@art_history_animalia Fabulous workmanship! a delight to see - & thanks for highlighting #SaveASpiderDay 🕷️
but spare a thought too for the horse #conch ...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/one-of-the-worlds-biggest-sea-snails-at-risk-of-extinction
Let's celebrate past #craftsmanship & think about the great 🕸️ of life, for future #SustainableJewelry ? - so from now on also
#PleaseNoSquish 🐚 #endangered #SeaCreatures
#HorseConch #Triplofusus #SeaCreature #EndangeredSpecies #Hemmerle #AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory
#saveaspiderday #conch #pleasenosquish #endangered #seacreatures #horseconch #triplofusus #seacreature #endangeredspecies #sustainablejewelry #hemmerle #americanmuseumofnaturalhistory #craftsmanship
More bling for #SaveASpiderDay: gold #spiders for your face!
Spiders can be found in #Andean #iconography going back at least 2500 years as symbols of warfare, ritual sacrifice, & agricultural fertility.
1 Nose ornament, 6th-7th c. CE, Peru, #Moche; gold, silver, shell
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313405
2 Earflare frontal, 6th-7th c. CE, Peru, Moche; gold, silver
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312506
3 Nose ornament, #Peru, #Salinar culture, 100 BCE-200 CE https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313364
Met collection.
#saveaspiderday #spiders #andean #iconography #moche #peru #salinar #pleasenosquish
For #SaveASpiderDay please enjoy this sparkly #spider bling from the 2021 @AMNH ”Beautiful Creatures” exhibition:
Tarantula brooch by Hemmerle, 1995; horse conch pearl, Umba sapphires, diamonds, colored diamonds and gold.
#PleaseNoSquish 🕷️
#saveaspiderday #spider #pleasenosquish
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