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Taxidermic

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tax·i·der·my  (tks-dûrm)
n.
The art or operation of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.

taxi·dermal, taxi·dermic adj.
taxi·dermist n.


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Animated spectres of the taxidermic animals tell us a saddening Aesopic fable of guilt while their stiff and beautifully dressed bodies address us at the entrance of the installation as both charming and pathetic.
According to the Ground Plan included in the Guide, the display that would have greeted visitors upon entering the Main Hall from the La Trobe Street public entrance was in fact not the Mediaeval Court, but the fur trophy, a display comprising cases of furs and stuffed birds beneath a fur-covered triumphal arch surmounted by a taxidermic representation of the Australian arms.
We amputated the longest toe of the rear foot from a 'dummy' toad (a taxidermic mount from a dead animal).
 
 
 
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