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Using Cremains in Memorial Tattoos

25, Oct 2009

Samantha asks the Death Reference Desk:
A couple relatives and I just had my aunt’s ashes put in ink for a memorial tat. My question is since she was so sick, will there be a transfer or will it be okay since she was cremated?

The short answer is: Yes, it’ll be okay. Cremators run between 1400 [...]

  • By: Meg Holle
  • In: Death + Art / Architecture| Death + the Law| Death Ethics| Death Ref Questions
  • Tags: cremains, memorial tattoos
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Death Masks: Still Being Made?

12, Aug 2009

From time to time, we will feature questions we receive across the Death Reference Desk.
Jason writes: I was reading in “The Rest is Noise” that there was a death mask made of the composer Arnold Schoenberg, who died in 1951. This got me to thinking: Do people still have death masks made? Are there [...]

  • By: Kim
  • In: Death + Art / Architecture| Death + Popular Culture| Death Ref Questions| Monuments + Memorials
  • Tags: death masks, lifecasting
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