The Spinner, 700-550BC
‘The Spinner’ Relief/Carving. Young woman spinning and servant holding a fan. Found in Susa, present day Shush, Iran between 700-550 BC
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Turkish Delight, 19th Century
A Turkish threesome enjoying a smoke, cdv (carte de visite) Studio portrait. Constantinople,Turkey 1860-80
Getting Baked With Hemp
La Corroirie estate near Loches, France (this Hemp oven also served as a prison for misbehaving monks when not in use) Getting Baked With Hemp Across France ruins of hemp history decay. These abandoned structures loom high over farm lands Read More …
Haschisch Jugend, 1901
‘Haschisch’ by Alfred Zimmermann, printed in Jugend magazine. Germany 1901
As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young, 1664
‘As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young’ by Jan Steen in 1664 The painting is used as a proverb by the artist portraying the message that ‘children copy adults’. Artist Jan Steen decided to use his actual family in Read More …
Early Reminiscences of the Hemp Giantesses, 1864
Early Reminiscences of the Hemp Giantesses “In driving through a part of Bohemia from Vienna to Dresden we had occasionally long stages, and in the twilight often saw, what at the time amazed and not a little startled me, Read More …
Gourd Waterpipe, 1880
‘Men outside a hut’ smoking a water pipe made from a gourd, taken by Antoin Sevruguin, Qajar, Iran 1880-1900 Tis the season, have you picked out that perfect gourd yet? The look when you don’t Read More …
Boy Smoking Water Pipe, 1930
Boy smoking water pipe postcard, Tripoli, Libya 1930
Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me
Daruma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, his arms are raised above his head and he is holding a fly whisk used during meditation. He is either yelling or laughing. Copper Kozuka by Toshiyuki 1800’s Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Read More …
Tikapur Artwork Smoke Sesh, 1950
Picasso like Figures, Bordered by Sacred Serpents, Adorn a Tharu Mud Wall in Tikapur These shy people, who ran at first sight of the photographer, invited him into their home after he let them look through his camera’s view finder. Read More …