Todays blog post is more from the book Death A Graveside Companion, Enjoy!
Postcards of Mummies
Death Rituals in Toraja Sulawesi Indonesia
African Niombo Funeral Sculpture
Skulls in Tibet China. The Trident of Hammered Brass with Gold and Silver Gilding 18th-19th Century
Death and Buddhism. Young Monk with Death Mask Hemis Monastery Northen India 2003. Buddhist Ceremonial Mask Tibet China 1993, Protector Chapel Tibet China 2003. Photography by Linda Conner
Palermo’s Mummies. Photos by Carlo Vannini
The Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo Italy
Gaetano Giulio Zumbo Theatres of Death, Wax Tableaux aka Teatrini
Top Left- The Vanity of Human Glory
Top Middle- La Peste (The Plague)
Top Right- Il Trionfa Del Tempo (The Triumph of Time)
Bottom- Il Morba Gallico (The French Disease)
Photos by Paul Koudounaris of 16th and 19th Century Skeletons from the Catacombs of Rome Masquerading as Saints Relics
Spanish Funerary Robes
Chaple of Bones Post Cards from the 1870s-1890s Depicting The Capuchin Crypt of Santa Maria Della Concezione Dei Cappuccino In Rome. Skeletons from between 1528-1870
Anatomical Christ Wax Figure, Artist Unknown 17th Century