Oh Great and Knowledgeable Ones-

I had an offer this morning from an artist to give me two human skulls when
he is no longer able to create art and use them in his still lifes-

I told him that I could not afford to accept them since as we are an AAM
accredited and NAGPRA compliant local history museum and I would need to get
an anthropological study of them done to determine age and ethniticity (not
bad for off the cuff/on the spot thinking)- he said that would not be needed
since both were given to him by members of the medical profession and that
they came from medical schools- I don't like his logic, especially since I
know one of the men was a local arrowhead hunter, and who knows what else he
dug up-

Does anyone have any other suggestions or logical arguments I could use to
not accept these items- and did I mention he's bosom buds with two different
board members?

Nikkie "One head is enough, thank you" Cooper


Nikkie Cooper, Curator
Fort Morgan Museum

P.O. Box 184
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
970-867-6331
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