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Memento Mori - Totem with Skulls - antlers carving
Memento Mori - Totem with Skulls
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
Description
Memento Mori - Totem with Skulls
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
Memento Mori : Latin locution 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 said the famous phrase reminding him of his condition of mere mortal: "Memento mori". In order to remind him to keep his feet on the ground...
Another variant: Hominem te esse: You too are only a man.
Material: Carved antler - Blackened wood base
Total height: 9.5cm Diameter of the base: 3.8cm
All the memento mori are slightly different in terms of size, shape and colour, because they are made by hand from a natural material
Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla - votive offering
Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla
Italy crafts
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.
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Biological preparation
Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar - XVIIIth century label
Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar
Antique blank label of the XVIIIth century
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Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
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Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!
Antique surgical board from Benjamin Bell's Complete...
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
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Model DF6
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8cm
Indonesia
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Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!
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With its CITES permit
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