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We found 2 product mentions on r/morbidlybeautiful. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 2 product mentions on r/morbidlybeautiful. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
The piece is Ecce Animal by Dutch artist "Diddo". It was a commissioned piece, but he's unable to provide details about its worth or how much cocaine it required because he's under a non-disclosure agreement. Test results indicated it was between 15% and 20% pure.
Imagine you want to replace someone's skull with cocaine. Their skull suddenly disappears and they're left left with a cavity in their head for you to fill up with coke. But before you start pouring you want to know how big the cavity is to know how much it's gonna cost you.
You use this skull model as a reference. It's anatomically accurate, but it doesn't mention its volume, only its weight and that its made out of PVC. You know its weight is 2.1 lb (9.341 N) and the density of the material is [1.3g/cm^3](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=pvc+density&a=DPClash.MaterialEC.pvc-_PVC.Molded--), so you use that to find its mass, 952.52 g, and its volume, 733 cm^3.
Your friend Wolfram happens to know about Class A drugs and tells you the density of cocaine, 1.216 g/cm^3. You figure you need 891.328 g, which is very specific, but you eventually find a dealer who's okay with it. Your total is $160,439.04.
TLDR $160,439.04
^^Things ^^that ^^skewed ^^the ^^results: ^^I ^^couldn't ^^find ^^info ^^on ^^how ^^much ^^space ^^a ^^skull ^^takes ^^up ^^in ^^your ^^head ^^so ^^I ^^used ^^the ^^plastic ^^model ^^instead. ^^The ^^model ^^has ^^two ^^springs ^^and ^^the ^^weight ^^is ^^its ^^shipping ^^weight, ^^which ^^includes ^^any ^^wrapping ^^it ^^comes ^^with. ^^The ^^density ^^isn't ^^exact ^^since ^^the ^^coke ^^used ^^in ^^the ^^piece ^^was ^^cut ^^with ^^sugars ^^and ^^other ^^stuff. ^^And ^^I ^^used ^^the ^^price ^^/u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT ^^because ^^I ^^didn't ^^want ^^to ^^search ^^up ^^on ^^prices.
In the 17th and 18th century some large tombs were found in Rome, which were at the time believed to contain the bones of Christian martyrs. Many of them were exported to German areas of Europe, to replace Catholic relics which had been destroyed in the Protestant reformation. Some of them were decorated and venerated like this, there is a good book about it:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavenly-Bodies-Treasures-Spectacular-Catacombs/dp/0500251959/