#chiton

A chiton radula seen through a microscope.  A radula is used to scrape algae off the substrate surface :-)

Chiton nest to an egg mass at low tide in Sydney!

Photographer: Melanie Wood

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Costume.Chitons.

Marjorie & C. H. B.Quennell, Everyday Things in Archaic Greece(London:B. T. Batsford,1931).

Wait, wait…. Is that seriously it? How their clothes go?

that genuinely is it

yeah hey whats up bout to put some fucking giant sheets on my body

lets bring back sheetwares

also chlamys:

and exomis:

trust the ancients to make a fashion statement out of straight cloth and nothing but pins

Wrap Yourself In Blankets, Call It a Day

Wear blanket. Conquer world.

That last one looks dope

Squares and rectangles: easy to weave!! No cutting means no hemming.

ochre star enjoys a mossy chiton breakfast

San Mateo county CA June 2015 / t3i /

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Woman, Boeotia, Tanagran, circa 3rd Century BC

Standing in a graceful attitude on a rectangular base with her right hand on her hip and holding an apple in her left hand, her left arm resting on a column, and wearing a long chiton and enveloping himation, her hair arranged in a melon coiffure with large circular chignon behind. Height 20.6 cm.