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Pwo Karen Singing Shawl, Beetle Elytra in Textiles and Ornaments

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William Rowe Wasp Poster, Cultural Entomology Digest 3Pwo Karen “ku” or storage basket, hexagonal plaiting with various beetle elytra inserted under the wefts, collection of V. Z. Rivers, photo by Barbara Molloy.

Red Wool Shawl, Beetle Elytra in Textiles and Ornaments

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Two Odonata References in Ancient Mesopotamian Literature, Cultural Entomology Digest 1Detail of red wool shawl decorated with metallic wrapped thread, glass beads, metal sequins, silk embroidery, beetle wing pieces, made in India for European market late 19th century, collection of the P. A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, photo by Barbara Molloy.

Sema Cloth, Beetle Elytra in Textiles and Ornaments

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Butterfly Codex Symbols Butterflies of Ancient Mexico, Cultural Entomology Digest 4Unmaried girls’ cloth with fringes of beetle elytra, Sema People, Tsivikapotomi Village, collected by J.P Mills, collection of Pitt Rivers Museum of Anthropology, Oxford University, England, #1928.69.1393

Shaur Arm Ornament, Beetle Elytra in Textiles and Ornaments

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Numismatic Entomology, Danish 100 Kroner Note, Cultural Entomology Digest 1Detail, Shaur woman’s upper arm ornament made of tayu bones, decorated with Euchroma gigantea etytra. collection of the Smithsonian Institution, photo by Mitchell Swanson, #T-1039

Shaur Ear Ornament, Beetle Elytra in Textiles and Ornaments

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Sema Cloth, Beetle Elytra in Textiles and Ornaments, Cultural Entomology Digest 2Detail, Shaur ear ornament with bamboo tube, toucan feathers, and Chrysophora chrysoclora etytra pendant, collection of the Smithsonian Institution, photo by Mitchell Swanson, #383-656, Acct.#169-953

Stag Beetle

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Pwo Karen Singing Shawl, Beetle Elytra in Textiles and Ornaments, Cultural Entomology Digest 2The quintessential German artist, Albrecht D?rer, associated the stag beetle with Christ in various paintings, and produced a famous watercolor of the insect.

Thutmosis III Heart Scarabs

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Shanghai Cricket Cage Peddlar – China, Cultural Entomology Digest 3Heart scarabs of three wives of Thutmosis III (length: 4-6cm; Metropolitan Museum, New York.)

Mughal Turban Cloth, Beetle Elytra in Textiles and Ornaments

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Shaur Arm Ornament, Beetle Elytra in Texiles and Ornaments, Cultural Entomology Digest 2Detail, Mughal turban cloth, beetle wing pieces on muslin, worked with gold badla and kalabatun thread, collection of the National Museum, Delhi, India. Photo by R.K. Datta Gupta

Pwo Karen Singing Shawl, Beetle Elytra in Textiles and Ornaments

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M.C.Escher Two Insects, Cultural Entomology Digest 1Pwo Karen unmarried girls’ “singing shawl,” woven with supplementary wefts, decorated with glass beads and plastic buttons, fringes with Sternocerca aquisinata, collection of the Design Teaching Collection, Dept. of Environmental Design, U.C. Davis, photo by Barbara Molloy.

Front Cover

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Moth Cocoon Artifacts: Tarahumara Ankle Rattles, Cultural Entomology Digest 4Front cover design of the second issue of Cultural Entomology Digest.