Silk Road Notebooks: Catalog #49

[hrj]

It's a Hat! With Weasels!

Comments

[lapioggia.livejournal.com]

holy hatweasels - I just read the time frame for this piece - 1500BC?!? I'm amazed it's survived.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

It is very hot and dry in the Tarim Basin.

[helblonde.livejournal.com]

Hat weasels! I'm thrilled and I'm not sure why.

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

I can't help but wonder why someone would have decorated with weasel pelts, recognizing that we don't have a way of finding out. They sure look like the wearer had a sense of humor, based on my cultural references (which are unlikely to be theirs).

[xrian.livejournal.com]

Hm. In European folklore, weasels were thought to be strong fertility magic. My guess would be that they have some symbolic significance.

[aastg.livejournal.com]

WOWEEEEE that is a BRILLIANT hat! Does it come in black?

[hrj.livejournal.com]

I imagine it comes in any natural wool color.