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My Tropical Cabinet of Precious Things is coming along. On the chair: nest, hawk feather and boa ribs (yes – boa ribs. Huge); a white designer lamp style flower from the Ceiba tree; snake vertebrae, a two door, mud-packed nest; and peine de mico or peine de mono or monkey comb. Not shown: a downy scarlet macaw chest feather given to me by Stevenson, a bit of pre-colombian pot leg and my strangler fig seed.Advertisement