Online catalogue for the 63rd tribal art auction with special part 'wunderkammer'

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21 Two vertebrae of a whale

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Curiosities

slightly poriferous surface, min. dam., missing parts, cracks, l: 47 cm; b: 42 cm; second vertebra also showing a poriferous surface, partly with yellowish dicolorations, water spots, l: 43 cm; b: 41,5 cm

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22 Small showcase with fossils

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Curiosities

nine different species with legends, amongst others "Myliobatis Dixoni", fossile ammonites, fossile goniatits and shark teeth, min. dam., rep. (showcase)

M: 20 cm x 13,5 cm
M: 7.9 inch x 5.3 inch

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23 Part of a mammoth tusk

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Curiosities

fossilised, of bent form, min. dam., cracks through age, missing parts; like their modern relative the elephant, mammoths were quite large. The largest known species, Songhua River Mammoth (Mammuthus sungari) , reached heights of at least 5 m at the shoulder. Mammoths would probably normally weigh in the region of 6 to 8 tons, but exceptionally large males may have exceeded 12 tons. Their tusks could reach a size up to 5 m. However, most species of mammoth were only about as large as a modern Asian Elephant. Their social structure was probably the same as that of African and Asian elephants, with females living in herds headed by a matriarch, whilst bulls lived solitary lives or formed loose groups after sexual maturity.

L: 58 cm
L: 22.8 inch

Price: 450 - 900 €

24 Two coral skeletons

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Curiosities

on turned, ebonized wood stand, underneath a round (h: 46,5 cm) resp. oval bell jar (h: 43,5 cm) with wooden base, the round one showing an old collection label at the bottom, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion; corals are marine organisms typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans, which secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. A coral "head," which appears to be a single organism, is a colony of myriad genetically identical polyps. Each polyp is typically only a few millimeters in diameter. Over many generations the colony secretes a skeleton that is characteristic of the species.

H: 14 cm resp. 19 cm (without stand
H: 5.5 inch resp. 7.5 inch (without stand

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25 Mussels and snails

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Curiosities

11 pieces, i.a. big Cassis cornuta, Indopacific; additional: Conch Shell from Florida, Conus betulinus, Tridacna, Busycon, Lambis

L: 27 cm - 9 cm
L: 10.6 inch - 3.5 inch

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26 Corals, sea urchins, snails

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Curiosities

nine pieces, i.a. three different corals, three sea urchins in white, green and violet, additional: Turbo fluctuosa with a bright turquoise pattern, Trochus maculatus, starfish

L: 15 cm - 5 cm
L: 5.9 inch - 2 inch

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27 Mussels, snails and coral

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Curiosities

six pieces, i.a. Thorny oyster (Spondylus), bright orange with long thorns, additional: big snails, mussels and coral, e.g. Turbinidae, from Baja California, Mexico, Lambis, Hippopus hippopus

L: 25 cm - 14 cm
L: 9.8 inch - 5.5 inch

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