For #WorldCrocDay + #ManuscriptMonday :
Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) having its teeth cleaned by the "Crocodile Bird" (Trochilus), from a 1615 copy of the Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (The Book of Animals) by al-Jāḥiẓ (c. 776–868/869 CE). Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, MS D140inf.
i cant stop saying "grisp it"
Goldie Williams, Arrested For Vagrancy & Refused to Unfold Her Arms and Stop Making This Face For Her 1898 Mugshot. (Omaha, Nebraska)
Me as an art critic: this piece really explores the… Misogyny of the artist 🤔
Here's something new to know about me. I'm a Murramarang woman from the south coast of New South Wales, and an Aboriginal Artist. I'm learning and trying to bring Dhurga (my native language) back to life after it was nearly destroyed during colonisation.
Here are a couple of my paintings.
The first is a Giriwa (goanna), the totem of my tribe, painted in our traditional x-ray style. This type of painting was used to illustrate and educate, to teach biology and anatomy.
The second is a warigal (dingo) painted in a more decorative style, with a fusion of our more narrative style of art and my own modern style.
If you've stumbled upon this post, I hope you learned something from it! I love sharing my culture ❤💛🖤