Memento Mori on base - Skull carved in deer antlers
Memento Mori on base - Skull carved in deer antlers
Memento Mori: Latin locution meaning "Remember that you will die"
In order to remind proud and power-hungry men of their common fatal fate: the death.
During the triumph of a Roman general, the slave on the chariot holding the laurel wreath above his head said the famous phrase reminding him of his mere mortal condition: "Memento mori". To remind him to keep his feet on the ground... Another variant: Hominem te esse: You too are only a man.
Material: Deer antlers
Height approx. 7.5cm
Diameter of the blackened and turned wooden base: 3.7cm Height of the base: 4.5cm
Availabilities for Pick-up in store :