Skull Motifs in Hobo Nickels: Why Carvers Keep Coming Back to the Memento Mori

The hobo nickel skull is one of the craft’s most enduring motifs, rooted in memento mori folk art and shaped by the Buffalo nickel’s deeply struck profile.

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