A mermaid holding a mirror and a (missing) comb, a 15th Century misericord in Carlisle Cathedral. #Woodensday 1/3

#TraceryTuesday #Woodensday Alnwick parish church

Kirkcudbright church. It is like a cathedral inside! A lovely #WW1 carved war memorial #lestweforget #Woodensday #ceilingsonsunday

Spectacular old multi-stem oak at Ericstane near Moffat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the care of Borders Forest Trust. #woodensday

#Woodensday :
Asmat artist(s); Indonesia, West Papua, Erma village
Jifoi (bowl), mid-20th c.
Wood, paint
On display at the Met (1978.412.1177)
#Parrots #BirdsInArt #IndigenousArt #AustralasianArt
ℹ️ ufir ( Palm #Cockatoo ) head as the prow; fruit-eating birds = headhunting symbolism (see label)

A rather handsome windmill at Seurasaari open air folk museum in Helsinki 🇫🇮 #woodensday

Radical religious reforms of the C16/C17 led to significant changes in Scottish churches. The Joiners arms from the guild's new gallery in Dunfermline Abbey Kirk, and a pew cornice from South Leith Kirk, for the new emphasis on bible reading and preaching. National Museum of Scotland, #WoodensDay

The Vasa ship museum - from a holiday in Stockholm 🇸🇪 a few years ago- highly recommended #woodensday

#Woodensday:
Megaphone
Congolese, 18th c.?
Wood, D 34 in (86.4 cm) / Dia. 8.5 in (21.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 89.4.3323 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504650
“Wood megaphone with transforming mask motif. In profile, the voice disguiser is a ferocious #crocodile but from the front it is an ancestor spirit.”
#AfricanArt