When we were first hunting for houses in Pocatello six years ago we were struck by the frequency of houses that were decorated by taxidermy. We didn’t see much art but that was more than made up for by dead fish and mammal heads proudly mounted upon their walls. We found our entry to the front ground floor room of one split-level challenged by the entire front half of an elk protruding from the wall, dominating at least a third of the small room.
As noted before, the fur coats of Riga women are fabulous and plentiful. There clearly is, like in the Western states, a different sense of propriety regarding the display of dead animals skins. However, we are thinking that what is in our apartment is most likely a unique holdover from a former tenant with a little unusual taste in interior decorating.
In the living room is an animal skin rug. I just assumed it was some wild game that had been killed and displayed on the floor to celebrate the hunter’s success. A couple of days ago Jo asked, “what is it with that horse in the living room?” And, yes, upon closer inspection the skin appears to be from a small pony. We have been imagining just what is the back story of this rug. Perhaps it was a pet pony that, like the stuffed or freeze-dried dogs and cats some folks have indulged in to keep little Spot a or Fluffy forever, was brought to the tanner to make sure the owners always had a reminder of their beloved animal…..but then, why is it here and not with the original owners?
As noted before, the fur coats of Riga women are fabulous and plentiful. There clearly is, like in the Western states, a different sense of propriety regarding the display of dead animals skins. However, we are thinking that what is in our apartment is most likely a unique holdover from a former tenant with a little unusual taste in interior decorating.
In the living room is an animal skin rug. I just assumed it was some wild game that had been killed and displayed on the floor to celebrate the hunter’s success. A couple of days ago Jo asked, “what is it with that horse in the living room?” And, yes, upon closer inspection the skin appears to be from a small pony. We have been imagining just what is the back story of this rug. Perhaps it was a pet pony that, like the stuffed or freeze-dried dogs and cats some folks have indulged in to keep little Spot a or Fluffy forever, was brought to the tanner to make sure the owners always had a reminder of their beloved animal…..but then, why is it here and not with the original owners?