Skulls Collection

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Goddess Kali
The Goddess Kali, the malevolent aspect of Shivas wife Parvati. she wears a necklace of 50 human skulls & frequents cremation grounds

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Peking Man A new link in human evolution. Chimpanzee, Pithecanthropus, Peking Man and Piltdown Man (later shown to be a hoax). Date: 1929

A discussion on the Piltdown skull by John Cooke
Portrait group of well-known British scientists examining the Piltdown skull. This topical painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1915

Hunting Trophies - A Good Bag - British East Africa (Modern Kenya). Date: circa 1910s

Poe / Cask of Amontillado
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO Fortunato, dressed as a clown, is duped into a trip to the vaults

Sinanthropus, perhaps the lowest man known to science: excavating Choukoutien Cave where Peking Man dwelt 100, 000 years ago, and moulding his image. Date: 1939

Mel Roy on the stage mid-nite, spook party talking skulls, spirit slate writing, spirit table raising, ghosts from the dead. Date ca. 1935

Comparison of British & German skull shapes, WW1
Long-head versus short-head: Opposite types of humanity which are fighting for opposite ideals. A diagram to demonstrate the inherent differences in skull shapes between the British

Cartoon, Monument to Napoleon! by George Cruikshank. Showing a skeleton on top of a pyramid of skulls, to reflect the many deaths caused during his military campaigns. Date: 1842

Posada, skeletons of tradesmen
Posada endpapers, skeletons of tradesmen, including a tailor, a shoemaker, a hat maker, a carpenter, and a bill sticker. Date: circa 1910s

Posada, Calavera of the Female Dandy, Mexico
Calavera of the Female Dandy, Mexico. circa 1910s

Calavera de la Adelita, Mexico -- La Adelita is a famous Mexican folk song of the revolutionary period (1910-1920), about a female soldier and supporter of the revolutionary leader Francisco Madero

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Calavera of Don Juan Tenorio -- a version of the legend of Don Juan. The stone statue on the right refers to the statue which comes to life and drags Don Juan to hell. Date: circa 1900s

Calavera of the Purring Cat, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

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Calavera of the Dandy, Mexico
Calavera (skull or death's head) of the Dandy, Mexico. circa 1910s

Title page design, skull. Date: circa 1910s

The Triumph of Death, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (circa 1525?1569), Flemish Renaissance painter. The Triumph of Death. Oil on panel. Museo del Prado. Madrid. Spain. Date: 1562

Egyptian skulls
Egypt. Skulls. Initial Late Period. One of them is dated after 664 BC. 26th dynasty or Saite Period (672-525 BC). From cemetery near Tura. The other has uncertain date and unknown origin

The End of the world and the Last Judgement. The dead will come out of the tombs. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Cartoon, Bread and Circuses, WW1
Cartoon, Bread and Circuses. The figure of Death kneels by his broken sword. He says he's done enough now, and would like some bread to eat. Date: 1916

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Broken Mass grave at Skiathos, Greece
An incredible photograph of a large broken stone mortuary monument with the contents (many skeletons) spilling forth Date: circa 1910s

The Triumph of Death (detail), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel The Elder, called Peasant Bruegel (1525-1569). The Triumph of Death (detail). Date: circa 1562

BATTLE OF SOLFERINO 13
Preparing a monument to the dead of Solferino, using their skulls and bones. Date: June 1859

CHAPEL OF DEATH
The macabre Chapel of the Church of Death, decorated with skeletons and skulls. Is this an actual place, or a surreal fantasy ? Date: circa 1820

PILE OF SKULLS PHOTO
A pile of skulls, in an unidentified location. Date: 20th century

The last sacrifice of the women of the Otomie. Date: First published: 1893

RACIAL/MANDAN CEMETERY
Mandan cemetery: the ring of skulls is where the ceremonies take place; beyond are the platforms on which the bodies of the dead are laid Date: circa 1830

Caricature of Victoriano Huerta, military officer, Mexico
Caricature of Victoriano Huerta (1850-1916), a military officer who became the 35th President of Mexico in 1913, but was overthrown in 1914. Date: 1913-1914

Zapatista caricature, Mexico
Caricature of a Zapatista with a skull face - a supporter of Emiliano Zapata, leading figure in the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). circa 1911

Cartoon, Death, the real King of Greece. Date: 1870

MANDAN CEMETERY 1830S
A cemetery of the Mandan people. The ring of skulls is where ceremonies take place, beyond are the platforms on which the bodies of the dead are laid Date: 1830s

CRO-MAGNON MAN SKULLS
The skull of Cro-Magnon man (Homo Sapiens) Date: circa 30, 000 BC

Historical views of Holland. Dutch man and woman in front of a town 67, woman skating on ice to market with a basket on her head 68, and horse-drawn barges or Treckschutz on the canal 69

Roman cinerary urn and vase. Two marble cinerary urns found in ancient tombs in Siena 1, 2, and marble urn with pedestal and figure of lion attacking a bull 3. After Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title page with calligraphy and skulls and crossbones
Title page with calligraphy and border of figures with skulls and crossbones, hourglasses and wings. Copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah rom The British Dance of Death, Hodgson, London, 1823

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a child walking with her mother in a garden. Death and Infancy. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van

Natives grilling fish on Rawak Island near
Natives grilling fish, cutting a coconut and killing a snake on Rawak Island near Waigeo, Papua New Guinea. In the background a tomb with skulls arranged outside

Kayan men in long house with skulls, Borneo, SE Asia
Kayan men sitting on the floor of a long house with war trophy skulls on display, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Sedlec, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic - The Sedlec Ossuary
The remarkable Sedlec Ossuary (Kostnice v Sedlci) - a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints, part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec

PIG / WILD BOAR X3 19C
Three types of wild boar: white-lipped peccary or tajasscu (dicotyles labiatus), hog of Aelian (phacochoeres Aeliani), and wild hog (sus scrofa). Date: 19th century

FELLOW TRAVELLER (EVB)
The Wicked Princess in her garden. Date: 1872

RACIAL CONCEPT / SKULLS
British and German skulls compared - Long-Head versus Short-Head Date: 1915

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