Several months ago someone on this list cited mind-boggling "artifacts"
sent with the apparent purpose of amusing the Smithsonian staff...
Bernard Barryte,
Stanford University Museum of Art


Timothy K Winkle wrote:
>>
>> I am currently working on a project involving
>> museum hoaxes (intentional or unrecognized) and the continued display of
>> hoax objects in museums.  I am interested in input from any and everyone
>> on this topic
>
>
>How about the ubiquitous and infamous "jackalope" (cross between a jack
>rabbit and an antelope)?  I have seen these stuffed and mounted all over
>the west though I couldn't say for sure that I have seen it in a
>museum.  There are similar mounts of trout if I'm not mistaken.  Of
>course these are meant to be jokes at the expense of the eastern dude,
>but they have become part of the lore of the west.
>
>Did you hear the one about the wilderness guide who...?
>
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>Ginny Cass
>Member, Board of Directors
>Northern Rockies Heritage Center
>P. O. Box 1884
>Missoula, MT  59806-1884
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Bernard Barryte
Associate Director / Chief Curator
Stanford University Museum of Art
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Stanford, CA 94305-5060

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