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MYTHS AND MONSTERSINTREPID SAILORS HAVE OFTEN BROUGHT BACK STRANGE OBJECTS AND STORIES FROM THEIR TRAVELS. AS PART OF A NEW EXHIBITION IN HULL, COMEDIAN BILL BAILEY SELECTED HIS FAVOURITES. JOCELYN ANDERSON-WOOD PROVIDES AN OVERVIEWJOCELYN ANDERSON-WOODworks as Collections Assistant at the Hull Maritime Museum and loves to discover Hull’s maritime heritage. She has been heavily involved with this exhibition.1/ THERMOMETER Sperm whale tooth,early 1900sThe scale of this thermometer has been engraved onto the surface of the tooth, in a practical application of the normally purely decorative art of scrimshaw. Typically scrimshaw was made by whalers, but this unusual later piece may have been made by an artisan and sold as a curio. Bill Bailey’s Cabinet of CuriositiesHull Maritime Museum, Queen Victoria Square, Hull, HU1 3DXUntil 10 September 2017 hullcc.gov.ukIMAGES: COURTESY OF MARITIME MUSEUM: HULL MUSEUMS108MY FAVOURITE THINGSThe Arts Society ReviewAutumn 2017