Auction 81 ODDITIES, CURIOSITIES & WONDERS
Oct 8, 2020
Italy
 Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
- The lots are definitely awarded in the saleroom on the 8th october 2020 from 5:00 pm CEST at Bertolami Fine Arts in Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Rome.
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LOT 45:

JENNY HANIVER

A Jenny Haniver is a fictitious monster created using the carcass of a guitar fish ...

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JENNY HANIVER

A Jenny Haniver is a fictitious monster created using the carcass of a guitar fish (from the Rhinobatidae family), to which the would add cuts, folds and mutiltions up untill the monsteer would start having a vaguely antropomorphic shape. The monster would generally be similar to a demon or an angel. The aim in creating this monster was to confuse and decieve the forthcoming. For example making one believe they had a basilisc or dragon cub.

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