fluentisonus:

A bronze statue of a woman, otherwise nude, in the process of wrapping a band around her chest.
A bronze statue of a woman, otherwise nude, in the process of wrapping a band around her chest.
A teracotta statue of a woman, otherwise nude, in the process of wrapping a band around her chest.
A marble statue of a woman, otherwise nude and missing her head, arms, and legs below the knee, with a band wrapped over her breasts.
A marble statue of a woman, otherwise nude and missing her head and one arm, with a band wrapped very low over her breasts.
A marble statue of a woman from the waist up, wrapping a band tightly over her breasts.
A terracotta lamp depicting a seated woman with two winged cupids helping her to wrap a long strip of fabric around her chest.
A mosaic of three women, all wearing bands around their breasts and loincloths, engaged in various athletic activities. The first appears to be lifting small weights, the second is holding up a disc, the thirst is running.
A fresco of a crouched woman, with her hand on her hip, wearing a narrow red breast band.
A fresco of a woman, crouched over a prone man, wearing a breast band and nothing else.

Strophia in Ancient Art

A strophium (or strophion) was a band of cloth worn around the chest in the Ancient Greek and Roman worlds to support or shape the breasts.

  • Bronze Statue of Venus, Roman, 2nd Century AD. Private Collection.
  • Bronze Statue of Venus, Roman, 2nd Century AD. Private Collection.
  • Terracotta Figurine of Aphrodite, Hellenistic, 1st Century BC. Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.
  • Statue of Venus, Roman, 2nd Century AD. Roman Museum, Merida, Spain.
  • Statue of Aphrodite, Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Bronze Statue, Roman (?). Museum Burg Linn, Krefeld, Germany.
  • Terracotta Lamp Depicting Cupids Helping Venus Tie Her Strophium, Roman.
  • Mosaic of Women’s Athletics, Roman, 4th Century AD. Villa del Casale.
  • Erotic Fresco, Roman, 1st Century AD. Suburban Baths, Pompeii.
  • Erotic Fresco, Roman, 1st Century AD. The House of the Centenary, Pompeii.
harvestheart: “Mimi Spirits Fairy-like beings of some of the Indigenous Australians tribes. They are described as having, extremely thin and elongated bodies, so thin as to be in danger of breaking in case of a high wind. To avoid this, they usually...
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harvestheart:

Mimi Spirits 

Fairy-like beings of some of the Indigenous Australians tribes. They are described as having, extremely thin and elongated bodies, so thin as to be in danger of breaking in case of a high wind. To avoid this, they usually spend most of, their time living in rock crevices. They are said to have taught the Aborigines of Australia how to hunt, prepare kangaroo meat, use fire and dance. They are like humans but they live in a different dimension. 

From the Aboriginal Art Centre

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