animalart – Museums with Mina

Animal Soup

Whenever I look at one of these I think “you see that? You put your weed in there” though apparently these are for soup not weed. Though the real question is what would be put in them? Would the duck one only have soup with duck in it? Then what about the eel? And ifContinue reading “Animal Soup”

Tapir-shaped Zun Wine Container

It looks like a hippo that’s the size of a corgi. But the real question is: do you take the head off to put the wine in? and how long would the wine last for? The world may never now but what I am sure about is that it is adorably durpy. The Facts: Paracas,Continue reading “Tapir-shaped Zun Wine Container”

Camels, Camels Everywhere

One of my friends loves camels so whenever we go to the museum and we see a camel that we have not seen before we take a picture and text her it and believe me there are a lot, so many! We found them all. And in fact we have found so many I’m prettyContinue reading “Camels, Camels Everywhere”

Monkey King

This is a monkey from Germany it’s made out of porcelain, but it is actually THE MONKEY KING! From the Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en! And it makes sense too: he wears a belt like the monkey king does for a while, porcelain technically comes from the ground and the monkey king isContinue reading “Monkey King”

Beyond the Spectrum: Musical Masterpieces

I was at the MFA for the Beyond the Spectrum class. We were in this gallery of instruments. I like the sound of music, so I like this gallery. In this gallery a lot of faces look at you. If you look at the way the instruments look, most of them look like they haveContinue reading “Beyond the Spectrum: Musical Masterpieces”

Penguin-form three piece tea service

I like the penguins, because they are funny. You basically open up their head and fill it with tea or water and then just use it. I don’t get the thought process behind it. Apparently Indians made it. I wonder when it would it be used; I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be used every day,Continue reading “Penguin-form three piece tea service”