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Memento Mori in carved buffalo bone - Fan - Ref B01
Memento Mori - Fan - Ref B01
Sculpture on buffalo bone
Description
Memento Mori - Fan - Ref B01
Sculpture on buffalo bone
Memento Mori: Latin phrase meaning “Remember that you will die”.
To remind proud, power-hungry men of their common fate: death.
During the triumph of a Roman general, the slave on the chariot holding the laurel wreath said the famous phrase “Memento mori”, reminding him of his condition as a mere mortal. To remind him to keep his feet on the ground...
Material: Carved buffalo bone - Wooden base
Total height: 22cm Total width: Approx. 21cm
Antique surgical board from Benjamin Bell's Complete...
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Hermit crab in it's shell under glass bell jar - Dardanus...
Hermit crab in it's shell under glass bell jar
Dardanus megistos from Indo-Pacific zone
Butterflies: Asian Papilio - Papilio ulysses - Papilio...
Entomological box
Butterflies: Asian Papilio
Papilio ulysses - Papilio blumei - Papilio maackii
19th century Herbalist's or Pharmacy crystal jar - Iris
19th century Herbalist's or Pharmacy crystal jar
Iris
Anatomical articulated skinning - Paper-cardboard...
Anatomical articulated skinning
Paper-cardboard articulated mannequin
Human skeleton
copy of Engraved swordfish rostrum from Borneo - XL Size...
Engraved swordfish rostrum from Borneo - Indonesia
XL Size - Dimensions with base: H99cm
Ref B
Syringe for antidiphtheria serum: Dr Roux's method -...
Syringe for antidiphtheria serum: Dr Roux's method
Walnut box from the manufacturers RAINAL Frères in Paris
Insect shard - Dynastes neptunus beetle under glass case
Insect shard
Dynastes neptunus under glass case
By La Thanatothèque
Antique surgical board from Benjamin Bell's Complete...
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar - XVIIIth century label
Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar
Antique blank label of the XVIIIth century
Megalodon tooth fossil- Model MEG5 - 12.6cm - Otodus...
Megalodon tooth fossil - Otodus megalodon
12.6cm
Indonesia
Fossil shark tooth
19th century portable pharmacy - Wooden apothecary cabinet
19th century portable pharmacy - Wooden apothecary cabinet
Travel pharmacy
Human jaws in porcelain mounted on a Napoleon III base -...
Human jaws in porcelain mounted on a blackened wooden base
Anatomical dental model for dentists
19th century