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From: "Cin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "h-cost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] effigy corset: reeds/bamboo for stiffening


> >Funny this should come up.  I was just looking for more info on the
> >corset itself and had asked Drea Leed about some particulars.  According
> >to her, the effigy corset is boned with whalebone, not reed.
>
> Cant exactly buy them 'round here, tho, can we?  Guess most wil make
> do with reed, "woode and wyre".  Now, Tokyo, whalebone's fair game.  I
> can even recommend a shop.
> --cin
> Cynthia Barnes
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Really? I was under the impression that baleen only came from the larger
whales, I thought Minky whales had proper teeth?
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Walpole
Canberra Australia
ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au
http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/

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