Long ago, I had all of my books on witchcraft bound in black leather and trimmed with gold leaf.
I also had all of my Franz Kafka bound too. I was a German major and suffered through Kafka for one whole year. I had them bound upside down and backwards. How Kafkaesque!
I've shown this before but it is my most favorite piece from my collection. This is a witch tambourine from the mid 1800's.
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An owl is perched on her right hand.
You can see by the back that this was used a lot.
She has a star painted on each shoe. I would love to know who this belonged to?
Notice the open sleeve on her dress. This would have been considered rather risque for the era.
I always wonder if this belonged to a gypsy?
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You have a lovely collection of books. Kafka makes my head hurt. :)
Have a happy day and stay cool.
xoxo to "Teddy Waits for Fall".
Maybe your tambourine was in a witch bordello.
Hahahahahahaha!
It´s a beautiful tambourine, but wouldn´t it been somewhat of a risk to own such an object back then? It must have a very interesting history.
Have a great day now!
Christer.
Cheers!
oh, the stories it could tell.....
we are taking teddy for a car ride this afternoon...up see canyon again to look at the apple farms.....
kary and teddy
p.s. making pizza tonight :-)
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That tambourine is too cool for words!
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