Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e but one of the reasons

but one of the reasons I love these old postcards so much is for their elusiveness 100+ years later

just such a satisfying form

and thinking about it

the traces of rows and rows of old cursive writing are still visible on the stone if you look for them

with the beady eyes carved of wood too I believe and a little paint on the faces

Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e but one of the reasonsI found this in a wonderful shop filled with all sorts of interesting antiques and curiosities, and though I'm not especially oriented towards bones and things, it struck me as a very beautifully sculptural object, which becomes a different thing from every view. It was not until I was photographing it that I noticed a secret surprise: visible in the first image, in the right recess, is what looks like a tiny skull! (Maybe I'm crazy, but to me it's