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Fun fact about me- I genuinely truly believed that Ice Cream Trucks were like the Milkman- an old timey thing that didn’t really exist anymore.

I grew up out in the boonies, so to speak, in a neighborhood that was majority retirees. So I literally never saw one as a kid. Just in cartoons and movies.

And then, as an adult, I moved into a suburb with a high-kid-density and let me tell you- the first time I heard a real life actual ice cream truck on my street? The JOY in my heart as I scrounged up quarters and dollar bills and ran out the door in bare feet. Unparalleled.

brooklynmuseum: “Can you help us pinpoint which animal this hide belongs to? This papier-mâché mask is a recent acquisition, likely originating from Korea. With its four “golden” eyes, this mask likely represents a Bangsangssi character. Our...
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brooklynmuseum: “Can you help us pinpoint which animal this hide belongs to? This papier-mâché mask is a recent acquisition, likely originating from Korea. With its four “golden” eyes, this mask likely represents a Bangsangssi character. Our...
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brooklynmuseum: “Can you help us pinpoint which animal this hide belongs to? This papier-mâché mask is a recent acquisition, likely originating from Korea. With its four “golden” eyes, this mask likely represents a Bangsangssi character. Our...
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brooklynmuseum: “Can you help us pinpoint which animal this hide belongs to? This papier-mâché mask is a recent acquisition, likely originating from Korea. With its four “golden” eyes, this mask likely represents a Bangsangssi character. Our...
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brooklynmuseum: “Can you help us pinpoint which animal this hide belongs to? This papier-mâché mask is a recent acquisition, likely originating from Korea. With its four “golden” eyes, this mask likely represents a Bangsangssi character. Our...
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brooklynmuseum:

Can you help us pinpoint which animal this hide belongs to?

This papier-mâché mask is a recent acquisition, likely originating from Korea. With its four “golden” eyes, this mask likely represents a Bangsangssi character. 

Our conservators have identified the methods of construction, but we are still working to identify which animal the damaged skin, which adorns the piece, came from. In the Conservation Lab, we have studied the skin morphology and narrowed down some possible candidates, including: tanuki, golden jackal, binturong, corsac fox, wolverine, or mongolian wolf. But it has been difficult to assess due to insect damage. 

We also examined guard hairs from the skin under the microscope. The thick hairs vary in color, have an undulating shape and are roughly 3.98 ± 1.33 cm in length. The cuticle of the guard hair has a flattened distal-scale pattern. The pigment bodies are dispersed throughout the cortex. The medulla is irregularly vacuolated. The thick shield of the root bulb is spade-shaped and larger than the shaft. 

If you or someone you know might have ideas for what animal this hide and hair might have belonged to, please drop your theories and reasoning in the comments below until May 23!

When others gang up on and talk about this one lady, time after time I do not engage. However, this same lady is quick to gang up and talk about me with those same persons, and she has no idea how bad they’re talking about her 🤔

I did a thing. I didn’t tell A SOUL… I told ALL SOULS, all at once, the whole world about how traumatizing it is to be followed by men - it’s happened repeatedly for several years. People don’t want to hear. But it is my life. That’s all.

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