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| On this very hot Saturday in June, we decided on a drive to somewhere cool. We went to Ithaca, New York, to the |
(their page)| It is a
wonderful building designed by I. M. Pei. There
are towers connected on some floors, and open to the ground
level. Unfortunately, we chose the wrong weekend - this is
reunion weekend and the museum was crowded. It is a concrete
building, and with nothing to muffle sound, it was terribly
noisy. But the artwork was compelling. The
Puritan, by Saint-Gaudens
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We really went there to see the exhibit of Indian and Asian silver jewelry.
The Lure of Silver: North African and Asian Jewelry from the Nadler Collection
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These are earrings. They weigh just under 1000 grams, which makes them over two pounds! There is a picture in their catalog of a person wearing them. Somehow, the earring attaches to the ear at the bottom loop. A person wears two earrings, one pointing forward, and clipping to the headdress, and one pointing backward clipped to the headdress. Wow. |
There were many
cuffs and ankle bracelets. Most of them massive. |
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| This is one of the"lighter" torques. |  |
There was one media exhibit and it just tickled me. I was so fascinated by the idea that I never noted the artist.
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The faces are actually projected on the "heads", which are smooth (fabric?).
It made me giggle, and I noticed that everyone leaving the room looked tickled, too.
These "folks" were talking, but I was so fascinated by the visual effect that I didn't listen.
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| We stopped in
Dryden at an A&W Rootbeer stand - it had carhops, but it was 92
degrees, and we opted to go in to eat. The rootbeer float tasted just like it did when I was a teen!  |
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