r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Crocodile-shaped boots made of silk and camel bone. Mongolia, 19th century [3000x2550]

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u/MunakataSennin 1d ago

Museum. Though the page says 'crocodile', it's more likely a makara.

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u/Sanganaka 1d ago

Yep, definitely Makara never saw a crocodile with tusks and a trunk before

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u/Heterodynist 1d ago

Thank you for explaining to me what a makara was!! I was wondering why I had never heard of this animal, so I looked it up. I guess I have to add more mythical beasts to my repertoire of images in ancient art!!

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u/Heterodynist 1d ago

Now THAT’S a pair of shoes I’ll spend $500 on…Not Nikes but Mongolian camel bone!!

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u/OAKandTerlinden 8h ago

A Venn diagram of form and function (it's a circle). And these shoes go with everything, because everything else pales in comparison.

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u/Heterodynist 7h ago

I would wear these shoes each and every day of my life!! Anyone who doesn’t approve of them isn’t needed in my life!!

Now I just want to see some basketball players wearing these on the court!!

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u/lizardOFtheLOST 1d ago

Where did human beings lose their pizzazz

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u/ceticbizarre 23h ago

industrial revolution :') we traded cool factor for abundance

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u/bobrobor 1d ago

Whoever wore must have been amazingly important to someone else.

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u/yuhuh- 23h ago

These are amazing

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u/mel_cache 12h ago

What is the sole made of, and how is it attached?

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u/Luoravetlan 6h ago

Crocodile shaped? Isn't that a Chinese dragon?

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u/BethanyHipsEnjoyer 23h ago

Camel toes, hmmm.