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Object of the Month
by Amanda Mather This month we talk about one of those things that, although we use constantly, it's easy to forget what a revolution they must have been. Think of the world without scissors! Invented in Mesopotamia around 4,000 years ago, the scissors of yesteryear...
Object of the Month
by Amanda Mather The sewing machine was invented in 1755 by a German, but was not really a thing that got off the ground until the mid-1850's in America. The sewing machine has an oddly tumultuous history. It looks like Singer, as in Isaac Merritt Singer, ripped the...
Object of the Month
By Amanda Mather Throughout the course of human history, one thing we needed to figure out, and quick, was how to preserve food. With the advent of agriculture, that need became even more intense, to put it mildly. Here in the desert, this is shocking I know — people...
Object of the Month
By Amanda Mather Another month, another newsletter and another Object of the Month. This month we'll look at shoes, namely tewas, or teguas, or tecoas. In 1582, expedition leader, Antonio de Espejo, wrote about New Mexican footwear stating: "Everyone, man or woman,...
Object of the Month
By Amanda Mather For the past 2.5 million years, people have been manipulating rock to do our bidding: sharpening and shaping stone into things we can scrape, hunt, cut, and drill with. Rock has been our friend! Projectile points and stone tools are great ways to see...
Object of the Month
By Amanda Mather Well, it's not a pretty subject, but it is one that we all face, day in and day out. So, we wondered, how did Spanish colonists deal with "it?" "It" being the most mundane of tasks: using the bathroom. In rural and suburban Europe, during the 16th and...
Object of the Month
by Amanda Mather One of the most ubiquitous sights in our gorgeous state, the ristra, is one of New Mexico's great visual icons. But other than being awesome looking, it did, and to some, still does, serve a very practical purpose: not running out of chile during...
Object of the Month
By Amanda Mather When you volunteer in or visit the Tiendita, (the small store), you will find many odd looking bottles filled with brightly colored liquids with unique old labels on the shelves. What were these remedies and chemicals, and what did people in the late...
Object of the Month
by Amanda Mather Along with the Pueblo implements for the processing and cooking of corn (manos, metates, comals, etc.) with the Spanish came wheat and thusly bread, and the deep desire for more of it. This included an oven appropriate for the task of baking bread, of...
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