Chronologically Misplaced Flapper

[Johnnysan]

Welcome to the Lounge, Mojito! So glad that you stepped out of the shadows!!

 

["Doc" Devereux]

Welcome aboard, Mojito. With such excellent taste in beverages, your assimilation is assured!

 

[John in Covina]

Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome!

The Egyptian influence is one of the things I love about the Art Deco movement - thank goodness for the timing of the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb! Ankhesenamen's Nubian wig hairstyle would have looked very good on any self-respecting flapper.

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There are reports that Carter had discovered the Tomb earlier, covered it and then went on for further exploring. When the backers were going to pull the financing, Howard Carter "discovers" the Tomb.

I also like the Art Deco Egyptian connection and the art of Erte too. Still learning though!

Best wishes for a happy time at the Lounge.

 

[Mojito]

I'm not usually much of a conspiracy theorist, John - but there may be something in those stories of Carter knowing where the tomb was some time before he sent the famous telegram summoning Carnarvon. Doubt we'll ever know. Certainly Carter, Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn did enter the burial chamber the day of the tomb's opening, then covered up the hole for the formal opening of the chamber.

Here's a sketch I did of one of the colossi of Akhenaten:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g44/PelagicWobbegong/Akhenaten.jpg

The "Lulu" or "Dutch Doll" bob was also know as the "Cleopatra" - I rather think it looks more like the Nubian wig, popular among male and female Egyptian nobility around the end of the 18th Dynasty and particularly identified with Amarna royalty. Here's Tutankhamen's wife, Ankhesenamen, sporting the look:

And here are canopic jars, possibly originally belonging to Akhenaten's secondary wife Kiya:

Nefertiti was also depicted quite often with this short, rather gamine style. While longer and fuller, there are elements in common with 20s bobs - no wonder they went wild for Tutankhamen's tomb.

 

[Story]

I'm not usually much of a conspiracy theorist, John - but there may be something in those stories of Carter knowing where the tomb was some time before he sent the famous telegram summoning Carnarvon. Doubt we'll ever know. .

[Philip Marlowe voice] Uh huh. You show up right after they open up the tombs of the Ancients' dentists and you expect us not to raise an eyebrow? [/Philip Marlowe voice]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6080000/newsid_6080800/6080874.stm


From the NYT's "Two Faces of Egypt"
http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/travel/05weekend.html
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street, (212) 535-7710; www.metmuseum.org. Recommended admission $20. “Discovering Tutankhamen: The Photographs of Harry Burton” is scheduled to run Dec. 19 through April 29.

Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, at Prospect Park, (718) 638-5000; www.brooklynmuseum.org. Suggested admission $8. “Egypt Through Other Eyes” runs through Nov. 12.

Dahesh Museum of Art, 580 Madison Avenue (between 56th and 57th Streets), (212) 759-0606; www.daheshmuseum.org. Admission $10. “Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists and the Rediscovery of Egypt” runs through Dec. 31.

 

[koopkooper]

Welcome to another Aussie

Hey there,
great to have another Aussie on board!! It's amazing how we all have lots of different interests within the same parameters.


A guy you might dig is Greg Poppleton and his Bakelite band, he claims to be the only 1920's style singer in Australia, Benny you me and our new girl should check out his band next time he plays!

He also has a radio show on a tuesday from midday on 107.3 2SER, he plays old radio broadcasts....very good stuff. www.gregpoppleton.com

I'll PM you with some stuff coming up

Kooper

 

[Benny Holiday]

Hotcha!

Sounds wild Koop. I note on Mr Poppleton's website that he has Paul Furniss performing with him, which alone vouches for the great sound his band must have. (For our friends abroad, Paul is an outstanding saxophonist who can really wail in the authentic style of Swing and early jazz).

I look forward to checking this cat out soon.

 

[RaasAlHayya]

M htp, Mojito! Another Egyptophile here. :eusa_clap

--Leslie