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Apr 25 '12

lostsplendor:

“Each bead represents the bust of a burgher or maiden on one side, and a skeleton on the other. The terminals show the head of a deceased man, with half the image eaten away from decay.” Dated at 1500-1525

- Metropolitan Museum of Art, via Retronaut

491 notes (via theadoxography & lostsplendor)Tags: jewelry bauble novelty death ornate Carving Religion saint

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    That is a pretty boss idea. I should re-make this.
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