04-06-2008, 02:34 AM
<!--quoteo(post=257949:date=Apr 5 2008, 08:11 PM:name=allthingsevil)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(allthingsevil @ Apr 5 2008, 08:11 PM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=257949\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecWould you be willing to sell the casket?<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndnah - this is the original casket that goes with him and i couldn't separate them - keep in mind this is a person who was cared by a family about and i was asked to not disrespect him by the seller - i was also given the cover blanket and also a cool brown robe that was worn by the person who prepared him - looks like a monks robe back in the days they basically put the body in water and every day changed the water until the flesh was gone - then eventually they had to reconstruct the bones into a fully articulated skeleton - it really has to be seen in person to fully appreciate the amount of time that must have went into him. the tips of your finger and toe bones are so small! His name is cornelius - his real name is not known unfortunately, but thats what the previous owner called him so i'm going to keep it. He died in his early 20's from spinal menengitis (sp) and he's only 5 feet tall so the casket is around 6 feet long only! People back in the 1880's were tiny compared to now. Interesting piece to say the least.