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BONE FOOD FRAMED CURIO
Our primitive ancestors who consumed large animals always made sure to eat as much of the animal as
was available, and that meant even sucking out the last bits of bone marrow. It is also important
to note that the skeletal remains of humans have been found near fire pits made up of piles of
broken bone chips or splinters.
Upon closer examination, it is obvious that the long bones of our ancestors were cracked open in
order to obtain the rich and highly nutritious bone marrow. Cultures such as the Native American
or Mongolian are thought to have eaten the bone marrow raw, which was extracted in one long,
cohesive cylindrical piece just by a single well-placed tap on a femur bone.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson describes bone marrow from the lower leg which is soft "more like a particularly
delicious cream in flavor. "Bone marrow is the soft, fatty substance found primarily in long bones,
like the tibula and femur. It is one of the richest foods. An ounce of marrow has nearly 300 calories
and is virtually all fat.
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This beautiful framed curio is 13 inches wide by 25 and 3/4 inches tall. The image area is 11
inches wide by 23 and 3/4 inches tall. The placard is all hand-illustrated using pen-and-ink
on hundred-year-old paper which reads:
Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum
I Smell the Blood of an Englishman
Be He Alive or Be He Dead
I'll Grind His Bones to Make My Bread
In 1748 - Sir Henry Goodfriend was known for his powerful
craving of fresh long bones brimming with marrow grease.
The marrow bones were cut into sections and roasted
under a hot fire until the marrow began to bubble.
He used a long slender silver spoon to extract the
hot buttery goodness, which he spread on toast points.
The bone marrow spoon has two ends, a wider scoop to get at that gelatinous piece of bone marrow
in your Roasted Marrow Bones, and the other end which has a narrower scoop to really reach deep
into the marrow bone and get at all of the remaining tender, unctuous, delicately meaty tasting
substance.
Most bone marrow scoops like this one were designed and manufactured during the 1800's. The
lines are clean, solid, and almost sparse, utilitarian by nature. The weight of a bone marrow
spoon is rather impressive and somewhat heavy. Extracting bone marrow is very serious business.
Many bone marrow scoops/spoons are highly sought after because of their uniqueness, beauty and
rarity.
This particular silver marrow spoon has three hallmarks stamped on the back and I believe this
one is from sometime around the late 19th century.
Next to the bone marrow scoop is a very real and very old human femur bone, which measures in at
nearly 16 inches long. Both the femur and marrow spoon are mounted on vintage red velvet and is
lined with Victorian gold trim. It is framed in a beautiful vintage wooden frame with a delicate
design stamped into the wood. It is signed and dated on the back and is ready to hang in your own
personal dime museum or sideshow
If you are thinking of purchasing a Framed Curio Exhibit,
please read the
Bone FAQ
to make sure you are within your legal
limit when purchasing human bones, etc.
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PRICE: $794.95
Shipping cost to be determined regarding final destination.
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