Navigation       Rigor Mortis. 1998. Circa 1960's Ken® doll sans the head, plaster and acrylic on canvas. 40"x34". © WL Smith 1998. Collection of The WL Smith Revocable Living Trust.   rigor 1. A sudden, paroxysmal chill with high temperature, called the cold stage, followed by a sense of heat and profuse perspiration, called the hot stage. 2. A state of hardness and stiffness, as in a muscle. r. mortis. The stiffness seen in corpses.

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