#wom*ns #bodies are constantly being #dissected into #sexualised #compartments, #advertisments will often only show only #tits #lips #throats or #thighs to sell a product. It’s harder to reduce someone to a #sexual #object when you can see the #personality in their #eyes, or #recognise their bodies as being #human just like #yourself or a #family member. #vulva #earrings and #slut necklace by @slutty.feminista #harnessbra by @hussyclothing
Can you bee-lieve how bee-utiful this lovely pink dome topped bee resin is! I’ve been working on tons of new glow in the dark honeybee and flower necklaces and keychains lately. They’ll be released around the end of the month so stay tuned!
This group of gold jewelry is comprised of a hair net with a repousse medallion of Aphrodite and Eros; a diadem with an elaborate Herakles knot; two pairs of hoop earrings with ibex-head finials; a pair of disk pendant earrings with a figure of Eros; one pair of upper arm bracelets in the form of a coiled snake; one pair of wrist bracelets in the form of coiled snakes; two rings inset with intaglios, one representing Artemis; the other Fortuna holding a double cornucopia; 28 miscellaneous beads and one stud; and a string of gold beads in the shape of cowrie shells.
Commonalities between the materials and the workmanship of the hairnet, diadem, erotes and ibex-head earrings, gold armlets and bracelets, as well as the carnelian signet rings, indicate they were probably made by Greek goldsmiths working in more than one workshop in Alexandria, Egypt and were created to be worn as an ensemble. Specific Ptolemaic imagery includes the identification of Tyche/Fortuna with Arsinoe II on the carnelian ring, and the association of Arsinoe II with Aphrodite on the hairnet. While a royal context can be ascribed to the group, the association cannot be extended to the royals themselves. It therefore seems possible that the original owner was an elite of the exclusive circle of dynastic princesses, who, ornamented in her golden finery, served the queen in one of the royal cults devoted to her worship.
Pair of Ear Ornaments with Winged Runners, Moche, Peru, A.D.400–700,
These winged creatures running toward one another, mirroring each other’s bodies and holding bags in their outstretched arms might be mythical messengers, traveling between the living and spirit worlds.
In ancient Peru, boys and girls in high-ranking families had their ears pierced and wore large earflares to stretch the holes. Long, droopy earlobes were a sign of power—sometimes they even hung down to their shoulders!
