Group of Five Wooden Glove and Mitten Stretchers, America, late 19th/early 20th century
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, assorted chair sculptures made of painted poultry bones, with adhesive and varnish, variable dimensions (photo by Rich Maciejewski)
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Max Ernst, Paysage aux feuilles, 1920, Collage and Gouache on Paper
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Albrecht Durer - Saint Jerome in his study, 1495–1514
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Pol Bury (1922-2005) - 16 Balls, 16 Cubes in 8 Rows, 1966.
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Vintage microscope slides
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Alexandre Isidore Leroy de Barde (1777-1828), Selection of Shells Arranged on Shelves, watercolor and gouache on heavy paper.
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Paper Clips
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Fernand Cuville - Collection of German shells that have not burst, 1917.
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Joseph Cornell- Image Object (Roses des Vents) 1942-53
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Group of Figural Steel, Wood, possibly Pennsylvania, early 19th century
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Allan McCollum - Collection of 120 drawings, 1988-1991. 120 drawings. 304.8 × 480.1 cm
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Antique embroidered monogram set A-Z : 26 pieces
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Beetle collection.
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Burke and Hare Murder Dolls
In the late 1820s, two men in Edinburgh, William Hare and William Burke, killed 16 people, mostly by smothering, and sold their wares to a Dr. Knox at the University.
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Burke and Hare Murder Dolls
Later, a young boy playing in a cave, came across a collection of 17 carved wooden dolls, about the size of a finger, each in its own tiny coffin. The dolls greatly resembled the victims of Burke & Hare.
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Burke and Hare Murder Dolls
DNA tests on the macabre toys against the remains of Burke yielded no results. Only 8 of the 17 are still known to exist, and can be seen at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
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Ivory teeth from 1780, with a tooth worm and the sufferings of Hell.
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Mary Lieb - Cell floor decorated with torn strips of cloth, patterns ripped out from bed sheets,1894. The Prinzhorn Collection. She was hospitalized in the Heidelberg clinic, diagnosed with “periodic mania”.
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Jewelled skeleton, discovered in the Roman Catacombs, late 16th century.
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Varna Necropolis, a burial site in Bulgaria, with some of the world's oldest gold jewellery
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Gabriel Orozco - installation at the Guggenheim, 2013. Made up of thousands of items of flotsam and jetsam that the artist gathered at a protected coastal biosphere in Baja California Sur, Mexico, where flows of industrial and commercial waste from across the Pacific Ocean arrive
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A nasothek is a collection of the broken noses of statues and busts.
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Louise Bourgeois: Red Room (Child) (1994)
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Tony Cragg - Cumulus, 1998
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Jason Rhoades, My Brother/Brancuzi, 1995.
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1890s photo showing a variety of armor and weapons typically used by samurai.
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Sconce C. 1630 Collection of Louis XIV
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Antique agate cameos
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Human skull (Tibet)
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Chinese lotus shoe?
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South German anatomical model of an eye, probably late 17th century
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Kidney stones, diameter 5 cm. Photo via Maria Verstappen.
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buttons
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World Speed Skating Champion Oscar Mathisen (1888-1954)
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Shaman’s Drum
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Ojime beads, carved 19th century,
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Eva Hesse
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Gabi Mann - Birds collection.
Eight-year-old girl Gabi Mann feeds the crows in her garden - and they bring her gifts in return.
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