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Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!

Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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19th-century Inuit artifact from the Bering Sea region, crafted from walrus ivory to depict a polar bear carrying its cub. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@piefed.social

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[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yeah, sure, those totally look like polar bear faces and bodies....

Did the artist see any polar bears before carving this, or were they blind and working from verbal description?

Personally, I'm petty sure this is a normal example of 19th century porn.