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Aboriginal woman with a 'sword-club' or 'rainforest sword', Australia, ~1880 (infosec.pub)
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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It is early because my first thought was wondering why her top wasn't sepia like the rest of the picture.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Them Victorian mores

[–] Man_kind@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sorry, it says here, mopes.

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago

I was thinking “was the boob tube invented back then and did the idea migrate here or to there”.

It’s not even that early here!