Feejee Mermaid

Feejee Mermaid from our collection. © Museum of Cryptozoology and Occult Science

Donated to the Museum by the estate of Dr K. Ackroyd, this is a beautiful example of a traditional Feejee Mermaid.

Feejee Mermaid from our collection. © Museum of Cryptozoology and Occult Science

Often said to be fraudulent but considered by insiders extinct, the Feejee Mermaid populated the waters north east and east of Australia. Although seldom seen in the wild or for that matter, alive, Sailors working these waters often brought examples of preserved and mounted Mermaids from the traders of the Solomon and Fiji Islands. This example is rumoured to have come from Javeku, New Britain.

Feejee Mermaid from our collection. © Museum of Cryptozoology and Occult Science