Episode Synopsis "Putty-nosed Monkey"

Is taxidermy a craft or art? Can natural history specimens be an artwork? Who made this putty-nosed monkey? And while we're here, can a fox snarl? Jack Ashby, Museum Manager at the University Museum of Zoology, tackles taxidermy and its inclusion in Artist: Unknown. This podcast series is part of an exhibition titled Artist: Unknown at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge. In collaboration with the University of Cambridge Museums, it brings together works of art from across the University’s collections from July to September 2019.

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• Barkcloth
• Head of Apollo
• Putty-nosed Monkey
• Recognition sketches of the coast of Spitsbergen & Scrimshaw
• Sampler
• Scientific instruments
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