

Phrenology Crackle Head - Small
Phrenology Crackle Head - Small
Description
Phrenology Crackle Head - Small
About Phrenology: English science in the Victorian era was fascinated by the human brain.
Phrenology was one of the imaginative results of highly creative research.
Moods, knowledge storage, creativity and sensitivity are some of the "faculties" that were carefully listed and endowed with a precise location in the skull.
A doctor's office was not complete without a mock-up of a skull describing the areas associated with each of the various faculties.
Dimensions: 16x9x8cm
Matter: Porcelain
Black memento mori - Skull carved in buffalo horn
Black memento mori
Skull carved in buffalo horn
Frog on leaf - Sculpture on deer antlers
Sculpture on deer antlers
copy of Timor's Calendar / Batak of shaman in buffalo...
Timor's Calendar / Batak of shaman
Buffalo bone calendar from the Indonesian island of Timor
Mounted on a base
Entomologist's magnifying glass on stand - Reedition
Entomologist's magnifying glass on stand
Reedition
Low magnification, magnifier cannot be removed from its base
Art Nouveau candlestick in bronze - XIXth century
Art Nouveau candlestick in bronze
Leaves, bunches of grapes and snail motifs
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
Papuan engraved horse bone dagger - Papuan handicraft
Papuan engraved horse bone dagger
Papuan handicraft
Archimedes screw magnifier - Photographer's Achromatic...
Archimedes screw magnifier - Photographer's Achromatic focusingmagnifier
Photographer's magnifying glass from the late 19th century, early 20th century
When taking a photograph, the photographer would use this focusing magnifier against the frosted glass of his camera to assess the sharpness of the image formed.
Antique study mask by Simonne Laubé circa 1930 - Inconnue...
Antique study mask by Simonne Laubé, circa 1930
Anatomical skin
In vulcanized and painted rubber
Inspired by the famous death mask from L'Inconnue de la Seine
Fuck La Mite (Fuck the moth) by Marius in Paris -...
Fuck La Mite (Fuck the moth) by Marius in Paris
Lavender mothproofing Amulet
Four-leaf clover - Amour de Trèfle - Botanical inclusion...
4-leaf clover - Four-leaf clover
Amour de Trèfle
Botanical inclusion of Trifolia repens
Grown in France
19th century style cabinet box frame in wood and papier...
Cabinet box frame in the 19th century style
Wood and papier-mâché
Small model

Phrenology Crackle Head - Small