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...getting inebriated on the local brands of beer and wine, and one of the most prized objects in this collection is a beard cleaner which the Ainu use to brush their beards free of liquor. Another object prized by the Peabody is the mummified body of King Shabataka, who is mentioned in the Bible in chapter 17 of the 2nd Book of Kings. On the same floor is a collection of several thousand skulls, one of the finest collections of its kind in the world. The skulls are locked in steel cabinets and along the corridor which these cases form...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: THE LIVING EXPLORE THE DEAD AT PEABODY | 5/27/1942 | See Source »

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