Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e the traces of rows and

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

"Germany" is impressed on the rear side of the base along with a mark that I can't quite make out

Ink and colored pencil over pencil

and thinking about it

I find abacus' rewardingly useful for tracking of all sorts of things (i

Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e the traces of rows andI 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