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  2. History of taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    As documented in Frederick H. Hitchcock's 19th-century manual entitled Practical Taxidermy, the earliest known taxidermists were the ancient Egyptians and despite the fact that they never removed skins from animals as a whole, it was the Egyptians who developed one of the world's earliest forms of animal preservation through the use of injections, spices, oils, and other embalming tools. [3]

  3. Taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    Rogue taxidermy (sometimes referred to as "taxidermy art" [25]) is a form of mixed media sculpture. [23] [26] Rogue taxidermy art references traditional trophy or natural history museum taxidermy, but is not always constructed out of taxidermied animals; [23] [26] it can be constructed entirely from synthetic materials.

  4. Taxidermy art and science - Wikipedia

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    Taxidermy has contributed to the study of taxonomy.Sally Gregory Kohlstedt writes that as early as the nineteenth century, “natural history museums were the principal location for dialogues and exchange of specimens among those debating identification and connection among natural objects.” [3] Traditional taxonomy primarily concerns "morphology."

  5. Conservation and restoration of fur objects - Wikipedia

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    During the Victorian era, taxidermy became closer to what is seen in museums today. There was a transition from using straw, paper, and other materials to create the mountings for the hides to using internal structures with rods and the actual animal skulls. [5] Taxidermy is still used in museums and collections today.

  6. Category:Human taxidermy - Wikipedia

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  7. Skinning - Wikipedia

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    The skin may also be used as a trophy or taxidermy, sold on the fur market, or, in the case of a declared pest, used as proof of kill to obtain a bounty from a government health, agricultural, or game agency. [1] Two common methods of skinning are open skinning and case skinning. Typically, large animals are open skinned and smaller animals are ...

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  9. Embalming - Wikipedia

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    Pottery, dishes, and other miscellaneous items from the embalming cache of Tutankhamun. While the term embalming is used for both ancient and modern methods of preserving a deceased person, there is very little connection between the modern-day practices of embalming and ancient methods in terms of techniques or final aesthetic results.