Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e and thinking about it

and thinking about it

5 3/4" across at opening

just such a satisfying form

to the confident figure in yellow pants fishing from the boat

Lovely Old Vertebrae Bone with Secret Skull main e and thinking about itI 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