Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e Ink and colored pencil over

Ink and colored pencil over pencil

5 3/4" across at opening

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

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These are in great condition

Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e Ink and colored pencil overI 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