A small tin dissection tray, measuring thirteen inches high by nine inches wide, sits on a black shelf attached to the wall. The tray is packed with dark brown microcrystalline wax. A mangled form is fixed to its surface with nickel-plated T-pins. The object provides the viewer with an array of “fleshy” colors ranging from deep pink to salmon. Its visceral appearance is enhanced by the treatment of the object’s surface. A slick, glossy coating creeps over the form and collects in the bed of the dissection tray. The object was once a common brown suede shoe. Each layer was carefully peeled back and pinned in place following procedures practiced in dissecting amphibians and small mammals in a high school biology lesson.