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By Susan Barrett Price Posted on January 4, 2020

Photos, Dolls, Thoughts Unspoken

I picked up a used book on dolls [1]. The black and white photos by fashion photographer Hermann Landshoff surprised me. They weren’t staged fantasies, yet they had a pictorialist, … Continue reading Photos, Dolls, Thoughts Unspoken

Categories: collectibles, photographyTags: bronze casting, Buddha, Burma, carving, Fang, Gabon, Ghana, Nepal, Tibet
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on December 20, 2019

The Bride Doll

I was not that child who took care of her toys. Dolls were companions in make-believe, not decor. We played house. We played school. I pulled off their clothes and … Continue reading The Bride Doll

Categories: collectibles, memoryTags: doll
Two Pattie Play Pal style dolls, with a Santos figure
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on December 15, 2019

Big old dolls: creepy or divine?

A note. Let’s get our terms straight. Horrifying dolls are those possessed by evil spirits and get “invited” into your home to wreak havoc. Creepy dolls are merely unsettling. Something … Continue reading Big old dolls: creepy or divine?

Categories: collectiblesTags: dolls
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on September 20, 2019

Old photos, lively spirits

I have spent the past week sorting, scanning, labeling, and gently restoring old family photos. Like “The Velveteen Rabbit,” they are creased and faded and scuffed, but the very fact … Continue reading Old photos, lively spirits

Categories: photographicaTags: photography, spirit
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on July 10, 2019

The Rochester Patriarchy 1914

Once upon a time, Jim bought a book called “Club Men of Rochester in Caricature.” It was produced in 1914 by Jack Sears and associated cartoonists and printed at the … Continue reading The Rochester Patriarchy 1914

Categories: booksTags: caricature, Rochester NY, Roycrofters
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on June 10, 2019

Ancient Peru: who are you, stranger?

Jim spent time in Peru during the 1960s as part of a team of physicians learning about healthcare delivery systems across the Americas. It was a cultural exchange project, meant … Continue reading Ancient Peru: who are you, stranger?

Categories: collectibles, precolumbianTags: Mochica, Peru, tumi
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on May 18, 2019May 19, 2019

The tau tau and storytelling

Everything sooner or later turns into a story. Maybe in God-time the Word becomes Flesh. But in my experience Flesh fades into Word and the Word becomes Story. Yeah. People … Continue reading The tau tau and storytelling

Categories: collectibles, IndonesiaTags: Sulawesi, Tana Toraja, tau tau
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on May 13, 2019

Japan #1847: drawing, calligraphy, oh my

This is a marvel: a hand-drawn manuscript for a small Japanese book by Utagawa Yashitora, an ukiyo-e print artist who (among other things) published over a hundred books during his … Continue reading Japan #1847: drawing, calligraphy, oh my

Categories: collectibles, JapanTags: calligraphy, sumi-e
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on May 12, 2019

#1850 Japanese Album

About four years ago, when I thought I’d finished inventorying and cataloging Jim’s better collections, we opened one last drawer in his study — the drawer where he kept trinkets … Continue reading #1850 Japanese Album

Categories: collectibles, JapanTags: calligraphy, painting album
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on May 9, 2019

Semi-organized

I am organized, but not obsessive. Get get intense about something. And then it’s put away “for another day.” I’m working on our “stuff” this week, preparing for another round … Continue reading Semi-organized

Categories: collectiblesTags: Hindu, Vishnu
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on May 8, 2019

Thoughts on knives

First thought: guy stuff. Keep it in the man cave. Second thought: useful tool. Where would civilization be without sharp-edged tools for cutting, chopping, slicing, carving, etc.? Third thought: power … Continue reading Thoughts on knives

Categories: collectiblesTags: dagger, kerambit, keris, knife, kukri, sword
Nagasawa Rosetsu, late 18th c. detail
By Susan Barrett Price Posted on April 17, 2019

Rosetsu: Boy on Elephant

Between winter cocoon projects and outdoor summer projects, while workers buzz and grind their way through our bathroom upgrade, I putter around in the files and come upon the little … Continue reading Rosetsu: Boy on Elephant

Categories: Buddhist art, collectibles, JapanTags: elephant, painting, Rosetsu

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