The nimph with tongs? pincers? (f80r)

[MichelleL11]

Could it be a pair of ribs? Like from a person or animal?

Well, if it's meant to be accurate, which is, I admit, a big stretch -- it doesn't seem to be very reminiscent to me.  In particular, the vertebra part, which would be a circular shape that should be seen underneath the (very bizarrely drawn, admittedly) hand, seems to be entirely missing, so how exactly the two pieces would be connected is a bit mysterious.  But if that weird hand represents the ability of the author to draw physiology -- then, well, maybe, okay.  It is difficult to definitely rule out or rule in, in my opinion.

       

Of course, this comment sent me down a rabbit hole of the whole 12 ribs and the biblical basis of less in men than women because of the use of one (not a pair, at least that I can see) of Adam's in order to create Eve.

This was controversially actively challenged by Andreas Versalius in his 1543, De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the Fabric of the Human Body), which definitely said both men and woman have 12 pairs.  So if you're aiming in that direction, timing is okay, but there are a few issues.  Nevertheless, I provide two images of rib cages and individual ribs from Versalius, merely because they are cool to look at.