"The Slashed Beauty" Wax wodel with human hair and pearls in rosewood and Venetian glass case, “La Specola” (Museo di Storia Naturale), Florence, Italy " Probably modeled by Clemente Susini (around 1790)

By astropop

The Secret Museum Exhibition, 2010
An exhibition exploring the poetics of hidden, untouched and curious collections from around the world in photographs and artifacts, by Joanna Ebenstein, co-founder of Observatory and creator of [one of my favourite projects] Morbid Anatomy.