Our #CreepiestObject has to be this ‘mermaid’... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😱" title="Face screaming in fear" aria-label="Emoji: Face screaming in fear">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💀" title="Skull" aria-label="Emoji: Skull">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧜‍♀️" title="Mermaid" aria-label="Emoji: Mermaid"> #CURATORBATTLE #TroublingTaxidermy
Many museums have one but they usually look more like our other ‘mermaid’...

We have a little more information about this one: The posterior half was formed from a Pacific wrasse, & the head/thorax were sculpted, with fish jaw inserted in the mouth. #CreepiestObject
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