Taxidermy Tuesday

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Just want to show off these pretty erasers I got from @liekewouters for my B-day (which was a looong time ago) before I'll start using them today! You might look surprised to see the word "gum" on the skeins, but this actually means "eraser" in Dutch :)

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alcedo atthis

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bones, baby

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It makes no sense to own a pheasant snow globe and golden duck letter holder, but who cares... I love kitsch

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Today I took some proper pictures of my collection of dead stuff.

Love my second backbone!

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Thank you, roadkill duck

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Hi butterfly! African veined white #butterfly found in my friend's pool in #gaborone #botswana. #collecting #collection #butterflies #taxidermytuesday #insect #luckyfind

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Ammonite, bought in Johannesburg, South Africa. #ammonite #fossil #joburg #johannesburg #africa #southafrica #taxidermytuesday

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My mom and her urge to decorate............. (I have to store these antlers at my parents' place, unfortunately they're way too large to fit anywhere in my house. I bought them at a loppis in Sweden.) #antlers #moose #wreath #decorating #thriftstore #loppis #sweden #taxidermy

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Gotta love thrift store taxidermy! I adopted this little fellow for just 8 euros. :) #thrift #taxidermy #thriftstore #weasel #leastweasel #collection #collecting #taxidermytuesday #dead #animal

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Hello! I am a senior graphic design student, and I am currently doing a thesis project on the psychology of collecting. I am very interested in your taxidermy collection that I found using the #collecting hashtag search on tumblr. If you could visit my page and answer a few questions about your collection in addition to submitting a photo of your collection, it would be much appreciated. Reblogs of my project is also a huge help. Thank you so much in advance!

Sure! no problem. :) Good luck with your thesis project!

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They're going to loose their head, for painting the roses red. It serves them right, they planted white. The roses should be red, they're going to loose their head... #skull #aliceinwonderland as part of my collection of dead stuff, #taxidermytuesday on #tumblr #human #skulls #dead #collecting #collection #bones #skeleton

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Part of my dead stuff collection: a tiny bottle of snake wine, with a tiny cobra inside. I bought this in Sapa, Vietnam. #sapa #vietnam #taxidermytuesday #taxidermy #snake #wine #snakewine #snakes #cobra #alcohol #dead #collection

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Part of my dead stuff collection: rabbit bones in a velvet lined box. This was a pet rabbit of a friend of mine, it died of old age. I tanned his skin and made some nice objects with its skeleton. #rabbit #dead #taxidermytuesday #taxidermy #bones #bonecollecting #collecting #collection #skeleton #skeletons #velvet #creative

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Part of my collection of dead things: Tiny monkey skull. I once got a taxidermy squirrel monkey from someone who found my website online and the animal was in such terrible condition, I decided to take it apart. This is the only part I kept. Amazing how similar it looks compared to a human skull! taxidermytuesday #taxidermy #monkey #skull #human #squirrelmonkey #collection #collecting #dead #stuff #bones #bonecollecting #oddities

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Part of my cabinet of curiosities: Attacus Atlas Moth. I bought this at a thrift store in Nijmegen, NL for only €2,50. It's huge! #butterfly #butterflies #atlasmoth #taxidermy #collecting #collection #lepidoptera #lepidopterist #insects #insect #aurelian #dead #cabinetofcuriosities #toomanyhashtags