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“Each bead represents the bust of a burgher or maiden on one side, and a skeleton on the other. The terminals show the head of a deceased man, with half the image eaten away from decay.” Dated at 1500-1525

- Metropolitan Museum of Art, via Retronaut

(Source: retronaut.co)

tags: history  medieval  middle ages  jewelry 
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