re: #213 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

I went to the new exhibition at the Asian Art museum yesterday. This is an ancient tomb beast (about 300 b.c.), thought to have the power to ward off evil.

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Or an armrest, as at least one scholar thinks.

Any time they can’t figure out what something was it must have been used ceremonially, or to keep the evil eye away, or something. I seem to recall ancient pieces with holes, carved from bone or wood that someone recently pointed out were more likely rope making tools than scepters used in religious rites.