Memento Mori bust
Sculpture in deer antlers
Anatomical skinning
Deer antler sculpture - Memento Mori bust
On one side the intact face, on the other the skeletal face.
In the end we all end up like this!
Memento Mori: Latin phrase meaning "Remember that you will die".
In order to remind proud and power-hungry men of their common fatal fate: 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 condition of mere mortal: "Memento mori". To remind him to keep his feet on the ground...
Material: Antler on black wood base
Origin: Indonesia
Total height: 16.5cm Diameter of the base: 5cm
The Skeleton Virgin
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RED color
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Painted botanical plate - Cryptogamy
Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel
Published in 1846
Atlas of Natural History - Botany
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Priabonian (Eocene) time period, approximately 37.8 to 33.9 million years ago
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A contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional ex-voto, originally a votive offering made to a god in request of a grace or in thanks for a grace obtained after a vow.
Orange lace sea fan on a base
Orange Whip Coral
Mounted on a turned and patinated wooden base, 19th century style
Memento Mori bust
Sculpture in deer antlers
Anatomical skinning
