Maharashtra carvings

https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/asia/mystery-rock-carvings-could-reveal-lost-ancient-civilisation/news-story/0bce69ea95d563957adda52f7df47adf

iniskim

Buffalo Calling Stone (Iniskim)

Galt Museum

 http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/iniskim-buffalo-calling-stones.html 

 

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/The-First-Buffalo-Stone-Blackfoot.html 

 

http://www.storybud.org/buffalo_stone_see_and_hear.htm 

 

 

sl rti

virtual rti


Halloween, she finds her way up into some old hotel above Geary: Tenderloin's cannibal fringe down one side, the gray shells of big stores off the other.
Pressing her cheek to cold glass.

walk across the river

blythe house

macehead

plain and complex tokens

http://en.finaly.org/index.php/Two_precursors_of_writing:_plain_and_complex_tokenshttp://en.finaly.org/index.php/Two_precursors_of_writing:_plain_and_complex_tokens

ernst // at the first clear word

RTI// objects

Taplow// rti

electro-luminescence

scanning the folkton drums

"Work' rather than 'labour', our ancestors' archaic occupation, which produced these objects, had concealing them from human eyes as its extravagant goal. The paradox appears to us alone. Turned towards the dead, intended for the dead, these creations were meant to be restored to them: sent back to the invisible, they were in this sense, literally, 'sacrificed'. But, in actualising that sacrifice, they were permeated with the power to which one sacrificed, the power of life and death. And even when it was displayed, the sacred work was not meant to be sampled by the eyes of the living, as is now accepted in our modern museumized culture. When they found their way into the world of the visible, these man-made artefacts continued to intercede with the invisible powers, to transpose their virtues to the living. That was their sacred logic.

Kristeva / The Severed Head/ Capital Visions / pp9-10

orkney venus

fouquet's stone

Ensisheim meteorite / donnerstein

Title: The meteorite of Ensisheim - 1492 to 1992
Authors: Marvin, U. B.
Journal: Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 27, March 1992, p. 28-72.
Bibliographic Code: 1992Metic..27...28M

reverse of Jerome in the Wilderness/ Durer / NG London

A short guide on how to recover a meteorite

sweet meteor of death 2016

Du hast dabei einen schönen Ball

M / Fritz Lang / 1931

carved tiger ball

temari balls

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nanaakua/tags/temari/

how to

wikipedia/// Historically, temari were constructed from the remnants of old kimonos. Pieces of silk fabric would be wadded up to form a ball, and then the wad would be wrapped with strips of fabric. As time passed, traditional temari became an art, with the functional stitching becoming more decorative and detailed, until the balls displayed intricate embroidery. With the introduction of rubber to Japan, the balls went from play toys to art objects, although mothers still make them for their children. Temari became an art and craft of the Japanese upper class and aristocracy, and noble women competed in creating increasingly beautiful and intricate objects.

Temari are highly valued and cherished gifts, symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. Also, the brilliant colors and threads used are symbolic of wishing the recipient a brilliant and happy life. Traditionally, becoming a craftsman in Japan was a tedious process. Becoming a temari artist in Japan today requires specific training, and one must be tested on one's skills and technique before being acknowledged as a crafter of temari.
Traditionally, temari were often given to children from their parents on New Year's Day. Inside the tightly wrapped layers of each ball, the mother would have placed a small piece of paper with a goodwill wish for her child. The child would never be told what wish his or her mother had made while making the ball.
Alternately, some balls contained "noisemakers" consisting of rice grains or bells to add to the play value. It is said that traditional temari were wrapped so tightly they would bounce.

TAG on Sea 2013

Seeing, Thinking, Doing: Visualisation as Archaeological Research

oddball paleontology /// carved stone balls

the systematic description of a discourse object... 139
the system of transformations that constitute change 173
it does not have a unifying, but a diversifying effect 160

baetyl (plural baetyls)

1. (Antiquity) a meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.

tornatores /// tornarii

pole lathe
bow drill
potter's wheel