Skull Statue "Bones"

Fossilized Whale Bone skull sculpture "Bones" The part of the "Faces of Eternity" collection Artist: Luis Alberto Quispe Aparicio Year: 2017 Materials: Fossilized Whale Bone, bronze Measurements: 15 x 15 x 21 cm Artwork origin: Peru Skulls: Seat of personality. Sign of poison. Mobile home for 100 billion brain cells. Skulls: Archetypes. Relics of revered ancestors. Symbols of secret societies. Calaveras. Skulls: Memento Mori. Battle trophies. Warnings. Black Magic. Faces of Eternity.  Few symbols have the universal recognition and the suggestive power of the Skull. Luis Alberto Quispe Aparicio understands that rich history and thematic power. He understands, and he seeks to add his own commentary on this symbol of so many different things. He has done so through his whimsical take on the subject: The Faces of Eternity. "Faces" is a collection of skulls that are ... different. Carved from a variety of natural gemstones, the ensemble is a gentle thumb in the eye of the guy with the han