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Ivory carving of a skull and snake, with carnelian eyes, Japan, mid-19th century AD (lemmy.world)
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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

It's worth Google Lensing this picture to see how many more there are of this type of memento mori, in various sizes, usually smaller than a real skull.