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seemed reasonable to imagine that a tense
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· dance out his or her hostili1yin the park .
·Th9wolf headress'haSa iong, elegant
snout with terrifyingly white teeth and collar
, of bear fur, and it sells for $2,100. But
, CraWford alsO sells handcarved figures of
· walrus tusk ivory,~ranging in price frOm $48
to $11b, and fossil ivory earrings, which :
start at $25.
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the clothing stores that line Columbus
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of men with aching jaw lines decorating the
walls, IlNent next door, to Maxilla and'
.. Mandible, the bone store, where they sell
the jaws that, made the' maQ'who grace the
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photographs:The bone store is filled with
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shoppi.ng .. . and insects. ,A human rib cOsts $9; a giant ..
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bones cost more, like giraffe necks, but
· you .car) get a mink skull for $23 or, leSs
gh0l:llishly, .a,beautiful, boxec:j, el!3