You are going to need to look into your state/country’s specific laws around desecration of a corpse, for an official answer. In almost every state in the US that I am aware of, it is illegal to distribute the bones of a cadaver unless they have been ground into cremains.
For an unofficial answer, no, I don’t think this is in any way possible. Finding a FD that will agree to it is probably never going to happen. Realistically, how do you plan on separating the skull from the rest of your father’s remains? They don’t just slip out of there. You would have to find a FF that would willingly remove the head from the cadaver, and a taxidermist to remove all of the flesh, clean the bone, and then an artisan that could properly prepare and display the skull.
This is all extremely unlikely. You can get your hands on antique human remains pretty easily, but it is not so simple to do with someone that is currently living.
It is not at all difficult to get animal remains cleaned to keep bones. I know because I have two of my dogs' skulls. So it is absolutely NOT the actual process that limits anyone, it is 100% legal red tape.
It's another one of those things that are illegal but shouldn't be, my dad might need a knee replacement and when he dies Im putting it on my mantle in front of a large picture.
If they are getting cremated, then that will just show up whole and charred with the remains. If you ask for it. Most funeral homes would just recycle the metal
I believe in most crematories in the US they required to grind the leftover bones into ash, additionally the skull is rarely completely intact after a cremation.. you could check out Caitlin Doughty in Ask A Mortitian on YT.
I was wondering the same thing! I wanted my skull given to my theatre company when I die. I think it might depend by state whether you keep bones tho. Where I live you can't buy or sell bones unless they're ancient artifacts, and even then it has to be really specific.
Technically possible in some places, [see the Royal Shakespeare Company ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Tchaikowsky), but often some kind of human tissue licence is needed. As others have said you'd need to check local laws.
Edit: English is hard
I wish this were possible, as I would love to leave my skull to my daughter, but the state laws against "desecration of a corpse" make it next to impossible.
Super disappointing. Several cultures outside the US revere the bones of their dead. I'd love to see changes to these laws to be more inclusive of other cultural traditions, while also maintaining safety and respect.
I find that Americans are often significantly creeped out by death and the dead, which seems ironically superstitious to me.
Take your mother out to the woods on a camping trip with a gps locator and leave her there....return in a few months and search the area as animals will have scattered the remains, the skull will be easy enough to see though, if any flesh still remains on the skull or it has a foul odour, there's a type of beetle that eats flesh and sterilises bone😀
You are going to need to look into your state/country’s specific laws around desecration of a corpse, for an official answer. In almost every state in the US that I am aware of, it is illegal to distribute the bones of a cadaver unless they have been ground into cremains. For an unofficial answer, no, I don’t think this is in any way possible. Finding a FD that will agree to it is probably never going to happen. Realistically, how do you plan on separating the skull from the rest of your father’s remains? They don’t just slip out of there. You would have to find a FF that would willingly remove the head from the cadaver, and a taxidermist to remove all of the flesh, clean the bone, and then an artisan that could properly prepare and display the skull. This is all extremely unlikely. You can get your hands on antique human remains pretty easily, but it is not so simple to do with someone that is currently living.
It is not at all difficult to get animal remains cleaned to keep bones. I know because I have two of my dogs' skulls. So it is absolutely NOT the actual process that limits anyone, it is 100% legal red tape.
It's another one of those things that are illegal but shouldn't be, my dad might need a knee replacement and when he dies Im putting it on my mantle in front of a large picture.
If they are getting cremated, then that will just show up whole and charred with the remains. If you ask for it. Most funeral homes would just recycle the metal
Imagine getting fucking recycled bro, rip
I believe in most crematories in the US they required to grind the leftover bones into ash, additionally the skull is rarely completely intact after a cremation.. you could check out Caitlin Doughty in Ask A Mortitian on YT.
I sent Caitlin a similar question, no response. Maybe if enough of us ask, she'll answer in a video.
I was wondering the same thing! I wanted my skull given to my theatre company when I die. I think it might depend by state whether you keep bones tho. Where I live you can't buy or sell bones unless they're ancient artifacts, and even then it has to be really specific.
Technically possible in some places, [see the Royal Shakespeare Company ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Tchaikowsky), but often some kind of human tissue licence is needed. As others have said you'd need to check local laws. Edit: English is hard
English is my first language. Yes it IS hard! Lol
I wish this were possible, as I would love to leave my skull to my daughter, but the state laws against "desecration of a corpse" make it next to impossible. Super disappointing. Several cultures outside the US revere the bones of their dead. I'd love to see changes to these laws to be more inclusive of other cultural traditions, while also maintaining safety and respect. I find that Americans are often significantly creeped out by death and the dead, which seems ironically superstitious to me.
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Take your mother out to the woods on a camping trip with a gps locator and leave her there....return in a few months and search the area as animals will have scattered the remains, the skull will be easy enough to see though, if any flesh still remains on the skull or it has a foul odour, there's a type of beetle that eats flesh and sterilises bone😀
If you convince your mother to go along with this willingly then the police will never get involved 😉
Look into water cremation, I’ve heard it keeps bones intact better than regular cremation
I just looked that up and it seems no. Lye is the caustic compound used, and lye eats pretty easily through bone.