I like the bugs.
Brouhaha aside, I grew up in northern Illinois and some of my playmates had dads who hunted for food. They also had moose and deer heads in their homes. It didn't seem like a big deal to me then and it doesn't bother me now. I would like to be able to shoot some of the deer that eat my garden plants but it's not allowed in our neighborhood and I have never shot a gun anyway. I would not have their heads hanging around, either way.
Anyway, what this thread really reminded me of was a visit to a formerly very exclusive men's club in Baltimore a few years back. It was on a historic tour that was otherwise a lot of fun. The club was only open to wealthy white men until sometime in the late 70s, I think, when blacks were allowed. Maybe it was even later. Women were allowed sometime after minorities.
Anyway, the place dated to the 1800s and had beautiful paneling and trim, gorgeous parquet floors, huge oriental rugs, ceilings that were 14 or 16 feet high. And there was one very large room that was chock full of trophy heads from wild game safaris in Africa. Club members would shoot 'em up and bring 'em home. I think there was a zebra head, maybe a lion, maybe a tiger, and definitely a gigantic water buffalo. We all felt sick by the time we left. The guy leading the tour didn't seem embarrassed by any of it, not the animals and not the racist history. GAH.
I do have a single deer antler up in the attic that I got for around $1.50 at a flea market in Fredensborg, Denmark, where we lived for a year. I might display it if I can figure out where.
taxidermy has its place
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Put a bird on it.
Funny, someone resurrected the taxidermy question. I was reading a blog where she talks about her taxi chicken. LOL
http://the-brick-house.com
If we're to assume that those fish are under water,
then why are they so glossy, like they're above water? And, why is there an octagon-shaped end table plunked in their "pond"?
Don't taxidermy-art schools force students to undergo rigorous critiques any more?
http://www.taxidermyart.net/
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