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Hen in a Basket
Kimberley Kuenzel is an Arkansas Avian Taxidermist. Known as the 'Chicken Lady' among Arkansas Taxidermists. She started in taxidermy working with chickens in 2002. She is a member of the National Taxidermy Association, certified in Upland Game Birds. Awards include: WASCO Most Artistic Award in the 2005 Southern Regional Taxidermist Competition, and Commissioner's Award for Ducks Unlimited in the 2006 Southern Regional Taxidermist Competition.

Kim started and operates the company, Feels So Real Reproductions, which specializes in producing reproduction turkey heads using a unique method of combining hard and soft urethane rubbers for a realistic feel, and supplying the custom casting needs of taxidermists nation wide. She is a specialist in the molding and casting the soft, fleshy parts of birds: combs, wattles, snoods, vulture heads, pelican pouches, parrot feet etc. Current taxidermy work is geared more toward small birds and raptors for the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center in Fort Smith and the Fred Berry Crooked Creek Nature Center in Yellville, Arkansas.

Kim resides with her husband, Wayne Kuenzel, on Running 'K' Farm, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Turkey Wall Hanging
Kim started and operates the company, Feels So Real Reproductions, which specializes in producing reproduction turkey heads using a unique method of combining hard and soft urethane rubbers for a realistic feel, and supplying the custom casting needs of taxidermists nation wide. She is a specialist in the molding and casting the soft, fleshy parts of birds: combs, wattles, snoods, vulture heads, pelican pouches, parrot feet etc. Current taxidermy work is geared more toward small birds and raptors for the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center in Fort Smith and the Fred Berry Crooked Creek Nature Center in Yellville, Arkansas.

Artist: Kim Kuenzel
Donated by Dr. Wayne & Kim Kuenzel, University of Arkansas

Perdue Farm House Print
Donated by Dr. Henry M. Engster
Frank Perdue: Fifty Years of Building on a Solid Foundation
By Mitzi Perdue
Donated by Dr. Henry M. Engster
A Solid Foundation... The Life & Times of Arthur W. Perdue
By Frank Gordy
Donated by Dr. Henry M. Engster
Champagne Flutes from PSA 1972
Donated by Dr. Wade Brant, UC-Davis
Coffee Mug from PSA 1978
Donated by Dr. Wade Brant, UC-Davis
Coffee Mug PSA 2001
Donated by Dr. Wade Brant, UC-Davis
Pacific Egg & Poultry Association Drink Mugs
Donated by Dr. Wade Brant, UC-Davis
Crab Knife & Hammer from PSA at Univ. of MD
Donated by Dr. Wade Brant, UC-Davis
Chicken Dish Set
Service for Eight (8)

Donated by Dr. Wade Brant, UC-Davis
Handcrafted Chicken Quilt
Donated by Dr. Wade Brant, UC-Davis
Matched Wooden Bookends (rooster and hen) from the 1953 Poultry Science Meeting at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver
The bookends measure 5" high, 5" long, & 3.5" wide. Inscription on each reads "THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA VANCOUVER, B. C. - 1953". On the hen, an additional inscription reads "HEN No. 6 - 351 EGGS - 1925-1926

Donated by Dr. Mel Hamre, Emeritus, University of Minnesota
Hand-carved Wooden Chicken
Donated by Dr. Bobby Barnett, Emeritus Professor, Clemson University
Decorated Ostrich Egg commemorates the 100th Anniversary of Poultry Science Association
Donated by Dr. Ken Kreager from Hy Line International
Hand-made Picture Cloth
Donated by Hertha Hefner of Flowery Branch, GA
Hand-made Chicken Purse
Donated by Hertha Hefner from Georgia
Hand-made Chicken Purse #2
Donated by Hertha Hefner from Georgia
Hand-made Chicken Purse #3
Donated by Hertha Hefner from Georgia
Centennial Stamps of the American Poultry Industry (1848 -1948)
Entire sheet of 3 cent stamps with borders attached

Donated by Dr. Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton
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