Author: Sarah Laskow / Source: Atlas Obscura
What would you do if you happened to come into possession of a bag of woolly mammoth hair?
Vladimir Ammosov, of Yakutsk, the capital of one of Russia’s eastern provinces, thought long and hard about this problem, the Siberian Times reports. A relative in need of funds had collected a bag of this ancient hair and sold it to Ammosov, who eventually lit upon a unique use for this treasure.
He had it made into a hat.Now, according to the Siberian Times, the mammoth-hair hat, made in a traditional style usually applied to horse hair, is up for sale for $10,000.
In the past decade or so, as Siberian permafrost melts, hunting for mammoth remains has become a lucrative business for locals. Sometimes the mammoth remains were frozen fresh enough that they still…
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