Thanks to the labors of the lappets, which favor sinew over muscle, the wildebeest is now wide open. Heads fling blood and mucus into the air; viscera drip from vulture bills; two birds play tug ...

So the time it took to construct this would have been considerable. One of the first things that struck my eye is the lappets, which are these shaped forms descending from the neck. Yes.

National Museum of American History Flemish Bobbin Lace Cap Back From 18th Century National Museum of American History Binche Bobbin Lace Lappets National Museum of American History Argentella Needle ...

These prongs are known as lappets and are thought to have been used by the male to help hold onto the female during mating, a bit like shark claspers. This specimen of Maorites densicostatus was found ...

17.8 x 17.8 cm. (7 x 7 in.) The bowl carved to the exterior with lotus petal lappets, the interior with scrolling lotus stems; the vase of slender ovoid form supported on a gently splayed foot. The ...

Re-curation of the Lasiocampidae (Eggars, Lappets, etc.) collection. - Re-curation of the Limacodidae (Slug moths) collection. This last task is virtually completed and we now have 263 accession size ...

all between yellow lappets around the foot and pendent ruyi-heads above the shoulder, a band of upright leaves on the neck, the iron red mark to the base reserved against a turquoise enamelled ground.