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An Atheist As Described By A Surgeon

2004

Cast of a Civil War era “pain bullet” (bullets used by soldiers to bite on during surgery) made from re-melted bullet lead salvaged from battlefields of every American war, cast bone calcium, antique bullet probe with carved finger bone handle, antique iron surgical extractor, antique bullet forceps, amputation saw, excavated WWI medical bowl, surgical silk, water treated with homemade tincture (aged holy water, blood root, arnica, dead sea salt, hellebore, butcher’s broom, angelica root, myrrh resin, blessed thistle, Jacob’s staff, Solomon’s Seal, belladonna), ash, silver, rust, velvet

38” x 40” x 18”

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