Deathshead Moth Pins and Buttons
Mystery Night Garden with Mushrooms Moths and Hemlock Pin
by Vicky Brago-Mitchell
$2.75 $3.25
Description: Jame Gumb (known by the nickname "Buffalo Bill") is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Thomas Harris's 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs and its 1991 film adaptation, in which he is played by Ted Levine. In the film and the novel, he is a serial killer who murders overweight women and skins them so he can make a "woman suit" for himself. In the television series Clarice, he is portrayed by Simon Northwood.
Description: Gumb had long felt he was born the wrong sex and desired sexual reassignment surgery. Gumb started his career as "Buffalo Bill" whereupon he would kidnap overweight women, then starve them before murdering them, which he would fashion their skin into a "woman suit" for him to wear. He also inserts a Death's head moth into the victim's throat because he is fascinated by the insect's metamorphosis, a process that he wants to undergo by becoming a woman. In the case of Gumb's first victim, Fredrica Bimmel, he weighs down her body, so she ends up being the third victim found. In the case of the fourth victim, he shoots her instead of strangling her.
Description: A striking design featuring a Death's-head Moth with skull elements, surrounded by text including 'BUFFALO BILL'S BODY LOTION' and 'ESTD 1991'. The artwork has a vintage, slightly macabre aesthetic.
Buffalo Bill's Body Lotion Death's-head Moth Pin
by STUDIO DESIGN PESSO
$2.75 $3.25
Description: The name death's-head hawkmoth refers to any of three moth species of the genus Acherontia (Acherontia atropos, Acherontia styx and Acherontia lachesis). The former species is found in Europe and throughout Africa, the latter two are Asian; most uses of the common name refer to the European species. These moths are easily distinguishable by the vaguely human skull-shaped pattern of markings on the thorax. They are large nocturnal moths with brown and yellow or orange coloring, and all three species are fairly similar in size, coloration and life cycle.
Description: A stylized death's-head hawkmoth with skull motifs and the text "Buffalo Bill's Body Lotion Estd 1991".
Buffalo Bill's Body Lotion Death's-head Hawkmoth Pin
by STUDIO DESIGN PESSO
$2.75 $3.25
