Tuesday 16 November 2010

Bare bones




Exquisitely carved late 19th Century ebony and ivory mememto mori








Skull of an Ankole-Watusi









Skull of a hippopotamus








 Congolese baboon skull fetish





Now playing: Fiction Factory - Heaven

4 comments:

Squeak said...

Oh, these are so beautiful! I'm about to buy myself a (replica) rhino skull from the Evolution Store in New York. It has to be a replica because real skulls are subject to massive taxes when exported from the US, and I'm Canadian. I already have several other replica skulls and enjoy them every day.

Seraph + Splendor said...

The ebony & ivory skull is lovely beyond words...
S+S

HOBAC said...

Squeak - luckily for us there are so many antique examples here. Have you ever tried a place called Bone Clones? They supply some of the institutions I have dealt with.

Rose C'est La Vie said...

I rather think these are better than the real thing. Fabulous, thank you.