Strigoi bust — Romanian folklore vampire, one part, no supports

# Strigoi bust A **strigoi** — the vampire of Romanian folklore, the one the villagers dug up and staked — as a small bust for a shelf. Gaunt skull, deep-set eyes under a heavy brow, hooked nose, ears swept back to points, and a jaw hanging open on two long canines. The detail that matters is the **collar**: a band of folk cross-stitch diamonds round the neck. That embroidered collar is the Carpathian tell — it is what makes this a strigoi out of village folklore rather than another opera Dracu…

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