An Early 20thC Taxidermy East Bornean Grey Gibbon

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An Early 20thC Taxidermy East Bornean Grey GibbonOrigin: BorneoPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 30Height: 12 or if requiring dome 16Width: 11Depth: 10The preserved East Bornean Grey Gibbon (Hylobates funereus) taxidermy mount, wonderfully poised in a freestanding and uber relaxed seated position, the whole surviving from the first quarter of the twentieth century. The specimen is presented in good condition with the hair having the usual slight fade for mounts of this age and it

perhaps housed in a coromandel or rosewood fitted box

A textile of real age and beauty that once flew proudly in victory

All three bottles would make charming and welcome additions to those looking for a rather lurid and unusual decorative effect or alternatively for the serious collector

jugs and plaques

The glass dome and wooden base are in sound structural condition and the specimens themselves are in also in good preserved order though one of them

Crewel wool has a long staple

There are some small losses to the original frame as photographed

There are two hooks present for hanging to the very good quality Georgian frame and it would require proper installation due to the significant weight

an author and an advertising and marketing innovator who also developed several other successful businesses that brought him great wealth with which he was very generous

The guls placed in rows nearly touching (meaning they are coined as elephant’s feet)

Hammersmith on 13 April 1880 aged 84

some small dints

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