Mephitis Mephitis Pelt
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0017
- Description
- A tanned, flat open pelt of a striped skunk with black (dark brown) glossy fur with white patch at nape forking to become a double white stripe down the back and into the tail. The stiff bushy tail is patchy white and black. The paws have been removed and the neck cut open to flatten it.
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- Title
- Mephitis Mephitis Pelt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 75.0 cm
- Description
- A tanned, flat open pelt of a striped skunk with black (dark brown) glossy fur with white patch at nape forking to become a double white stripe down the back and into the tail. The stiff bushy tail is patchy white and black. The paws have been removed and the neck cut open to flatten it.
- Subject
- households
- animals, skunk
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0017
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