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Adornment : what self-decoration tells us about who we are / Stephen Davies.
Davies, Stephen, 1950-Date: 2020- Pictures
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Above, red-figured Greek pouring vessel with a round body and a short spout; below, detail of decoration showing a stylised leopard. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565698iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.- Books
The decorated body / Robert Brain.
Brain, Robert, 1933-Date: 1979- Books
The works of Aristotle. : In four parts. Containing, I. His complete master-piece; displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man. To which is added, The family physician, being approved remedies for the several distempers incident to the the human body. II. His experienced midwife; absolutely necessary for surgeons, midwives, nurses, and child-bearing women. III. His book of problems; containing various questions and answers relative to the state of man's body. IV. His last legacy; unfolding the secrets of nature respecting the generation of man.
Aristotle, pseud.Date: 1812- Digital Images
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Skull showing cranial elongation, Vanuatu Republic.
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Elongation of the head, Mowe, N. Britain
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Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.
H. King- Digital Images
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Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.
H. King- Digital Images
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Extended ear lobe, Rubriand, Solomon Islands.
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Fashioning the body : an intimate history of the silhouette / edited by Denis Bruna.
Date: [2015]- Digital Images
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Waist constriction by cane belts, Konyak Naga
- Archives and manuscripts
M0003749: Woman with lip decoration with a lip disc, Jur people / M0003750: Woman with lip and nose pierced, Moru people
Date: December 1933Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/31/16Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
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A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.
Reference: 21428i- Pictures
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A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating the liver?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
Reference: 22304i- Pictures
A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
Reference: 22306i- Pictures
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A Greenwich Pensioner showing the Thornhill decorations in the Painted Hall to a family of visitors. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after [J. N.] Esq, 1807.
Date: 26 April 1807Reference: 31461i- Books
Gl. [sic] Gal. De usu partium corporis humani, libri XVII / Nicolao Regio Calabre interprete, ex plurium Graecorum exemplarium collatione castigatiores quàm unquam aliâs.
Galen.Date: 1550- Pictures
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Two Hindu musicians and a highly decorated cow with the symbol of Hanuman painted on its forehead. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 32965i- Pictures
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Two Malayan exorcists dressed in elaborate ritual costume. Halftone after a photograph by Wiele & Klein.
Reference: 21487i- Books
Decorated skin : a world survey of body art / Karl Gröning ; texts by Ferdinand Anton [and others] ; [translated by Lorna Dale].
Gröning, Karl.Date: [1997]- Pictures
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Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.
Date: [1777-78]Reference: 26349i- Archives and manuscripts
Johannes de Parma (c. 1250)
Date: Early 15th CenturyReference: MS.387- Books
Mid-century modernism and the American body : race, gender, and the politics of power in design / Kristina Wilson.
Wilson, KristinaDate: 2021- Books
Tattoos and body modifications in antiquity : proceedings of the sessions at the EAA annual meetings in The Hague and Oslo, 2010/11 / edited by Philippe Della Casa, Constanze Witt.
European Association of Archaeologists. Annual Meeting 2010 : Hague, Netherlands)Date: 2013- Pictures
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The crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the crucifixion of Saint Andrew. Colour lithograph after F.J. Baigent, 1852, after a painting.
Date: [1853]Reference: 3177i