Memento mori ivory skull, early to mid 19th century, Ivory, carnelian, Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
if this is a mourning piece (which it may not be) it’s one of the ones where I’m like “you’re not grief-stricken; you’re just a goth with an excuse”
From Lustige Blätter, 1899.
Ron Mueck, 100 sculpted skulls, The national gallery of Victoria, Australia
According to this post, this moose skull spent a few years underwater and became covered in barnacles and coral.
Her friend found it while diving off Vancouver Island, Canada. Photos and info from Facebook user Timi Gidai.
that is definitely the face of someone who is getting to hold a barnacle-encrusted moose skull
skulls by Sasha Vinogradova
I’ve wanted to share awesome Russian traditional art styles with non-Russian followers since forever, and this is such a great collection!
They look a lot like a skull I own, from Mexico.
hey do you know whats inside of this
its this
“Wonderful strength of human jaw.” From Popular Mechanics, 1907.
For my enormous collection of usual imagery, see http://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog.
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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