A Rare c.1900 Cased Taxidermy Study of a Rhesus Macaque Monkey

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A Rare c.1900 Cased Taxidermy Study of a Rhesus Macaque MonkeyOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1895 1915 The Case: Depth: 6 inches Width: 15 inches Height: 17. 5 inches The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) specimen housed within a naturalistic setting of a mock cactus plant amongst reeded grasses with a sky blue painted background, the monkey depicted clenching a monkey nut in its grasp, the whole housed in a black painted and glazed display case surviving from the

Length: 19 inches

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