10-10-18. 16/100

10-10-18. 16/100

I thought I would share this little chart of Kinship diagram symbols from my cultural anthropology textbook.

Kind of want to make a little kinship diagram of my own using these.

Have not posted in a while! My life got super chaotic, but I'm back at it!

First off, I hope everyone had a splendid holiday and a great new years!

I recently got my official grades from the Fall semester, and I'm pleased to say I passed both my honors classes!

And today I registered for my Spring 19 classes! Yay!

This semester I will be taking:

Introduction to Anthropology

Human Geography

Geology of Colorado

Art History: prehistoric to renaissance

Needles to say, I am excited!

I wish everyone luck this year!

Rules: Tag 10 people you want to know better

Tagged by @in-the-key-of-f-major

Name: Kyla

Gender: Female

Height: depends on my shoes

Nationality: American 

Hogwarts house: Ravenpuff! 

Favourite animal: Giraffe - did you know their horns are called ossicones!

Average hours of sleep: 8-10hrs - I love to sleep

Cats or dogs: Cats

Dream job: Marine Archaeologist or Forensic Anthropologist

Dream trip: To Ireland, my Dad’s family is from there but I’ve never met them

When did you make this: 3 pm

Tagging: @bringoutyourdeadthings @toxibilixstudyblr @patriotstudies @divestudies @booksandknowledge

Accidental Overachiever

Welp...it has happened.

In my Cultural Anthropology class I have officially become the person who raises their hand so much that the teacher asks, "anyone else have an answer?"

But it kinda makes me feel like Hermione.

Recently I went on a mini vacation to Seattle Washington. On the trip, I went to the Art Museum and I thought I would share with you all some of the cultural art that stuck out to me. 

If you ever get the chance to go to Seattle, I highly recommend visiting this museum. It is absolutely amazing!

Beneath each picture, I have added info about them from the museum.

Turban Cloths

Cotton with brocade border - Jodhpur 20th Century

Mehrangarh Museum Trust

Men chose their turbans carefully - a wrapped headdress is said to be akin to an unspoken language. Each social group in Marwar has a distinctive style of tying the long cloth and might add accents with ornaments that say more about who they are. Men also wear turbans for specific seasons, ceremonies, or moods. The wave pattern seen here is worn during the monsoon season, when the coming of rain is celebrated. In the harsh summer months, a turban is a shield against the blazing heat. It can also be a form of protection in battle. Many rulers wear turbans that are like crowns, loaded with jewels, which denote their rank in court society.

Masks of the Animal Kingdon Dance

Performances featuring masked dancers are the birthright of particular families and derive from long-ago auspicious encounters between human ancestors and supernatural beings, in the guise of animals or unique spirits. The “Dance of the animal kingdom” represents a heroine ancestor’s adventures among the animal beings who in turn bestow the dance and masks upon her for use by her family and subsequent generations.

Drum with skull painting - 1991

Animal hide, acrylic, wood, bone

Art by: Susan Point - Canadian, Musqueam

The First People

Red cedar, yellow cedar

Art by: Susan Point - Musqueam band

The homelands of the Musqueam of the Fraser River Delta are punctuated by meandering pathways as the Fraser reaches the Strait of Georgia. The faces within the tendrils represent the hereditary bloodlines that connect the families in the region, and the waterways that were lifelines yielding food resources, sustaining the Delta people from time immemorial.

Food bowl: Frigate bird with shark - 20th century

wood, mother-of-pearl shell

Melanesian, Eastern Solomon

Men in the Solomon Islands consider fishing or skipjack bonito (a member of the tuna family) to be a sacred endeavor. The fishermen watch for frigate birds feeding off of schools of smaller bait fish and observe the bonito that follow, in a season that lasts from November to April. Sharks swarm this whirlpool of frothy activity and devour what they need to survive. This vessel features two predatory creatures merging together to suggest the cycle of consumption, with the humans who eventually feast on the bowl’s contents completing the cycle.

Pyramidion of Hori - 1350 B.C

Limestone, pigment

Egyptian, Abu Tig. New Kingdom

18th Dynasty

Day 02/100

Today I finished up some slideshow notes for Antropology and the outline for my first essay for my English class.

And my cat Dill kept me compay

My friend got me a crown, and I thought it would look dashing on Charles.

I just wanted to make a post for anyone starting college/university at an older age.

I'm 24 and most of my classmates are fresh out of high school, which is great for them!

But I just wanted to say that it's never too late, for anyone. You can still work to improve your future even if you feel like a late starter.

Put yourself out there! Do it for you! Work towards your goals!

You got this!

Today I went to a Viking Festival!

And I got some goodies!

From top to bottom:

Coyote mandibles that say Odin's Wolves

A carved deer antler

A turtle collar bone

And a deer toe

Some ADORABLE earrings

And I got a bunch of information on Norwegian naming practices and some geneology sheets and websites!

1/22/19. 1/100

First day of the spring semester! Lots of nervous energy!

And since i got a little slacky with my 100 days of productivity, I'm starting over.

Gonna do this shit right!