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Abandoned suitcases of insane asylum patients

Posted on 3 December 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

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Case with green enamel hair brush set strapped to lid. Abandoned suitcase with yellow alarm clock, straw broom, small Scotty dog figure, shoe polish cream and booklet.

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Posted in Contemporary Art, Curiosities, history, Museums | Tagged collection, history, institution, museum, nostalgia, outsider art, suitcase | 45 Replies

Burnt and melted wax figures after the 1925 fire at Madame Tussauds in London

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

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Photograph of six wax figures and broken body parts damaged from 1929 fire at Madame Tussaud's in London.

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Posted in Curiosities, history, Museums | Tagged body, figurine, museum, sculpture, unsettling, wax | 19 Replies

Opulent taxidermy made by Idiots

Posted on 26 November 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

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Half of a taxidermy lion with gold dripping from it.

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Posted in Contemporary Art, Curiosities | Tagged animal, art, bird, curiosities, jewels, lion, sculpture, taxidermy, unsettling | 7 Replies

19th century papier-mâché anatomical bee and beetle models

Posted on 13 November 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

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19th century papier-mâché anatomical model of a worker bee made by Dr. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux

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Posted in Curiosities, history | Tagged anatomy, bee, insect, papier-mâché, science, sculpture, victorian era | 16 Replies

Hicken’s Fur-Bearing Trout

Posted on 8 November 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

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A mounted furry fish.

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Posted in Curiosities | Tagged cryptozoology, fish, fur, humor, imagination, taxidermy | 6 Replies

WWII Parachute Crash Test Dummies?

Posted on 1 November 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

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World War Two parachute crash test dummy.

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Posted in Curiosities, history | Tagged body, crash test dummies, history, parachute, sculpture, WWII | 10 Replies

Mostricciatoli: the little monsters of Tila Rodríguez-Past

Posted on 26 October 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

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Tila Rodriguez-Past: little monsters made of things collected from a monastery.

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Posted in Contemporary Art, Curiosities | Tagged art, imagination, insect, installation, monastery, monsters, sculpture | 7 Replies

A cluster of rats

Posted on 7 October 2012 by Chelsea Nichols

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Posted in Curiosities, history, Museums | Tagged japan, museum, netsuke, rat, sculpture, unsettling | 15 Replies

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