#Crustmas tag followers, I’m delighted to inform you that a #Crustukkah crab also exists:

The #Crab , one of 35 illustrations in the 2021 edition of _A Jewish Bestiary: Fabulous Creatures from Hebraic Legend and Lore_ by Mark Podwal. https://amzn.to/3Wd5OHx #BookRecommendation #Amazon

Bonus #ArtAdventCalendar & #invertefest &#crustmas print made for #InsertAnInvert2024 Time after time shrimp like crustaceans have evolved crablike forms (through a process called carcinization) and do a good job of pretending to be crabs, but this odd looking fellow is the real deal, a true crab. My red frog crab (Ranina ranina), also known as a spanner crab or Huỳnh Đế crab, is …

#Crustmas #TwoForTuesday :
Sword-Hilt Collar & Pommel (Fuchigashira)
Japan, c.1615–1868
Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
a: H 3.8 cm Wt. 28.3 g; b: H 3.5 cm Wt. 14.2 g
Metropolitan Museum of Art 43.120.1113a, b
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/28771
#JapaneseArt

#Crustmas :
Tony Dhanyula (Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, 1935-2005)
Mangrove #crabs associated with the Djang’kawu creation story, 1986
Earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.), 139.7×56.5cm
National Gallery of Victoria O.35-1986
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/2203/
#IndigenousArt #AboriginalArt #FirstNationsArt #AustralianArt

#Crustmas :
#Crabs Near the Water's Edge, c.1830
Yashima Gakutei (Japan, 1786?–1868)
Woodblock print (surimono); ink & color on paper, 20.3 x 18.6 cm
Met JP1138
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54345
“As the L poem is by Katsushika poetry group leader, Bunbunsha Kanikomaru (Little Crab), it’s not surprising that the subject of this surimono is the tiny benkei crab, drawn, as customary, to appear somewhat comical. The R poem is by Edo actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII, signed Sansho VII, his pen name.”
#JapaneseArt

For #Crustmas on #FishFriday :
Ewer in the shape of a #fish and #shrimp
Vietnam, Tran-Le dynasties, 14th-15th c.
Stoneware with green glaze; molded & incised decoration
19.4 x 17 x 5.5 cm (7 5/8 x 6 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
On display at Museum of Fine Arts Boston

For #Crustmas on #Woodensday:
gamisida długwe' (#Crab Puppet)
Kwakwaka'wakw, BC, Canada, before 1952
Painted wood 11.4x22.9x67.9cm
UBC Museum of Anthropology A6362
http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?keywords=crab&row=25
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
“The Kwakwaka’wakw have a history of puppetry related to their ceremonial feasts.“

For #Crustmas on #ManuscriptMonday + #MedievalMonday, please enjoy some medieval #bestiary #crabs
Bib. Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 291 (De rerum naturis) f97v
Bib. Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 258 f25v
British Library, Harley MS 3244 f67r
Koninklijke Bib. KB KA 16 (Der Naturen Bloeme) f113v

#Crustmas :
Jean Lurçat (French, 1892-1966)
#Crayfish from Guam, 1947
Gouache on print background on paper, 25.2 x 21.2 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/CRAYFISH-FROM-GUAM/3C8433E78AD0A96303A899CFCF2E0CF3

#Crustmas :
Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風, Japan, 1888–1976)
Spiny #Lobster イセエビ, 1950-60s
Watercolor, hand painted on shikishi art board, 25 x 27cm
http://www.ohmigallery.com/DB/ItemDetail.asp?item=11387
#JapaneseArt

#Crustmas :
Nose Ornament with #Shrimp
Moche, Peru, 500-800CE
Gold, silver, stone
12.4 x 19.1 x 0.3 cm
Met 1979.206.1236
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313411
“probably the freshwater shrimp Cryphiops caementarius, which can grow to ~ 7 in. long and is still found in the rivers of Peru.”
#PeruvianArt #IndigenousArt #Crustaceans

#Crustmas :
Benjamin Henry Day Jr. (USA, 1838–1916)
Illustration for " #Crab Story"
Watercolor & black ink
8 7/8 x 7 15/16 in. (22.5 x 20.2 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 67.787.1
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/408725