@timothy
Ich musste gleich an #DieBlaueElise denken, und gerade habe ich gelernt, dass die blaue Elise ein #Aardvark, also ein #Erdferkel ist – was für ein Zufall!
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_blaue_Elise

Großer #Willkommenströt an die gestreifte Elfriede!

Arthur x Kaa: Stuff'd!

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...There's always a chance Arthur is learning a important life lesson with Kaa, you never know...~ x3

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#arthur #aardvark #cartoon #feet #nude #nsfw #kaa #jungle_book #hypnosis #anal #coiling #snake_coils #cum #bad_end #constriction #xxxdragoman

Arthur x Kaa: Stuff'd!

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...There's always a chance Arthur is learning a important life lesson with Kaa, you never know...~ x3

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#arthur #aardvark #cartoon #feet #nude #nsfw #kaa #jungle_book #hypnosis #anal #coiling #snake_coils #cum #bad_end #constriction #xxxdragoman

You know how various modern imaging techniques are revealing alternate renditions of masterpieces hidden below the top layers of paint? When future art historians get their hands on the iPads of today’s digital artists, pawing through the hidden layers in their files will also reveal alternate renditions.
#art #arthistory #aardvark #ant

Saturday night #aardvark.
#Procreate #drawing

General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark #photography #airplanes #avgeek #aviation #wingsovertherockies #highlight #wingsmuseum #f111 #aardvark #generaldynamics #aircraft #jet #fighter #bomber #reconnaissance #electronicwarfare #variablesweepwing #turbofan #afterburning #terrainfollowingradar #b1blancer #raaf #usaf #afrikaans #pig (Flickr 05.06.2017) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/35097525096

General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark #photography #airplanes #avgeek #aviation #wingsovertherockies #highlight #wingsmuseum #f111 #aardvark #generaldynamics #fighter #bomber #plane #aircraft #military #coldwar #nuclear #vietnam #australia (Flickr 05.06.2017) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/35097529606

Sometimes, things just don't go to plan. The #aardvark was off exhibit at #saczoo yesterday. We had a splendid time anyway; the rain kept the crowds very low indeed. Still, I would like to have seen Padme (the aardvark) on National Aardvark Day. #indieauthorlife #outintherain

More info about the #aardvark (here called the anteater) & #pangolin's inclusion in Chi Wara design from Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali, p. 204, available free online with many photos of Chi Wara on pp. 200-33: https://issuu.com/theafricacenternewyork/docs/bamana_-_the_art_of_existence_in_ma

"Chi wara" means "laboring wild animal" & is the name of the mythical human-#antelope hybrid credited with teaching the Bamana farming. The #aardvark & #pangolin's industrious digging of the earth inspires their inclusion in the design.
More examples:
mid-19th to early 20th c., Baninko region, Mali; wood, metal, brass tacks, grasses. Art Institute of Chicago:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/189595/pair-of-headdresses-tyi-wara-kunw
Early to mid-20th c., Mande, Mali; metal, mixed media, string, wood. NC Museum of Art:
https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/artwork/pair-of-antelope-headdresses-ciwara/

#NationalAardvarkWeek: In addition to Korèdugaso heads, the Bamana also incorporate #aardvarks into the composite animal designs of the ChiWara. A commonly seen combo is #antelope horns + #pangolin back + #aardvark head & lower body.

Paired male & female with baby ChiWara (Ci-wara Kun), Bamana, Mali (likely Ségou region), late 19th-early 20th c., wood & metal, Brooklyn Museum:
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4843
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4844

(illustration from African Masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection)

Here's one carved as a single piece with stick included, from Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali (2001). It's available free online, this + 6 more examples of Korèdugaso are on pp. 126-9: https://duendeartprojects.com/blog/53-read-bamana.-the-art-of-existence-in-mali/
"Head of a ritual buffoon, Korèduga, wooden horse. The head represented Timba, the anteater [aka #aardvark]. The ears are pierced for attachment of adornments. The ritual buffoons ride a hobby horse in their pantomimes. They incarnate wisdom and have the right to ridicule people."

Here's one carved as a single piece with stick included, from Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali (2001). It's available free online, this + 6 more examples of Korèdugaso are on pp. 126-9: https://duendeartprojects.com/blog/53-read-bamana.-the-art-of-existence-in-mali/
"Head of a ritual buffoon, Korèduga, wooden horse. The head represented Timba, the anteater [aka #aardvark]. The ears are pierced for attachment of adornments. The ritual buffoons ride a hobby horse in their pantomimes. They incarnate wisdom and have the right to ridicule people."

More examples: a group of seven Korèdugaso #aardvark heads from a 2018 Sothebys auction.

images via https://sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/art-of-africa-oceania-americas-n09856/lot.162.html
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https://thecityreview.com/s18safricaoceaniaamericas.html

#NationalAardvarkWeek: examples of late 19th-early 20th c. "Korèdugaso" from the Bamana of Mali. You may see these labeled as "hobby horses" because they're mounted on sticks & ridden by Korè jesters, but they're #aardvark heads!
1. Michael C. Carlos Museum https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/20044/hobby-horse-koredugaso
2. Cleveland Museum of Art https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1935.307#
3. Art Institute of Chicago https://www.artic.edu/artworks/20577/horse-head-koredugaso

Trade with MalusDraco of their Gargoyle/Aardvark sona! I had a lot of fun with this one!

#swiftyukiart #mastoart #gargoyle #aardvark #furry

For #NationalAardvarkWeek and @art_history_animalia here is my little #Aardvark, in fact, the last year a circulating aardvark coin was produced - 1983, 1 Ngwee from #Zambia

@CoinOfNote I have one of those Zambia #aardvark coins in my collection :D
Sadly it's the only circulating coin that's ever had an aardvark on it, right? That and the one commemorative one from the Gambia also shown on the Numista site. Zambia is the real MVP because they put the aardvark on one of their banknotes too, once again apparently the only nation ever to do so: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note204063.html

For #NationalAardvarkWeek and @art_history_animalia here is a #numismatic #Aardvark featured on the 1968 - 1983 1 Ngwee coin from #Zambia. I don't have one handy, but here is an image from the Numista website https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=Aardvark%20&ct=coin

The #aardvark is many things, but clumsy isn't one of them - they can be FAST when they need to be (have been clocked at speeds of over 25mph/40kph) and have impressive evasive maneuving capabilities. Check out this aardvark outrun a hyena before giving it the slip with an epic flip! https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/predator-vs-prey/watch-aardvark-pulls-off-surprisingly-speedy-escape-from-hyena-on-the-hunt/