Group of orang-utans in the American Museum. Collectyd and mounted in 1880 by W. T. Horna- 

 •day. This was the first large mammal group in the American Museum [Manikin of excelsior and tow] 



This cut reproduced from a wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, is a reminder of the time when 

 half tones were unknown 



hope no one will take offense 

 at being called a taxidermist. 



As there are so-called sculp- 

 tors, who are mere makers of 

 figures, and will be that, and 

 that only, to the end of their 

 days, so there are taxidermists, 

 men like Akeley, Clark and 

 Blaschke, who are sculptors in 

 every sense of the word. And 

 in some ways their task is more 

 difficult than that of the sculp- 

 tor who deals only with plastic 

 clay, for the taxidermist has not 

 merely to prepare his model, 

 but to fit over it a more or less 

 unyielding hide, a hide that 

 does not conceal the defects of 

 the model but has defects of its 

 own to be hidden. Probably no 

 one who has had actual experi- 



Papier-mache manikin for an orang-utan. 



By Remi Santens 

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