This artifact belongs to my great-great-grandmother Mayo Brumfield (Granny Brumfield). Granny Brumfield liked to make beautiful quilts and can beans. She had two children named Leonard and Bernice Brumfield. She worked around her huge farm with her family. They grew plants. Some of them are cucumbers, watermelons, tomatoes, beans - you name it. Next was my great-grandfather J.L. Leonard (Papa Leonard). Papa Leonard lives in Zachary, Louisiana. He loves football, in fact he tried out for the Dallas Cowboys in Arkansas and he got second place! He broke a speed record for running a mile in 10 minutes! He was a rocket. Next is my grandmother Dianne Tidwell (Nana). She has three children named Brandi, Kate, and Travis. She lives in Orneville, Louisiana. Nana teaches K-4 at Leonville Elementary. Next is my mom, Brandi Gaitan (Mom). She has three children Jude, Carmen, and Gabrella. Mom lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. She used to work at Jefferson County Medical Society in Beaumont, Texas. Next comes me, Jude Gaitan. I have two sisters. Their names are Carmen and Gabriella Gaitan. I was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and live in Shreveport, Louisiana. I also go to school at St. Mark's Cathedral school and have lots of friends. …show more content…
It is brown with a crack on the side. This artifact is about 100 years old. It was used by my great-great-grandmother, Mayo Brumfield. There are probably not a lot of butter molds out there because they don't really make butter all by themselves. I am related to the owner on my maternal side. This artifact was past down from Mayo Brumfield to J.L. Leonard to Dianne Tidwell. UNKNOWN! This artifact is special because it dates back to 1917.
“Butter molds were first used centuries ago in northern Europe. Today, most of the oldest molds found in museums date to the mid-18th century Europe and North
Ever take a midnight train to Georgia? No, well ever drive through Georgia? When driving through Georgia on State Road 49, there is a little town called Andersonville that is very easy to miss. To many it is just another town. Yet this town has its own trail. The Andersonville Trail is a small brown dirt road that leads visitors to the Andersonville National Historic Site (Roberts xi). This National Historic Site looks like a “well- tended” national cemetery. On closer examination, this cemetery is nothing like Arlington (Roberts xi). “In this national cemetery, the marble headstones are so close together, they almost touch. The markers appear to be one long head...
The “Moffatt Stick,” maybe the world’s oldest known hockey stick, was in the news a couple of years ago when its owner, Mark Presley of Berwick, NS, sold it to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec for $300,000.
Solis, Felipe, Kristaan Villela, and Mary Ellen Miller. The Aztec Calendar Stone. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Research Institute, 2000.
At first glance you see fence post and barbed wire but when you look a little deeper it could represent the crucifixion of Christ. The barbed wire as the crown of thrones and the fence post as part of the cross. Someone else may see something very different than what I see in it.
I recently visited the American History museum and came upon the most interesting artifact in the Lighting a Revolution section within the Transportation and Technology wing of the museum. This artifact is an advertisement from Charleston, South Carolina in 1769 about the selling of “a choice cargo” of two hundred and fifty slaves.
It was purchased by an American art dealer at a Sotheby’s auction in July 2008 for $2MM. It was brought to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where it was cleaned of grime, overpainting and discoloration. It was examined by infrared reflectogram and x-rayed for the first time and, on the basis of stylistic hallmarks such as “emphatic cross-hatching,” such as on the face of the saint, it was confirmed to be a Michelangelo (Michelangelo, n.d.).
In 1799 young Conrad Reed, a 12 year old boy, found a big shiny rock in Little Meadow Creek on the family farm in Cabarrus county North Carolina. Conrad lugged it home but the Reed family had no idea what it was and used it as a clunky door stop. Thinking that it must be some kind of metal, John Reed, Conrad’s father, took it to Concord North Carolina to have a silver smith look at it. The silver smith was unable to identify it as gold. John Reed hauled it back home. Three years later in 1802 he took the rock to Fayetteville North Carolina where a jeweler recognized it for what it was right away. The jeweler asked him if could smelt it down to a bar for him, John agreed. When John returned to the jeweler had a gold brick measuring six to eight inches long. It’s hard to believe but John Reed had no idea of the metals worth. The jeweler asked him what he wanted for it and John thought that a week’s wages would be fair so he sold it to the jeweler for $3.50. It is rumored that John purchased a calico dress for his wife and some coffee beans with his wi...
The Marble Grave Stele is a horizontal piece that was embedded in a larger piece of marble. The inscriptions of the names of who died have long been lost. Thus, we must interpret for ourselves what the full meaning of the piece is. The artist of the piece is unknown, but it was constructed in Greece in around 360 B.C. during the Classical Era and stands at 171.1 centimeters in height. Its original location, as its name suggests, was at a gravesite; currently, it is located in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Stele was carved from marble. Overall, it is in good condition; however, the body of the woman on the left is missing with only her head surviving. Its stone frame in which it was set is also missing. This frame more than lik...
Ruth Benedict artifact would be her first book “Patterns of culture.” The quote would read. “This book was used as an introduction to anthropology for decades. It was recorded under difficult circumstances, World War II. Benedict still went to Japan even with all the tension between America and Japans. She felt that it was important to get her research done at that time. If she were to wait her finding would not be able to help people in that time of need. She also made her own research because what existed at the time did not fit her aspirations.” (Mead 59) This quote shows how she took initiative and did not wait for other people to do it for her. As a result of that ethnography the following quote was said by benedict.
1420. Tempera on wood, gold ground, 25 1/8 x 19 in. (63.8 x 48.3 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Mozzarella sticks are one common dish. It is cubes of mozzarella coated in breadcrumbs and fried in oil. This dish is one of the few can be made without the Columbian exchange. The ingredients in this dish include all-purpose flour and breadcrumbs, besides the cheese. The flour is from southwestern Asia, and the mozzarella cheese is from Italy. The breadcrumbs are from Egypt. All of these ingredients are from the “Old World”, meaning that they are from either Europe, Asia, or Africa. Therefore, the Columbian exchange need not have occurred to make
Kalman, Bobbie. Historic Communities Tools And Gadgets. Illus. Antoinette Cook DeBiasi. N.p.: Crabtree, 1992. Print.
When my grandmother and I arrived at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, we first entered the rooms containing 14th to 17th century artwork. In the second room, on the left
The plaque under consideration, is of a forward facing man, with an aquiline nose, thin lips, neatly trimmed beard, wearing a sun hat with flaps and looking intently at the viewer. He is dressed in a typical 16th century Portuguese style, wearing a decorated tunic with padded shoulders and tight breeches with short boots. He has a business like manner, carrying in his right hand a brass manilla, the main item of exchange with Benin, and a walking cane in the other. It is significant that he is not armed, clearly indicating he is safe in foreign surroundings. The background is pleasingly stylised with clusters of petals set against a stippled ground imbuing a secure feeling.
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