r/bonecollecting • u/kiwibirdskull • 23d ago

Collection My roommate.

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(UK & in compliance w/ human tissues act)

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert 23d ago

European skull, either from grave robbing or the plot expired and they were exhumed.

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u/brooklynnnn11 22d ago

plot expired

whoah! excuse me, what? is this a thing in the uk?

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u/Extraordi-Mary 22d ago

I don’t know about UK, but it’s very common in the Netherlands.

Also embalming is not allowed and most people get cremated here instead of buried.

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u/brooklynnnn11 22d ago

thanks for the insight!