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Postcards
VBI-0223
BONGO (BOÖCERCUS EURYCERUS)
₹400
Available
Details
- Publisher / Photographer
- Not specified
- Year
- 1900's
- Publisher / Printer
- Not specified
- Location
- British Museum (Natural History)
- Subjects
- Bongo antelope · Natural history · Museum specimens · British Museum (Natural History)
- Size
- 5.5 x 3.5 in
Description
Sepia-toned postcard depicting a mounted bongo in profile, with long spiral horns, white vertical body stripes and contrasting facial and leg markings, standing on a grass-covered display base. The British Museum (Natural History) caption identifies the animal as “Boöcercus eurycerus” and gives its height at the shoulder as 4 ft. 4 in. Numbered B 60, with the printer’s credit to Waterlow & Sons Limited.
Condition
Good