Memento Mori - Fan - Ref B02
Sculpture on buffalo bone
Memento Mori - Fan - Ref B02
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: 27.5cm Total width: Approx. 25cm
Entomological frame
Scarab Goliathus meleagris male with spread wings
Human skull - Replica by artist Jérôme Cavailles
Ref: Août 19
Goliathus meleagris male beetle with spread wings under dome
Species: Congo Goliathus meleagris from Congo
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Septaria Ball from Madagascar
Large Model
Ref: SBM GM-A
Blacktip shark jaws - Carcharhinus limbatus
18/20cm
Dinosaur tooth fossil: Mosasaurus
66 million years old
Provenance: Sidi Daoui (Morocco)
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
1866
Entomological box: Beetles Goliathus meleagris from Congo
One with spread wings
Ball of Lapis-Lazuli from Afghanistan
Ref: Y92
Large Marlin rostrum - Size XL
Dimensions: between 83cm and 93cm with base
All the rostrums are unique and different in terms of size, size, color etc
Pictures of illustrations
Memento Mori - Fan - Ref B01
Sculpture on buffalo bone
Megalodon tooth fossil - Otodus megalodon
12.6cm
Indonesia
Fossil shark tooth
Memento Mori - Fan - Ref B02
Sculpture on buffalo bone
