Monday, November 5, 2018

Museums: Odd Artifacts

Like NYC and Florence, Washington, D.C. is home to many museums, large and small, with all sorts of artifacts.  So, whenever we tour a museum, we never know what we might see.  

Recently, when Greg's brother Mike was visiting D.C., a museum visit led to the discovery of two odd artifacts.  

One artifact is something you might need if (a) you believe in vampires and (b) you believe that you might cross paths with a vampire.  Below is a novelty firearm to fend off a blood-thirsty vampire.  Note the silver bullets, wooden stake, mirror and holy water.    


The other artifact is a prop from a film.  Since Greg is a film buff, he enjoyed viewing this artifact. from the remake of the film Scarface.  The artifact is the main character Tony Montana's "little friend".


If you never saw the film or don't remember the iconic line from the film, click here to see the scene.

P.S.  If you are a film buff, you can view some of Al Pacino's botched takes of the same scene by clicking here.

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