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<n>Tafari</n> in the Valley of Lakes, Ethiopia. From the book <n>Child of the Rift Valley</n> (1979).

Kitchen sink by <n>Jean-Philippe Denmeyer</n> in the <n>Rooigem</n> farmhouse. Photo by <n>Belen Imaz</n>.

Adorned braids of <n>Berber women</n> from Ksar-Es-Souk in the Zizá Valley, Morocco, 1901.

The <n>Samadhi Statue</n> in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, photographed by <n>A.C. Lawton</n> circa 1870.

Vintage embroidery patterns from a book published by <n>Briggs & Co.</n> in 1880.

Photo by <n>Alfred Gregory</n> of the <n>1953 British Mount Everest expedition</n> team at Camp IV.

A <n>wabi-sabi</n> kitchen in Italy. Photo by <n>Antonio Monfreda</n>.

Cutting palm fronds in Colombia, from <n>The Cocaine Eaters</n> (1965) by <n>Brian Moser</n> and <n>Donald Tayler</n>.

<n>Rock and Roll sur les Quais</n> (c. 1950) by photographer <n>Paul Almasy</n>, captured in <n>Paris</n>.

Lacemakers in Brittany, France, circa 1920.

Detail of the <n>Sewey</n> chair by <n>Jouke Schouten</n>, made of maple wood and tie-wraps.

A 1959 photograph from <n>Niki in Tahiti</n> by <n>Dominique Darbois</n>.

A Palestinian woman weaves a basket, circa 1900. Photo from the <n>Library of Congress</n>.

The wedding of <n>Madge Elliott</n> and <n>Cyril Ritchard</n> in Sydney, 1935. Photo by <n>Sam Hood</n>.