, of gold and decorated with rocailles and flowers in multicolored enamel. Stop in the form of birds. On the cachet a corn sheaf of carnelian, Double scent bottle also cachet, of gold, decorated with rocailles and flowers in mu...
EditorialStopper with vertical and horizontal basting threads, which divide the piece into squares and rectangles, in which white and multicolored plugs, unnoticed and not dated, Manufactured at the Normaalschool in Deventer for the deed 'Useful crafts'., G. Gl...
EditorialPair of Ear Plugs with Face of Figure in Interior. Teotihuacan; Teotihuacan, Mexico. Date: 300 AD-750 AD. Dimensions: . Ceramic with shell. Origin: Mexico.
EditorialPortrait of The Great Teacher Marpa, 17th century, Tibet, Bronze inlaid with copper and silver; gold plugs, H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Sculpture, This portrait is inscribed with the name of Marpa (1012?1097), one of the seminal figures of early Tibetan Bu...
EditorialPortraits of Botocudo people of Brazil with their distinctive wooden lip and ear plugs, including the brave chief Jeparack and a decorated shrunken head. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Mod...
EditorialBotocudo natives of the Amazon, busts and profiles showing plugs in earlobes and lower lip. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals, 1836.
EditorialTools of the extinct Coroados people including lip plugs, hammock, bow, arrow, axe head, and feather ornament. The Coroados lived along the Paraiba river, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes An...
EditorialLengua or Juiadge people of Paraguay, with their distinctive lip plugs or barbotto. Male hunters with bow, arrows and quiver, women roasting meat on a fire, another man sleeping in a hut made of wood and cowhide. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by M...
EditorialBotocudo chief and family with their distinctive lip and ear plugs, Amazon, Brazil. Naked man with bow and arrows, woman carrying children and bag. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of...
EditorialMan and woman of the Aymore or Botocudo people, Brazil. The man with the distinctive plugs (botocudo) in his ears may be Manuel, who was exhibited in Paris in 1844. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Verner from Charles d'Orbign...
EditorialLabret (lip-plug) from Coxcatlan near Puebla, Mexico. Such plugs were part of male ornaments, and marked social status. The were worn through the pierced lower lip. Late post-classical period, 15th or early 16th. Gold and rock-crystal. Length 6.2 cm. I...