The 100,000-item Victorian curio collection other museums refused to take. 'The “merman”, a chimera made from bits of fish, fowl and monkey, is identified as “possibly Dutch or Japanese, possibly a Javanese ritual figure, possibly 1801-1900”. A paper label classifies it under veterinary medicine.'
posted by shii on Sep 24, 2011 - 43 comments

Historical Anatomies on the Web
posted by dgaicun on Apr 26, 2004 - 4 comments