Turn around
Turn around
There’s a thing there that can be found
Turn around
Turn around
It’s a human skull on the ground
Human skull
On the ground
Turn around
[/They Might Be Giants]
Sounds like you’re all set to do your own stage production of Hamlet
Hey, you’re just up the road from me. My office is in Fresno.
mamakat, were the bones found here in California? The reason I ask is that the MLD’s are designated for particular geographical areas (corresponding to the traditional territory of the tribe). If they were found in California, then the easiest thing to do is contact the California Native American Heritage Commission (contact below). The NAHC maintains the MLD registry in California.
NAHC
915 Capitol Mall, Room 364
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 653-4082
nahc@pacbell.net
And flodnak, I had a similar experience about ten years ago. I was working on a crew excavating burials out of a cave and every couple of weeks I would load up a truck with the boxes of remains to transport them down to the curation facility we were using. Well, one week I got pulled over by the Highway Patrol. I probably had 25 boxes crammed into a double-cab pickup. The officer asked me what was in the boxes and I kind of grinned and said “Human remains and funerary items.” I then explained what they were where they were coming from and everything was fine, but I was pretty nervous there for a bit. He did recommend that I carry a letter from the tribe authorizing me to transport the stuff. Not a legal necessity but just in case I got pulled over by a less understanding officer.
That’s good to know.
I want it! Seriously. I’ve wanted a human skull forever, and they are quite expensive to purchase. I won’t tell if you send me a birthday present.
I have a plastic skull that I was required to buy in college. The top of the skull is removable, so I put packing tape over the hole in the bottom and use it as a candy bowl for Halloween. [thinking] If I get a short piece of moderately wide tubing, I could attach one end to the hole and the other end behind the teeth of the upper jaw and turn it into the world’s awesomest Pez dispenser.[/thinking] Well, back to work!
The Shakespeare company I work with is doing Hamlet next year. We’d love to have it.
Goddammit Thudulow Boinkimus! Have you any idea how hard it is to read through a thread with that song in your head, hoping against hope that you get to be the one to drag in the reference, only to find you’ve been scooped?!
I wish I’d been on the construction crew because I would totally have pointed to one and said, “Turn around! Human Skull on the ground!”
Yeah…but nobody there would have gotten the joke. But I would almost certainly have been hauled off to the loony bin giggling my ass off.
Your last name wouldn’t be Gein, would it?
In practical terms, it’s pretty much mandatory for everyone to own at least one.
How expensive? Because I love the bong idea. 
They moved the graveyard but they didn’t move the bodies! :eek:
Skulls Unlimited sells human skulls. Prices start at 600 dollars. Being a Native American descendant in California, and getting skulls mailed, no questions asked, might be a profitable business.
Looks like they also sell bargain skulls (missing teeth, poor bone quality) for $400. What a steal! Where the hell do they get these things, anyway?
Also, for the person on your list who has everything, Skulls Unlimited sells gift certificates! That’s awesome.
You could always make a camera out of it.
Perhaps you found Hoffa. :eek:
Try e-bay.
How would you know if the skull was Native American?
Thank god! How about livers?
Joe
We all do, actually.
There’s always the Tibetan solution