Blåkulla
@blakulla.bsky.social
Folklore, archive-morsels, textiles and trinkets.
No-AI or computer-slop, please.
He/Him. Swede. '99.
No-AI or computer-slop, please.
He/Him. Swede. '99.
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I love where we live but it is one of the wettest regions of the UK. Non stop rain means hunkering down this weekend & wouldn’t this kimono style dressing gown be a treat? Made in Japan in the late c19th for the export market, it is all blue skies and flowers @lacma.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I love where we live but it is one of the wettest regions of the UK. Non stop rain means hunkering down this weekend & wouldn’t this kimono style dressing gown be a treat? Made in Japan in the late c19th for the export market, it is all blue skies and flowers @lacma.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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The X-Files (1993) - Season 3 Episode 20
January 23, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The X-Files (1993) - Season 3 Episode 20
The Noblewoman, from "The Dance of Death" by Hans Holbein the younger ca. 1526. Object Number: 19.57.34 The MET archives.
January 24, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The Noblewoman, from "The Dance of Death" by Hans Holbein the younger ca. 1526. Object Number: 19.57.34 The MET archives.
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Garment Plaque in the Shape of a Stag
Kazakhstan
6th–5th century BCE
(Met Museum)
Kazakhstan
6th–5th century BCE
(Met Museum)
January 24, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Garment Plaque in the Shape of a Stag
Kazakhstan
6th–5th century BCE
(Met Museum)
Kazakhstan
6th–5th century BCE
(Met Museum)
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Old woman smokes a pipe, David Teniers (II), 1661 - 1676 (Rijksmuseum) complete with exhaled smoke..
January 24, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Old woman smokes a pipe, David Teniers (II), 1661 - 1676 (Rijksmuseum) complete with exhaled smoke..
I was looking through Inaturalist for art references; Muppet stage birds never disapoint.
January 24, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I was looking through Inaturalist for art references; Muppet stage birds never disapoint.
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To bring a smile to your face this weekend …
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 AM
To bring a smile to your face this weekend …
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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#FindsFriday 🏺
#Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs.
In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire.
British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.
#Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs.
In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire.
British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.
January 23, 2026 at 12:57 PM
#FindsFriday 🏺
#Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs.
In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire.
British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.
#Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs.
In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire.
British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.
Delightful murals from Dannemora church (1400), Uppland. The dangers of letting the devil aid you in churning butter. Also the great fight over the kettle - a very- last microwave at the black sabbath-sale feel to it.
January 23, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Delightful murals from Dannemora church (1400), Uppland. The dangers of letting the devil aid you in churning butter. Also the great fight over the kettle - a very- last microwave at the black sabbath-sale feel to it.
A mezzanine railing (läktarbarriär) depicting one of the four evangelists (Luke - Lukas) Perhaps he is contemplating why he chose a cow as a writing desk? 1690 - 1750. Västergötlands museum.
January 23, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A mezzanine railing (läktarbarriär) depicting one of the four evangelists (Luke - Lukas) Perhaps he is contemplating why he chose a cow as a writing desk? 1690 - 1750. Västergötlands museum.
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A fragment of Roman terracotta tile with the imprints of a dog's paw that was discovered at Rochester in Kent. #FindsFriday
January 23, 2026 at 9:53 AM
A fragment of Roman terracotta tile with the imprints of a dog's paw that was discovered at Rochester in Kent. #FindsFriday
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Introduced species like foxes like to stalk the tiniest penguin, so an experimental program to protect the nesting colonies includes Maremmano sheepdog guardians keeping watch for threats.
If that doesn't warm your heart, I think it's time to see a cardiologist.
If that doesn't warm your heart, I think it's time to see a cardiologist.
The dogs that protect little penguins
When foxes nearly wiped out a colony of little penguins, a sheepdog saved the day.
www.bbc.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Introduced species like foxes like to stalk the tiniest penguin, so an experimental program to protect the nesting colonies includes Maremmano sheepdog guardians keeping watch for threats.
If that doesn't warm your heart, I think it's time to see a cardiologist.
If that doesn't warm your heart, I think it's time to see a cardiologist.
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Duck Cosmetic Box Egyptian 1550-1196 BCE (New Kingdom) hippopotamus ivory, elephant ivory, bone (Walters Art Museum)
January 23, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Duck Cosmetic Box Egyptian 1550-1196 BCE (New Kingdom) hippopotamus ivory, elephant ivory, bone (Walters Art Museum)
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This is a sieve funnel, used to separate curds and whey during cheese production #CheeseLoversDay 🧀
Found in Neolithic Germany, it suggests cattle-breeding and dairy production were more important than agriculture to some of Europe's first farmers.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Found in Neolithic Germany, it suggests cattle-breeding and dairy production were more important than agriculture to some of Europe's first farmers.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This is a sieve funnel, used to separate curds and whey during cheese production #CheeseLoversDay 🧀
Found in Neolithic Germany, it suggests cattle-breeding and dairy production were more important than agriculture to some of Europe's first farmers.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Found in Neolithic Germany, it suggests cattle-breeding and dairy production were more important than agriculture to some of Europe's first farmers.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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The Black Rider, by Ivan Bilibin, 1900.
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The Black Rider, by Ivan Bilibin, 1900.
if im not a spoons'waft away from hitting the stratosphere then i am simply not wearing enough tassles. You may think ''thats tacky'' and that is the mindset of people not windmill maxxing. Good evening Don Quixote, have you arrived to face your contempt? you shall leave as you arrived - a fool.
January 22, 2026 at 6:17 PM
if im not a spoons'waft away from hitting the stratosphere then i am simply not wearing enough tassles. You may think ''thats tacky'' and that is the mindset of people not windmill maxxing. Good evening Don Quixote, have you arrived to face your contempt? you shall leave as you arrived - a fool.
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“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
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Cock-fight.
A single-page painting on an album folio, Janí son of Bahram, or 'Farangi Saz' [that is a painter in the European style], Isfahan, 1684-85. (British Museum)
A single-page painting on an album folio, Janí son of Bahram, or 'Farangi Saz' [that is a painter in the European style], Isfahan, 1684-85. (British Museum)
January 20, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Cock-fight.
A single-page painting on an album folio, Janí son of Bahram, or 'Farangi Saz' [that is a painter in the European style], Isfahan, 1684-85. (British Museum)
A single-page painting on an album folio, Janí son of Bahram, or 'Farangi Saz' [that is a painter in the European style], Isfahan, 1684-85. (British Museum)
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Ice Age art!
A lovely little horse figurine sculpted from mammoth tusk around 15,000 years ago!
Known as ‘The Little Horse of Lourdes’ it was found in 1886 in the cave of Les Espélugues, Lourdes, Haute-Pyrénées, France. 📷 by me.
#Archaeology
A lovely little horse figurine sculpted from mammoth tusk around 15,000 years ago!
Known as ‘The Little Horse of Lourdes’ it was found in 1886 in the cave of Les Espélugues, Lourdes, Haute-Pyrénées, France. 📷 by me.
#Archaeology
January 20, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Ice Age art!
A lovely little horse figurine sculpted from mammoth tusk around 15,000 years ago!
Known as ‘The Little Horse of Lourdes’ it was found in 1886 in the cave of Les Espélugues, Lourdes, Haute-Pyrénées, France. 📷 by me.
#Archaeology
A lovely little horse figurine sculpted from mammoth tusk around 15,000 years ago!
Known as ‘The Little Horse of Lourdes’ it was found in 1886 in the cave of Les Espélugues, Lourdes, Haute-Pyrénées, France. 📷 by me.
#Archaeology
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While walking along the rocky shore, I found the world’s most poisonous crab.
It’s safe as long as you don’t eat it, so I carefully admired its stunning metallic beauty 🦀✨️
It’s safe as long as you don’t eat it, so I carefully admired its stunning metallic beauty 🦀✨️
January 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM
While walking along the rocky shore, I found the world’s most poisonous crab.
It’s safe as long as you don’t eat it, so I carefully admired its stunning metallic beauty 🦀✨️
It’s safe as long as you don’t eat it, so I carefully admired its stunning metallic beauty 🦀✨️
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Groovicorn
Inspired by graphic art from the 1970s. 5.5 in x 10 in acacia wood tray. Good for holding knick knacks or rolling DnD dice.
This tray is up for sale! DM me if you're interested
Inspired by graphic art from the 1970s. 5.5 in x 10 in acacia wood tray. Good for holding knick knacks or rolling DnD dice.
This tray is up for sale! DM me if you're interested
January 20, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Groovicorn
Inspired by graphic art from the 1970s. 5.5 in x 10 in acacia wood tray. Good for holding knick knacks or rolling DnD dice.
This tray is up for sale! DM me if you're interested
Inspired by graphic art from the 1970s. 5.5 in x 10 in acacia wood tray. Good for holding knick knacks or rolling DnD dice.
This tray is up for sale! DM me if you're interested
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Cow Tools!🔨🪚🪛🔧
A pet cow named Veronika uses tools in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her best life
Meet Veronika, the first cow known to engage in flexible, multipurpose tool use
A pet cow named Veronika uses tools in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her best life
www.scientificamerican.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Cow Tools!🔨🪚🪛🔧
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The perfect man doesn't exsi-
January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The perfect man doesn't exsi-
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Love seeing the snelmet here! It was made by redanthalas on insta and it is real, not ai, he wears it with a full set of snail armour
www.instagram.com/redanthalas/
www.instagram.com/redanthalas/
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Love seeing the snelmet here! It was made by redanthalas on insta and it is real, not ai, he wears it with a full set of snail armour
www.instagram.com/redanthalas/
www.instagram.com/redanthalas/