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  2. File:Kathryn E. Cherry - Fish, Fruits, and Flowers - 11-1939 ...

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    The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.

  3. Taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    The word taxidermy describes the process of preserving the animal, but the word is also used to describe the end product, which are called taxidermy mounts or referred to simply as "taxidermy". [ 1 ] The word taxidermy is derived from the Ancient Greek words τάξις taxis (order, arrangement) and δέρμα derma (skin). [ 2 ]

  4. Category:Taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    Taxidermy art and science; Torrington Gopher Hole Museum This page was last edited on 16 July 2016, at 17:33 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  5. Conservation and restoration of taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    The conservation of taxidermy is the ongoing maintenance and preservation of zoological specimens that have been mounted or stuffed for display and study. Taxidermy specimens contain a variety of organic materials, such as fur, bone, feathers, skin, and wood, as well as inorganic materials, such as burlap, glass, and foam.

  6. 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]

  7. Category:Taxidermy art - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Taxidermy art" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. The Ballad of Trotsky; F.

  8. Carl Akeley - Wikipedia

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    Carl Ethan Akeley (May 19, 1864 – November 17, 1926) was a pioneering American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, and nature photographer, noted for his contributions to American museums, most notably to the Milwaukee Public Museum, Field Museum of Natural History and the American Museum of Natural History.

  9. Category:Sculptures of fish - Wikipedia

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