Next to one of these large drawings, his student, Carlos Cruz, exhibits flying skulls painted on black velvet.

Artifacts dating from this period include ten plastered human skulls, painted so as to reconstitute the individuals' features.

A square of black tarpaulin had the white skull painted upon it, and was hoisted amidst cheering at the main.

Another was the Messenger, clad in a skeleton outfit with a skull painted on its hood.

They were white skulls painted on black hoods that encased human heads.

"One just had a skull and crossbones painted on it by hand," a Defense Department official said.

The stockade loomed, decorated with skulls painted in bright colours.

The gold ring has a skull painted on the back, showing that it was made after Charles was beheaded.

The highest story contains nine skulls painted on it, which the lower one had seven.

"I assume the skulls painted on the side are just for decoration?"