Dachshund Nursery,” probably Caroline Kane Duer, July 4, 1896.

Playfully titled “Dachshund Nursery,” a woman sits peacefully amongst flower stems that terminate in Dachshund heads. They all seem to float, blissfully unaware of their own absurdity, while we are left to wonder about the certainly imaginative back story that must have precipitated the piece.

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Woman baking: Tanagran terracotta, early 5th century BC

Statue of Karomama, the Divine Adoratrice of Amun

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Princess Nefertiabet and her food

Steles representing the deceased's nourishment in the afterlife were the principal element of Egyptian funerary art. This is one of the most ancient and best preserved. Nefertiabet was a princess during the reign of King Cheops; the best artists of the day were called upon to portray her food for the afterlife.

The princess, wearing a panther-skin dress, sits on a stool with bull's feet, adorned with a papyrus umbel. She stretches one hand toward a white stone pedestal table on a cylindrical terracotta stand, which bears slices of white bread with a golden crust.

From the late prehistoric period to the late Middle Kingdom (circa 3800 - 1710 BC)

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