How sentimental are we? Sentimental enough to keep a piece of a dead body? Should we all snip hair now to keep it on hand for the inevitable? Do you have a tattoo you’d like preserved for posterity? Let’s talk about keepsakes from the dead.
Death Trivia: Victor Noir
Dessert: Girl Scout Cookies (but are they made from real girl scouts?)
Sources:
Bronze Age Britons Made Keepsakes from Dead Relatives
Lock of Hair Keepsake Ideas for a Deceased Loved One | Cake Blog
Tooth Rings - Mourning Jewellery
Tattoo preservation method cuts, and frames the art after death
Books Bound in Human Skin Aren't Fiction and a UCLA Librarian Has the Whole Story
Halloween and California's Law of the Dead - Bradley, Gmelich & Wellerstein LLP
Credits:
Bulk Research by Sonne
Editing, Art, Death Trivia by Czarria
Theme Music: "Not As It Seems" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0.
