Rose McLarney

American Museum of the House Cat

American Museum of the House Cat

Cats in hieroglyphics had jewelry, and women of Bast wore cats—bronze amulets in the shape of mothers nursing as many kittensas children the family wished for. Here, how many civilizations andlitters later, stray cats, swaybacked from the number of babies borne, are hung with the pendants of their own teats. And the American Museum of …

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