Head-scratching over gift-giving? Maybe piece of human skull
A woman browses Ryan Matthew Cohn's collection — including taxidermy, skulls, a human pelvis and antique physicians' instruments — at the Morbid Anatomy Museum Holiday Flea Market on Sunday in Brooklyn. AP Photos/Kathy Willens
Holiday shoppers have been flocking to a Brooklyn flea market for gifts in a category all their own, like a two-head taxidermied bird.
About a dozen vendors displayed their horrific wares Sunday at the Morbid Anatomy Museum Holiday Flea Market in Gowanus.
They included earrings made from muskrat jaws, pieces of human skulls and a wide variety of taxidermy.
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