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Mystery Object #1: Westerner Blowing Bubbles

January 26, 2012 by Museum Fatigue

From time to time in my travels I have come across unusual things that seem to defy interpretation—inscrutable objects that intrigue me because they are so mysterious. In previous generations, perhaps an anthropologist in an unfamiliar place would have been captivated by unusual statues, unfamiliar religions, esoteric cultural habits or exotic totems. The museums of former colonizers are stocked with the collections of such objects of mystery—institutional cabinets of academic curiosity. Today, however, many of those formerly exotic objects are sold […]

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