7.0" Angolan Quartz Hand Carved Realistic Skull

A realistic skull worked in angolan quartz. At 7 inches and 4514 g it wants a shelf of its own rather than a desk corner.

Quartz from the Angolan fields, usually carrying enough internal veiling and included minerals to read as smoky or milky rather than clear. Those inclusions are what give a carved surface its depth — light enters, scatters and comes back.

The skull is the hardest test of a carver's eye, because everyone already knows what it should look like. The passages that take the longest are the ones you notice least: the transition from temple to cheekbone, and the way the teeth meet.

Item ID 5100129
Material 100% natural angolan quartz
Size 7 × 4.6 × 5.9 in (180 × 119 × 150 mm)
Weight 4514 g