historyartifacts·HistoryArtifactsbySSTF 19th-century Inuit artifact from the Bering Sea region, crafted from walrus ivory to depict a polar bear carrying its cub.Source.View original on lemmy.world215Comments16
AAeronMelon lemmy.world2Hide 2 replies“You remember what a Polar Bear looks like, right?” “Oh yeah, don’t worry about it.”34
ddanekrae replylemmy.worldI have a feeling, those who got close enough to see the details, didn't get a chance to sculpt.17
wyldrstallyns replylemmy.dbzer0.comIn the artist's defense, they'd only just returned from an expo w/ some illuminated text scribes, so 💁🏽♂️3
ssolidsmoke lemmy.world5Hide 5 repliesPolar bear? Looks to me like they just carved some funny little guys. I'd hate for future archaeologists to find my highschool doodles and decide what animals I must have been depicting 12
wyldrstallyns replylemmy.dbzer0.com4Hide 4 repliesLotsa unicorns way back then. Hung. edit: meant "hunh", but I'm leaving it.9
DDeacon replylemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesUnicorns just have the same horn down there. It’s all one diagonally placed bone all the way through.2
DDeacon replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyInteresting. What else can you tell us about Unicorn physiology?1
wyldrstallyns replylemmy.dbzer0.comPretty horny from top to bottom, and all the switches between. 💁🏽♀️2
exaybachae startrek.websiteYeah, sure, those totally look like polar bear faces and bodies.... Did the artist see any polar bears before carving this, or were they blind and working from verbal description? Personally, I'm petty sure this is a normal example of 19th century porn.3
“You remember what a Polar Bear looks like, right?”
“Oh yeah, don’t worry about it.”
I have a feeling, those who got close enough to see the details, didn't get a chance to sculpt.
In the artist's defense, they'd only just returned from an expo w/ some illuminated text scribes, so 💁🏽♂️
Polar bear? Looks to me like they just carved some funny little guys. I'd hate for future archaeologists to find my highschool doodles and decide what animals I must have been depicting
Lotsa unicorns way back then. Hung.
edit: meant "hunh", but I'm leaving it.
Unicorns just have the same horn down there. It’s all one diagonally placed bone all the way through.
IIRC, horns are keratin and antlers are bone. ☝🏼
Interesting. What else can you tell us about Unicorn physiology?
Pretty horny from top to bottom, and all the switches between. 💁🏽♀️
That "polar bear" has seen some shit.
Mondays, amirite?
'Autism creature carries on its back a smaller autism creature'.
Looks like it was carved out of a potato - neat!
Yeah, sure, those totally look like polar bear faces and bodies....
Did the artist see any polar bears before carving this, or were they blind and working from verbal description?
Personally, I'm petty sure this is a normal example of 19th century porn.
No, the 1800s. The modern ones. Or moderner anyway.