3-037-181 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Miniature Skeleton, 25 B.C.-A.D. 100. Additional Info: Made of bronze, this miniature skeleton features round eye sockets and a wide, grinning mouth with large upper teeth. Pin holes in the clavicle bone show that the arms were separately attached and moveable. The same is true of the pelvis bone where the left femur is still attached. The other end of the femur also has a pin hole for the attachment of the tibia. Only the pin remains of the right leg. The neck and head are also attached by pins. Most of the right-side ribs and both arms of the skeleton are missing. The Romans frequently linked images of banqueting and death in both literature and the visual arts.