| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| shy |
Posted - 31 March 2004 : 12:10:59 AM
'Ceramics' sold at federal auction in S. Florida turn out to be human skulls
CLEVELAND -- A collection of ceramics sold during a U.S. government auction in South Florida include human skulls, but their origin remains unknown.
Dr. Heather Raaf, chief deputy coroner in Cuyahoga County, said a forensic anthropologist examined the skulls Tuesday and determined they are human. She said each is a partial skull that may at some point have been buried.
``We had an anthropologist look at them and he said they are all definitely human, but they are old. They are not people who recently died. We think they had been buried and somehow unearthed, because they were weathered, and there was some moss and mold on them,'' Raaf said.
She said that in the skull parts observed there is ``no sign of violence or injury.'' The federal government is trying to check records to find out the source of the skulls, said Cherise Miles, a Chicago spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Miles said the items were sold Jan. 15 at an auction at the Broward Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale by auctioneering contractor EG&G; Technical Services, which would have inspected and priced the lot identified as ``clay artifacts and assorted items.'' She said the skulls were part of a lot that sold for about $1,000.
Britney Sheehan, a spokeswoman for EG&G; in Miami, said Tuesday the contractor did not know skulls were in the lot. She said the items were provided by U.S. Customs officials.
``In the paperwork they were labeled as gifts,'' she said.
She did not know the origin.
``I'd say it's a 95 percent logical assumption it came from another country,'' she said.
Photos released Tuesday by police in Brook Park, a Cleveland suburb, show at least two skulls and a ceramic head.
The skulls were discovered Friday at a warehouse for Marc's discount stores in the Cleveland area. Warehouse employees called police when a carton of what they thought was holding ceramic figurines revealed bone where one had cracked.
But Raaf said only some of the figurines were intact and some were just skulls.
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| B5160-8 |
Posted - 08 November 2004 : 08:41:09 AM
Day of the Dead is an awesome Holiday. They spend all their money on Dio de Los Muertes, its like the Mexican Christmas. When I was younger I used to sleep in graveyards. I live in a rural area where people often bury their family in the backyard. My earliest memory was the solitary grave of my older brother in the backyard.
"Hate the living, love the dead" |
| Mazeppa |
Posted - 17 June 2004 : 4:02:29 PM
Aye wish to know why Bloods-Fire never came through my win-dow at 15.
mazeppa |
| bloodsfire |
Posted - 12 June 2004 : 07:40:39 AM
Has anyone noticed the tendency for a person to resemble thier pets, or to somehow morph into the archtypical physical representation of thier hobby or work?
Like old women resembling thier chihuahuas?
Or Trekkies sprouting pointed ears(J/K no offense to Star trek freaks).
Perhaps Mazeppa should take care lest he awake one morning with a major boner! Or (to clarify that lurid reference), find himself to be the walking dead. A bony man in tights!
We are what we eat they say....
Could we also become what we love most?
In witch case, I wanna know why a beautiful Vampire never came through my window when was 15 years old......
"Say hello, to everything you've left behind....it's even more a part of your life now that you can't touch it." |
| shy |
Posted - 31 May 2004 : 1:09:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Iceheart
Um, how do skulls and arse cracks relate Robat?
Some people's faces look like arse cracks... doesn't that count Jaz? 
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| Mazeppa |
Posted - 31 May 2004 : 05:09:41 AM
The skeleton is doing ok, I am using sculpy clay, that polymer over bake stuff.....I bake it longer than usual, and it turns them streaky orange yellow, like old bones.....but I ran out of clay, have to order more. Then have to make molds of every bone.......
Careful about offering to model, sculptors often fall in love with their muses............ 
mazeppa |
| bloodsfire |
Posted - 30 May 2004 : 3:17:59 PM
Lovely work Mazeppa. How is the skeleton cast coming along. I am available if you need a model....
{`madness is what i have instead of heaven}} |
| Mazeppa |
Posted - 30 May 2004 : 2:07:10 PM
A skull I cast in bronze, fully working jaw, and the "lid" opens with a "skeleton" key........bronze does naught break like ceramic skulls do........
mazeppa
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| Mazeppa |
Posted - 30 May 2004 : 1:43:51 PM
Well, it could have been a severe blow to my skull that produced my ass fetish. 
mazeppa |
| Iceheart |
Posted - 28 May 2004 : 09:46:56 AM
quote:
Don't keep them in your back pocket, they might burn your ASS.....
Haha, or get free swimming lessons in the washing machine 
(How this relates to skulls I've no idea, apologies for the topic detour  )
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Dear Darla.
I hate your stinking guts.
You make me vomit.
You're scuuuumm between my toes.
Love Alfalfa.
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| Mazeppa |
Posted - 28 May 2004 : 08:54:51 AM
Ya, but does'nt it suck when they leak fluid and it burns your skin??? I have many antique lighters, and some of then DO that....
Don't keep them in your back pocket, they might burn your ASS.....
mazeppa |
| Iceheart |
Posted - 26 May 2004 : 4:27:29 PM
mmm Arse fetish. Fair enough, I have heard of worse.
I have a zippo fetish 
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Dear Darla.
I hate your stinking guts.
You make me vomit.
You're scuuuumm between my toes.
Love Alfalfa.
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| Mazeppa |
Posted - 26 May 2004 : 2:39:44 PM
They absolutely DO KNOT, I am merely attempting to coerce Jukama into displaying her arse. Forgive me, I have a big ass fetish...
mazeppa |
| Iceheart |
Posted - 25 May 2004 : 3:19:40 PM
Um, how do skulls and arse cracks relate Robat?
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Dear Darla.
I hate your stinking guts.
You make me vomit.
You're scuuuumm between my toes.
Love Alfalfa.
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| Mazeppa |
Posted - 16 May 2004 : 05:53:46 AM
I am still awaiting the picture of your ass crack......
mazeppa |
| Jukama |
Posted - 14 May 2004 : 12:12:09 PM
Well now I have to find a photo that does that last remark justice.
**Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things** |
