Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e 5 3/4" across at opening

5 3/4" across at opening

it comes from Grenfell Mission in Labrador

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

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

and thinking about it

Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e 5 3/4" across at openingI 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