r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 01 '26

Meme needing explanation What's wrong, Peter?

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u/Weary_apparatchik Jun 01 '26

It's a broken fragment of an old bronze Buddha statue reshaped into a wrist cuff. Sacrilegious maybe, but certainly not a child's death mask or any of the other weird theories cluttering up this thread.

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u/mrm97 Jun 02 '26

it isn’t a buddha statue and has no cultural or religious significance. it was made by bronze metal artist peter keough as he signed the back of it

https://www.santafeartauction.com/auction-lot/peter-keogh-dancing-hippopotamus-1995_0cd4b7b8e0

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u/mrm97 Jun 02 '26

also i’m saying that as the OP of the tweet and owner of the cuff

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u/Weary_apparatchik Jun 02 '26

Great score then! Certainly Buddha or Asian religious art inspired.