Oddjects No.4

I came across this little Seahorse when sorting through some boxes the other day:

I love the translucence of the skeleton – it refracted the light from the LED on my phone beautifully for this photo.

Oddjects No.3

I find the textured surface of a Crocodile skull quite fascinating, even in a small animal like this one:

Check out the indent in the upper jaw for the large tooth in the lower jaw. That’s the easy way to spot the difference between a Crocodile and an Alligator skull.

Oddjects No.1

I’ve been running my mystery object for over three years now and I’ve decided to add another kind of post in order to share some of the odd and interesting objects that I come across as I work in the collections of the Horniman Museum.

To share these specimens I’ve chosen the name ‘Oddjects’ as a portmanteau of ‘Odd’ and ‘Objects’. Here’s the first:

This happens to be a Wolffish (Anarhichas sp.) specimen that was a mystery object back in 2010, but here I just want to use the specimen to capture the imagination and spark discussion rather than provide much in-depth interpretation.

What does this make you think of?

I hope you enjoy the Oddjects I plan to share – if you do I would heartily recommend also checking out the Twitter and Tumblr feeds for the Horniman’s collections review projects as they also share some great objects.