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Lutra Canadensis Pelt
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0018
- Description
- A tanned flat open black river otter pelt with short thick glossy dark brown, almost black, fur becoming silvery along the edges (belly and throat). There is a long tail thick at the base and the left rear paw remains attached. There are many small holes in the head (eyes, ears, etc). A tag atta…
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- Title
- Lutra Canadensis Pelt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 40.0 x 128.0 cm
- Description
- A tanned flat open black river otter pelt with short thick glossy dark brown, almost black, fur becoming silvery along the edges (belly and throat). There is a long tail thick at the base and the left rear paw remains attached. There are many small holes in the head (eyes, ears, etc). A tag attached is marked “XLU-PB $100.00 Black otter - very rare.” The head is marked, with pencil, “LU.PB” and the body has “Bliss & Cohn Ltd. --nnipeg Man.” stamped inside a diamond shape with “WM”? perforated in the tail.
- Subject
- households
- animals, river otter
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0018
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