Inventory - 3/2/2011

box turtle
found flattened on sidewalk
near 3200 S. Aberdeen St.
Chicago 2010
≤ 1.625 oz

mallard duck bones
witnessed collision of duck with car
2300 N. Ashland Ave.
Died in car on route to emergency vet.
Bones retrieved after burial
Chicago 2009
≤ 4.75 oz

duck skull
pulled post-burial from duck listed above.
Cleaned by hand with hydrogen
peroxide and Q-tips
≤ 0.25 oz

lump of green moss
gifted. Sun bleached
studio window
Chicago 2007–2011
≤ 0.5 oz

cow skull remnant
gifted. Separate horns attached for
illusion of being a bull
Columbus, Montana 2000
≤ 5.75 oz

bull’s horn remnant
gifted. Head of skull-composite above
≤ 4.75 oz

broken starfish
gifted. Culling of
marine life collection
Chicago 2010
≤ 0.38 oz

crayfish claws
found. Hand-gathered
from Lake Michigan sand
2005–2010
≤ 0.625 oz

dried horseshoe crabs
found
Rhode Island coast
Summer 2006
≤ 8.75 oz

moth cocoon
gifted
Greeley, Colorado
2002
≤ 0.0125 oz

birch bark
gifted
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
2006–2010
≤ 0.375 oz

song-bird bones
gathered, gifted
Lake Michigan coastline,
Chicago window collisions
Peregrin falcon leavings
University Hall, UIC campus
Chicago, 2006–2010
≤ 3.25 oz

turkey bones w/marrow
gifted
Thanksgiving turkey
Chicago, 2010
≤ 4.75 oz

dried gourd shells
gifted. Variety of species
Colorado Springs
Dire, Indiana
Chicago 2007–2010
≤ 4.25 oz

eggshells of 11 chicks
21 days of incubation, 100 degrees
2 of 11 died, day 3
December 9–11
Chicago 2010
≤ 1.875 oz

small birds nest
gifted
Dire, Indiana 2007
≤ 0.25 oz

wasp hive
chewed backyard fencing spit by wasps
Summer. Chicago 2009
≤ 0.25 oz

horse jaw remnants
gifted
Meade, Kansas 2004
≤ 3.25oz