Roman Miniature Skeleton - Reproduction

$40.00 at The Getty Museum.

Reproduction of a Roman miniature bronze skeleton in the collection of the Getty Villa Museum. Made of bronze, this 1st century Roman articulated skeleton in the collection of the Getty Museum features round eye sockets and a wide, grinning mouth with large upper teeth. Its arms now missing and only the upper part of one leg remaining, the skeleton, referred to by the Romans as larva convivalis, meaning banquet ghost, was once made to jump and dance and was a reminder of the brevity of human life, and…