'Monkey 'Business' at the museum

Published July 3, 2009, 4:13 am, The Toledo Blade

Had you lived and died 3,000 years ago in Egypt, your lungs would have been removed for the afterlife and placed in a baboon-lidded jar near your mummified remains. Had you lived in Japan a few hundred years ago, you may have worn a box at the waist of your kimono, fastened with a finely-carved macaque. Cute monkey images have recently shown up in baby nurseries and bathroom decor. Curious and ...

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