Antique taxidermy Sea Turtle head circa 1880Antique taxidermy Sea Turtle head circa 1880
 

Antique taxidermy Sea Turtle head circa 1880

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Size: 20cm x 17cm x 18cm

Description: In Victorian times the heads of gigantic specimens of Sea turtes were sometimes preserved due to their spectacular, almost dinosaurian, appearance. Very few good ones have survived to the present day, and this is a partiularly fine example.