Day 6
The Broken Ear
The Broken Ear (French: L’Oreille Cassée) is the sixth adventure. First serialized in Le Petit Vingtième from 1935 to 1937, and first collected in book form in French in 1937, it was later redrawn and colorized in 1943. A fetish that originally belonged to a Native American nation in South America is stolen from the Museum of Ethnography in Brussels. The following day it is back in the museum, along with a note apologizing for the inconvenience caused, saying that the reason for the theft had been a bet. Tintin, who is among the reporters looking into the story, realizes that the replacement is a fake, the distinction being an ear broken on the original but intact on the replacement. He peruses a book from his own library with an image of the fetish, drawn by an explorer: it confirms that one of the ears is damaged. The adventure starts…
24 Days of Tintin Special Merchandise!
Day Six The Broken Ear Special Package. Expires 8:00 am November 24. Includes a Broken Ear Collectible Car; PVC Figurine; softcover book in English; and a Fetish Keychain. Regularly priced at $99.84, this package is available for $69.88 – 30% off – for a 24-hour period only. Purchase it now.
Product details:
Collectible Car: The military truck from The Broken Ear. Soldier as driver and two soldiers and Tintin & Snowy as passengers. Measures 4.7 inches in. Fetish Figurine: Great looking PVC figurine. Book: Softcover Broken Ear album in English. Fetish Keychain: Handsome metal keyring with a leather strap. Packed in a small cotton printed bag. 1.9 inches / 4.8 cm.
The Tintin map was especially created by Chris Tregenza who run’s a Tintin blog on the forthcoming Tintin movie. A full map showing all of Tintin’s 23 journeys is available for purchase from his site.
FUN FACTS ABOUT THE BROKEN EAR
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This Broken Ear statue is real, except that it has a broken hand and foot rather than a broken ear. The statue dates back to around 1400 and was created by the Chimu culture of present day Peru. It is housed in the Musee Du Cinquantenaire in Brussels and is one of several objects from the museum that Herge used in his comics. The Chimu were ultimately conquered by the Incas not long before they themselves were conquered by the Spanish. The real statue:
