The Doll of Bones
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This doll was one of the artefacts that was found in the vaults of ‘The Hall of Chambers’. Where hundreds of extraordinary objects, once part of Professor Chambers’ morbidly curious collection, lie quietly guarding their secrets.
Exhibit 477 – Doll of Bones – This doll of bones was found in the Sedlec Ossuary, a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have in many cases been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel. This beautifully gruesome doll is housed in an old champagne box - her tragic story is told on the lid of the box. Her limbs are bird bones, her body is calico and if you look inside the eye sockets of her porcelain head you will indeed see many tiny bones.... |
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The original Bone Doll was made as part of:
Box 47 - Professor Chambers' Collection of Middle East Artifacts To see more information please click on the image below: 
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