I was reading a book on the origin of the Feejee mermaid and wanted to know if anybody has one to sell or how much it would cost to have one made.
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Depends if you want a real or reproduction one. I can help you out if you want a quality repro... Email me if interested =)
Seems like I saw a picture of one in a National Geographic a few months back. Ugly thing. Think they sell them as souvenirs. Wish I could remember what they are made from. Fish? Squid? Octopus? Arrggghhh...my memory ain't what it used to be!
There's one on eBay, Item number: 2875683938. You can find pics of the one PT Barnum had at this link:
www.tahamilton.com/11_Museum_of_the_Weird/barnum2.htm
It's not what I saw in National Geo, though. This looks like they used a monkey and a fish to create. Creepy looking, aren't they?
Pt Barnum just took a monkey's head and sewed it onto a fishes body and sewn on fetis arms