Look into the eyes of a rare ancient African sculpture

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9 January 2012
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If they exist at all, most unglazed clay objects from ancient times are now rubble, mere fragments of their former glory.

This terracotta head, at around 2000 years old, is a rare exception. Excavated from a village in Nigeria, this is one of the best-preserved examples of its kind ever discovered. It is a product of the Nok culture that flourished from about 1000 BC to AD 500, when it mysteriously died out, and provides examples of the earliest figurative art in sub-Saharan Africa.

Archaeologists Peter Breunig and Nicole Rupp of the Goethe-University Frankfurt in Germany uncovered the head during the 2010 field season. It was found in Kushe, a small village about 150 kilometres north of the capital Abuja. Amazingly, this specimen was very close to the surface — only 60 centimetres down — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Secret Agent Calvin Hobbes: Meet Dr Robin / kizer180

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30 December 2011
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As children, these two had constant feuds after Calvin literally stepped into Christopher’s neck of the woods. That’s when the Battle began, the test of their imagination. Calvin would talk about his friend and his abilities and Christopher would counter and say but can he… it went back and forth between the two of them. As they grew older they grew in different directions. Calvin met new people and made friends — although his best and imaginary friend Hobbes stayed with him all the way into adulthood. Christopher on the other hand became more introverted but made the characters he invented as a kid more apart of his character as he got older — via deviantART

Octopus Vulgaris / Jude Landry

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24 December 2011
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This poster was created to raise awareness and funds for the cleanup of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. While drilling in the gulf creates jobs and helps serve our current energy needs, the damage done by this spill will cripple the fragile gulf coast for many years — via Jude Landry

Candy Sprinkles Art / Joel Brochu

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23 November 2011
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Joel Brochu is taking hundreds and thousands to a whole new level in this portrait of a pup getting a bath. The piece includes 221,184 hundreds and thousands that are painstakingly placed using jewellers tweezers. Only six colours of sprinkles were used in the picture, giving your brain a colour blending treat when viewed from a distance — via CRAFT

Mondrian coffee table set / Made

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20 November 2011
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No need to tell you why this Mondrian coffee table set at Made is so named.

But we will anyway, The idea is, presumably, to create a suite of tables that mimic the artwork of Piet Mondrian in the 1920s. Not a new idea, we featured a similar concept at Liberty last year, but it’s still very well done and a nice ways to add some practical modernism to your home for not a lot of cash — via Retro To Go

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