17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Natural History: A Recreation of a Waka Huia & Original Huia Tail Feather, a very rare natural tail feather of an extinct New Zealand Huia, 19cm in length, enclosed within a recreation of a Māori Waka huia, the exterior of the box intricately carved to the upper section and underside, cast from an original Māori example made in the 1890's, 34cm by 8.5cm by 6.5cm (2)
Sold for £900
Estimated at £600 - £800
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 17th Apr, 2024
This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release).
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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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