#woodensday — Public Fediverse posts

A woman holds a man by the beard and beats him with a mallet, in a c1420 misericord carving in Carlisle Cathedral. The varied lives of our medieval ancestors... #Woodensday

A woman holds a man by the beard and beats him with a mallet, in a c1420 misericord carving in Carlisle Cathedral. The varied lives of our medieval ancestors... #Woodensday

A woman holds a man by the beard and beats him with a mallet, in a c1420 misericord carving in Carlisle Cathedral. The varied lives of our medieval ancestors... #Woodensday

A woman holds a man by the beard and beats him with a mallet, in a c1420 misericord carving in Carlisle Cathedral. The varied lives of our medieval ancestors... #Woodensday

A woman holds a man by the beard and beats him with a mallet, in a c1420 misericord carving in Carlisle Cathedral. The varied lives of our medieval ancestors... #Woodensday

Two Cambridge churches with medieval bench ends for #Woodensday. Firstly, at St Andrew, Chesterton, this 15th Century citizen is taking no nonsense. Chesterton has long had a reputation for lawlessness going back centuries.The Fen Road area is still sometimes accused of it!

Two Cambridge churches with medieval bench ends for #Woodensday. Firstly, at St Andrew, Chesterton, this 15th Century citizen is taking no nonsense. Chesterton has long had a reputation for lawlessness going back centuries.The Fen Road area is still sometimes accused of it!

Two Cambridge churches with medieval bench ends for #Woodensday. Firstly, at St Andrew, Chesterton, this 15th Century citizen is taking no nonsense. Chesterton has long had a reputation for lawlessness going back centuries.The Fen Road area is still sometimes accused of it!

Two Cambridge churches with medieval bench ends for #Woodensday. Firstly, at St Andrew, Chesterton, this 15th Century citizen is taking no nonsense. Chesterton has long had a reputation for lawlessness going back centuries.The Fen Road area is still sometimes accused of it!

Two Cambridge churches with medieval bench ends for #Woodensday. Firstly, at St Andrew, Chesterton, this 15th Century citizen is taking no nonsense. Chesterton has long had a reputation for lawlessness going back centuries.The Fen Road area is still sometimes accused of it!

#Woodensday :
Simeon Stilthda (Sdiihldaa) (Haida, ca. 1799-1889)
#Bear rattle, 19th c.
Wood, paint
On display at Newark Museum of Art (55.245)
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

#Woodensday :
Simeon Stilthda (Sdiihldaa) (Haida, ca. 1799-1889)
#Bear rattle, 19th c.
Wood, paint
On display at Newark Museum of Art (55.245)
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

#Woodensday :
Simeon Stilthda (Sdiihldaa) (Haida, ca. 1799-1889)
#Bear rattle, 19th c.
Wood, paint
On display at Newark Museum of Art (55.245)
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

#Woodensday :
Simeon Stilthda (Sdiihldaa) (Haida, ca. 1799-1889)
#Bear rattle, 19th c.
Wood, paint
On display at Newark Museum of Art (55.245)
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

Kirkcudbright church. It is like a cathedral inside! A lovely #WW1 carved war memorial #lestweforget #Woodensday #ceilingsonsunday

Kirkcudbright church. It is like a cathedral inside! A lovely #WW1 carved war memorial #lestweforget #Woodensday #ceilingsonsunday

Kirkcudbright church. It is like a cathedral inside! A lovely #WW1 carved war memorial #lestweforget #Woodensday #ceilingsonsunday

Kirkcudbright church. It is like a cathedral inside! A lovely #WW1 carved war memorial #lestweforget #Woodensday #ceilingsonsunday

Kirkcudbright church. It is like a cathedral inside! A lovely #WW1 carved war memorial #lestweforget #Woodensday #ceilingsonsunday

Spectacular old multi-stem oak at Ericstane near Moffat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the care of Borders Forest Trust. #woodensday

Spectacular old multi-stem oak at Ericstane near Moffat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the care of Borders Forest Trust. #woodensday

Spectacular old multi-stem oak at Ericstane near Moffat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the care of Borders Forest Trust. #woodensday

Spectacular old multi-stem oak at Ericstane near Moffat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the care of Borders Forest Trust. #woodensday

Spectacular old multi-stem oak at Ericstane near Moffat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the care of Borders Forest Trust. #woodensday

#Woodensday :
Asmat artist(s); Indonesia, West Papua, Erma village
Jifoi (bowl), mid-20th c.
Wood, paint
On display at the Met (1978.412.1177)
#Parrots #BirdsInArt #IndigenousArt #AustralasianArt
ℹ️ ufir ( Palm #Cockatoo ) head as the prow; fruit-eating birds = headhunting symbolism (see label)

#Woodensday :
Asmat artist(s); Indonesia, West Papua, Erma village
Jifoi (bowl), mid-20th c.
Wood, paint
On display at the Met (1978.412.1177)
#Parrots #BirdsInArt #IndigenousArt #AustralasianArt
ℹ️ ufir ( Palm #Cockatoo ) head as the prow; fruit-eating birds = headhunting symbolism (see label)

#Woodensday :
Asmat artist(s); Indonesia, West Papua, Erma village
Jifoi (bowl), mid-20th c.
Wood, paint
On display at the Met (1978.412.1177)
#Parrots #BirdsInArt #IndigenousArt #AustralasianArt
ℹ️ ufir ( Palm #Cockatoo ) head as the prow; fruit-eating birds = headhunting symbolism (see label)

#Woodensday :
Asmat artist(s); Indonesia, West Papua, Erma village
Jifoi (bowl), mid-20th c.
Wood, paint
On display at the Met (1978.412.1177)
#Parrots #BirdsInArt #IndigenousArt #AustralasianArt
ℹ️ ufir ( Palm #Cockatoo ) head as the prow; fruit-eating birds = headhunting symbolism (see label)

#Woodensday :
Asmat artist(s); Indonesia, West Papua, Erma village
Jifoi (bowl), mid-20th c.
Wood, paint
On display at the Met (1978.412.1177)
#Parrots #BirdsInArt #IndigenousArt #AustralasianArt
ℹ️ ufir ( Palm #Cockatoo ) head as the prow; fruit-eating birds = headhunting symbolism (see label)

#Woodensday:
Megaphone
Congolese, 18th c.?
Wood, D 34 in (86.4 cm) / Dia. 8.5 in (21.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 89.4.3323 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504650
“Wood megaphone with transforming mask motif. In profile, the voice disguiser is a ferocious #crocodile but from the front it is an ancestor spirit.”
#AfricanArt

#Woodensday:
Megaphone
Congolese, 18th c.?
Wood, D 34 in (86.4 cm) / Dia. 8.5 in (21.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 89.4.3323 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504650
“Wood megaphone with transforming mask motif. In profile, the voice disguiser is a ferocious #crocodile but from the front it is an ancestor spirit.”
#AfricanArt

#Woodensday:
Megaphone
Congolese, 18th c.?
Wood, D 34 in (86.4 cm) / Dia. 8.5 in (21.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 89.4.3323 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504650
“Wood megaphone with transforming mask motif. In profile, the voice disguiser is a ferocious #crocodile but from the front it is an ancestor spirit.”
#AfricanArt

#Woodensday:
Megaphone
Congolese, 18th c.?
Wood, D 34 in (86.4 cm) / Dia. 8.5 in (21.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 89.4.3323 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504650
“Wood megaphone with transforming mask motif. In profile, the voice disguiser is a ferocious #crocodile but from the front it is an ancestor spirit.”
#AfricanArt

#Woodensday:
Megaphone
Congolese, 18th c.?
Wood, D 34 in (86.4 cm) / Dia. 8.5 in (21.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 89.4.3323 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504650
“Wood megaphone with transforming mask motif. In profile, the voice disguiser is a ferocious #crocodile but from the front it is an ancestor spirit.”
#AfricanArt

For #RattlesnakeAppreciationDay on #Woodensday :
Root #Rattlesnake
USA, c.1930
Carved & painted wood with metal
6 1⁄4 x 23 1⁄8 x 17 in. (15.9 x 58.7 x 43.2 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1986.65.321 https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/root-rattlesnake-25162

For #RattlesnakeAppreciationDay on #Woodensday :
Root #Rattlesnake
USA, c.1930
Carved & painted wood with metal
6 1⁄4 x 23 1⁄8 x 17 in. (15.9 x 58.7 x 43.2 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1986.65.321 https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/root-rattlesnake-25162

For #RattlesnakeAppreciationDay on #Woodensday :
Root #Rattlesnake
USA, c.1930
Carved & painted wood with metal
6 1⁄4 x 23 1⁄8 x 17 in. (15.9 x 58.7 x 43.2 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1986.65.321 https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/root-rattlesnake-25162

#Woodensday:
Fruit press in the form of a #lion
Italy, c.1700
Carved walnut, with elm base & iron hinges
H 30.5 x W 20.3 x L 50.8 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum CIRC.476-1923 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119448/fruit-press-unknown/
“The juices would escape through a spout fitted to the lion’s mouth.”

#Woodensday:
Fruit press in the form of a #lion
Italy, c.1700
Carved walnut, with elm base & iron hinges
H 30.5 x W 20.3 x L 50.8 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum CIRC.476-1923 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119448/fruit-press-unknown/
“The juices would escape through a spout fitted to the lion’s mouth.”

3/3 A scene from the story of Reynard the Fox. Tybalt the cat is held on a leash by a priest's illegitimate son. The cat bites the escaping priest's testicles while the priest's mistress beats him with a broom. A c1500 misericord in Bristol Cathedral. #Woodensday.

3/3 A scene from the story of Reynard the Fox. Tybalt the cat is held on a leash by a priest's illegitimate son. The cat bites the escaping priest's testicles while the priest's mistress beats him with a broom. A c1500 misericord in Bristol Cathedral. #Woodensday.

3/3 A scene from the story of Reynard the Fox. Tybalt the cat is held on a leash by a priest's illegitimate son. The cat bites the escaping priest's testicles while the priest's mistress beats him with a broom. A c1500 misericord in Bristol Cathedral. #Woodensday.

3/3 A scene from the story of Reynard the Fox. Tybalt the cat is held on a leash by a priest's illegitimate son. The cat bites the escaping priest's testicles while the priest's mistress beats him with a broom. A c1500 misericord in Bristol Cathedral. #Woodensday.

3/3 A scene from the story of Reynard the Fox. Tybalt the cat is held on a leash by a priest's illegitimate son. The cat bites the escaping priest's testicles while the priest's mistress beats him with a broom. A c1500 misericord in Bristol Cathedral. #Woodensday.

2/3 A man riding backwards on a horse lifts its tail at another man, presumably not a gesture of respect. A c1500 misericord from the choir of the Augustinian abbey church in Bristol, today the Anglican Cathedral. #Woodensday

2/3 A man riding backwards on a horse lifts its tail at another man, presumably not a gesture of respect. A c1500 misericord from the choir of the Augustinian abbey church in Bristol, today the Anglican Cathedral. #Woodensday

2/3 A man riding backwards on a horse lifts its tail at another man, presumably not a gesture of respect. A c1500 misericord from the choir of the Augustinian abbey church in Bristol, today the Anglican Cathedral. #Woodensday

2/3 A man riding backwards on a horse lifts its tail at another man, presumably not a gesture of respect. A c1500 misericord from the choir of the Augustinian abbey church in Bristol, today the Anglican Cathedral. #Woodensday

2/3 A man riding backwards on a horse lifts its tail at another man, presumably not a gesture of respect. A c1500 misericord from the choir of the Augustinian abbey church in Bristol, today the Anglican Cathedral. #Woodensday

A man bares his bottom at an archer about to fire an arrow. A detail of a c1500 misericord in the M Shed Museum, Bristol for #Woodensday, originally in the Augustinian abbey in the city. I dare say there's a niche site on the internet somewhere for this kind of thing.